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The governor of the Bank of Canada () is the chief executive officer of the Bank of Canada and acts as chair of its board of directors. The '' Bank of Canada Act'', 1985, S. 6(1), provides that the governor and deputy governor shall be appointed by the directors with the approval of the
Governor in Council The King-in-Council or the Queen-in-Council, depending on the gender of the reigning monarch, is a constitutional term in a number of states. In a general sense, it would mean the monarch exercising executive authority, usually in the form of a ...
. Tiff Macklem serves as the current governor. He assumed office on June 3, 2020.


Roles and responsibilities

* The governor and deputy governor sign each series of Canadian banknotes. * The governor is ''ex-officio'' the alternate voter on the
International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster gl ...
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Governors and Senior Deputy Governors of the Bank of Canada


Senior Deputy Governors of the Bank of Canada


See also

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Crown corporation A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the governmen ...
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Governor of the Bank of England The governor of the Bank of England is the most senior position in the Bank of England. It is nominally a civil service post, but the appointment tends to be from within the bank, with the incumbent grooming their successor. The governor of the B ...
(UK) * Chairman of the Federal Reserve (US)


References

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Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...