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The Canadian Bank Note Company (CBNC) is a Canadian
security printing Security printing is the field of the printing industry that deals with the printing of items such as banknotes, cheques, passports, tamper-evident labels, security tapes, product authentication, stock certificates, postage stamps and identity ca ...
company. It is best known for holding the contract with the
Bank of Canada The Bank of Canada (BoC; french: Banque du Canada) is a Crown corporation and Canada's central bank. Chartered in 1934 under the ''Bank of Canada Act'', it is responsible for formulating Canada's monetary policy,OECD. OECD Economic Surveys: Ca ...
to supply it with Canada's banknotes since 1935. The company's other clients include private businesses, national and sub-national governments,
central bank A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union, and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central ba ...
s, and postal services from around the world. In addition to banknotes, the company produces
passport A passport is an official travel document issued by a government that contains a person's identity. A person with a passport can travel to and from foreign countries more easily and access consular assistance. A passport certifies the personal ...
s,
driver's licence A driver's license is a legal authorization, or the official document confirming such an authorization, for a specific individual to operate one or more types of motorized vehicles—such as motorcycles, cars, trucks, or buses—on a public ...
s,
birth certificate A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a person. The term "birth certificate" can refer to either the original document certifying the circumstances of the birth or to a certified copy of or representation of the ensuin ...
s,
postage stamp A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail), who then affix the stamp to the fa ...
s, coupons, and many other security-conscious document-related products. It also prints and provides document reading systems for
identification card An identity document (also called ID or colloquially as papers) is any document that may be used to prove a person's identity. If issued in a small, standard credit card size form, it is usually called an identity card (IC, ID card, citizen ca ...
s,
lottery ticket A lottery is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize. Some governments outlaw lotteries, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of ...
s, stamps, and banknotes. From 1897 until 1923, CBN was a unit of the New York-based
American Bank Note Company ABCorp is an American corporation providing contract manufacturing and related services to the authentication, payment and secure access business sectors. Its history dates back to 1795 as a secure engraver and printer, and assisting the newl ...
(now known as ABCorp). It was later a privately held company when it was acquired by Ottawa businessman Charles Worthen; beginning in 1976 Douglas Arends slowly acquired control of the company. It has since been based in
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,
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. In October 2006,
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completed the acquisition of Canadian Bank Note's financial printing business, consisting of documentation for initial public offerings. Since 2014, the Canadian Bank Note Company has been the chief provider for machine-readable passports used within the
Caribbean Community The Caribbean Community (CARICOM or CC) is an intergovernmental organization that is a political and economic union of 15 member states (14 nation-states and one dependency) throughout the Caribbean. They have primary objectives to promote econom ...
bloc of countries. The majority of the new
CARICOM passport The CARICOM passport is a passport document issued by the 15 member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for their citizens. It can be used both for intra-regional and international travel. The passport was created to facilitate intra-re ...
s as they are called serve the union as a centerpiece of promoting easy travel within the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME).


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Samples of items printed by Canadian Bank Note Company: File:Bank_of_Canada_one_dollar_note,_1935.jpg, Bank of Canada $1 note, 1935 File:Canada 1 cent 1927.jpg, Canada 1 cent MacDonald 1927 File:Canada 10 cents Windsor Castle 1935.jpg, Canada 10 cents Windsor Castle 1935 File:Canada 1 dollar Champlain Monument 1935.jpg, Canada dollar Champlain 1935 File:TimbrePosteCanada14centsCentraleHydroelectrique1946.jpg, Canada Hydroelectrique 1946 File:TimbrePosteCanada1centGeorgeVI1937.jpg, Canada George VI 1937 File:TimbrePosteCanada3centsGeorgeVI1942.jpg, Canada George VI 1942 File:TimbrePosteCanada5centsGeorgeVI1950.jpg, Canada George VI 1950 File:TimbrePosteCanada15centsTimbreCastor1951.jpg, Canada Castor 1951 File:TimbrePosteCanada5centsElizabethIIKarsh1953.jpg, Canada 5 cents Elizabeth II Karsh File:TimbrePosteCanada5centsElizabethIIWilding1954.jpg, Canada 5 cents Elizabeth II Wilding File:TimbrePosteCanada5centsChasse1957.jpg, Canada 5 cents Chasse 1957 File:Stamp of Ukraine s26.jpg,
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2 karbovanets First year of Independence


See also

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Canadian dollar The Canadian dollar ( symbol: $; code: CAD; french: dollar canadien) is the currency of Canada. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $, there is no standard disambiguating form, but the abbreviation Can$ is often suggested by notable style ...
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Cash In economics, cash is money in the physical form of currency, such as banknotes and coins. In bookkeeping and financial accounting, cash is current assets comprising currency or currency equivalents that can be accessed immediately or near-imm ...
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Bank of Canada The Bank of Canada (BoC; french: Banque du Canada) is a Crown corporation and Canada's central bank. Chartered in 1934 under the ''Bank of Canada Act'', it is responsible for formulating Canada's monetary policy,OECD. OECD Economic Surveys: Ca ...
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Royal Canadian Mint }) is the mint of Canada and a Crown corporation, operating under the ''Royal Canadian Mint Act''. The shares of the Mint are held in trust for the Crown in right of Canada. The Mint produces all of Canada's circulation coins, and manufactures ...


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