Canadian Currency: Learn about Canadian Money! Banknotes and Coins! 🇨🇦 カナダの通貨：カナダのお金について学ぶ。紙幣と硬貨。💰

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Rainbow coloured polymer plastic banknotes and coins featuring iconic Canadian symbols helps to set Canadian money apart from other currencies around the world. In today’s English lesson you will learn all about Canada’s money while improving your English vocabulary and knowledge of Canadian history and culture! Canada has five coins now, but we used to have six different coins. This lesson will talk about all six Canadian coins. Queen Elizabeth II is on the heads side of each coin, and the tails side features a picture of something connected to Canada: 1. 1¢: We used to have a one cent coin called a penny. It was made of copper and had maple leaves on the back. The government of Canada stopped making pennies in May 2012. 2. 5¢: A five cent coin in Canada is called a nickel. Nickels in Canada have a picture of a beaver on the back. 3. 10¢: A dime is the smallest coin in Canada, but it is worth ten cents. There is a picture of a special boat called the Bluenose on the back. 4. 25¢: Twenty-five cents is 1/4 of a dollar. As a result, twenty-five cent coins in Canada are called quarters. There is a picture of a caribou on the back of most quarters. 5. $1: We have a dollar coin in Canada. There is a picture of a loon on the back of the Canadian dollar coin, so we called it a loonie. 6. $2: There are also two dollar coins in Canada. A two dollar coin is called a toonie. There is a picture of a polar bear on the back of a toonie. Currently Canada has five different banknotes. Canadian banknotes are made of polymer plastic. This video talks about the famous person on each of the five Canadian bills, as well as the section of the Canadian parliament building visible in the holographic section of the money. The back of each denomination features a picture of something connected with Canada’s history and Canadian culture: 1. $5: The Canadian five dollar bill features former Prime Minster Sir. Wilfried Laurier, the West Block of Parliament, and images connected to Canada’s contribution to the International Space Station. 2. $10: The ten dollar bill includes Canada’s first Prime Minster Sir. John A. Macdonald, the Library of Parliament, and pictures connected to the Canadian Pacific Railway and British Columbia joining confederation. 3. $20: Canada’s twenty dollar bill has Queen Elizabeth II, Parliament’s Peace Tower, and images of the Vimy Ridge Memorial and Poppies. 4. $50: A fifty dollar Canadian bill features former Prime Minster William Lyon Mackenzie King, the Centre Block of Parliament, and depictions of Canada’s work in the Arctic. 5. $100: The hundred dollar bill in Canada includes former Prime Minster Sir Robert Borden, the East Block of Parliament, and images connected to Canada’s medical innovation. In addition to learning about Canada’s money, you will also learn English words to improve your vocabulary, and learn a lot about Canadian history and Canadian culture. By the end of today’s English lesson you will have learned all about Canada’s money and improved your English. Thank you for watching, “Canadian Currency: Learn about Canadian Money! Banknotes and Coins!” I hope this English vocabulary lesson will be useful for you as you enjoy learning about Canadian cash and Canadian culture. Have fun while you improve your English and learn about money in Canada. Good luck with your English studies! Subscribe for more English lessons just like this every Monday and Friday: https://www.youtube.com/c/JeNsJyugyouジェンの授業?sub_confirmation=1 For Beginner English Lessons click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLktdXyVCSbc80dNFbpnPauXn3xQ6xHf1Q For Intermediate - Advanced English Lessons click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLktdXyVCSbc8NrLoilBtwviDGZzVw5PVs To learn some money idioms watch this lesson: https://youtu.be/7EE8i0j5zqM Check out this lesson for some money phrasal verbs: https://youtu.be/aWFbBSyo4T0 The word 'Toonie' is a portmanteau combining the words 'two' and 'loonie'. To learn more about Portmanteau, watch this lesson: https://youtu.be/gFPDyL0H_ng Learn about the Canadian celebration of Remembrance Day (which is also explains the poppies on the back of the $20 bill) : https://youtu.be/4x7vwlXZUIY Watch a playlist to learn about Canadian culture through our holidays and other celebrations: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLktdXyVCSbc9-bM3cZtOpBauKnR34cM8D Canadian currency features portraits of former Prime Minsters as well as sections of the Canadian Parliament buildings, which is where the government works in Canada. To learn more about political vocabulary check out this English lesson: https://youtu.be/ptKGJhKkZ5M Love Canada? Learn Canadian slang here: https://youtu.be/lM8IGRmwxYc 🇨🇦💸💰 #LetsStudyEnglish #JeNsJyugyou #Canada #Money