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The Canadian Bank Note Company (CBNC) is a Canadian security printing company. It is best known for holding the contract with the
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,
Canadian Bank Note Company
{{Authority control Bank Note Company Bank Note Company Companies based in Ottawa Financial services companies established in 1897 Manufacturing companies established in 1897 Publishing companies established in 1897 Banknote printing companies 1897 establishments in Ontario Canadian companies established in 1897
The Canadian Bank Note Company (CBNC) is a Canadian security printing 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: C ...
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 centra ...
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 licences, 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 ensui ...
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 f ...
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 documentation, 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 c ...
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 Ottawa
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the c ...
, Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
. In October 2006, RR Donnelley 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 eco ...
bloc of countries. The majority of the new CARICOM passports as they are called serve the union as a centerpiece of promoting easy travel within the Caribbean Single Market and Economy
The CARICOM Single Market and Economy, also known as the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), is an integrated development strategy envisioned at the 10th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM ...
(CSME).
Gallery
Samples of items printed by Canadian Bank Note Company:Ukrainian
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* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
2 karbovanets First year of Independence
See also
*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 g ...
*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-im ...
*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: C ...
*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 manufacture ...
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Canadian Bank Note Company
{{Authority control Bank Note Company Bank Note Company Companies based in Ottawa Financial services companies established in 1897 Manufacturing companies established in 1897 Publishing companies established in 1897 Banknote printing companies 1897 establishments in Ontario Canadian companies established in 1897