List of people on coins of Canada

This is a list of notables on coins of Canada. Members of the Monarchy of Canada are not included.

A

Name Year Denomination Special Notes
Anne of Green Gables 2008 Twenty-five cents Third oversized 25-cent piece in RCM history

B

Name Year Denomination Special Notes
Sir Frank Wilton Baillie [1] 1992 20 Dollars Aviation Series
F.W. Baldwin [2] 1991 20 Dollars Aviation Series
W.C. Russell Bannock [3] (1995) 20 Dollars Aviation Series
Jean Beliveau 2005 50 Cents Hockey Legends
Alexander Graham Bell [4] 1997 100 Dollars 150th Birthday
Norman Bethune [5] 1998 5 Dollars 60th Anniversary of Dr. Bethune’s arrival in China
Johnny Bower 2005 50 Cents Hockey Legends
Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) 2007 Silver Dollar Gold plated version exclusive to 2007 Proof Set

C

Name Year Denomination Special Notes
Jacques Cartier [6] (1984) One Dollar 450th Anniversary of landing at Gaspe
Paul Cederberg [7] (1973) Twenty-five cents Centennial of RCMP
James A. Chamberlain [8] (1996) 20 Dollars Aviation Series

F

Name Year Denomination Special Notes
J.E. Fauquier [9] (1990) 20 Dollars Aviation Series
Robert H. (Bob) Fowler [10] (1999) 20 Dollars Aviation Series
Terry Fox [11] (2005) One Dollar Coin was issued for circulation
Simon Fraser 2008 200 Dollars Mintage of 5,000 coins
Sir Martin Frobisher (2007) 20 Dollars International Polar Year

G

Name Year Denomination Special Notes
Paul Gagnon [12] (1998) 20 Dollars Aviation Series
Phillip C. Garratt [13] 1991 20 Dollars Aviation Series
Stuart Graham [14] 1994 20 Dollars Aviation Series

H

Name Year Denomination Special Notes
Paul Henderson [15] (1997) One Dollar 25th Anniversary of the Canada-Russia hockey series of 1972
Edward Higgins [16] (1997) 20 Dollars Aviation Series
Tim Horton (2005) 50 cents Hockey Legends

K

Name Year Denomination Special Notes
Henry Kelsey (1990) Silver Dollar 300th Anniversary of Kelsey’s journey to the prairies
Dave Keon (2005) 50 cents Hockey Legends
Cindy Klassen [17] (2010) 25 cents Part of Vancouver Olympic coins collection

L

Name Year Denomination Special Notes
Guy Lafleur 2005 50 Cents Hockey Legends
Robert Leckie [18] 1990 20 Dollars Aviation Series
Zebulon Lewis Leigh [19] 1993 20 Dollars Aviation Series
William S. Longhurst [20] (1998) 20 Dollars Aviation Series

M

Name Year Denomination Special Notes
Alexander Mackenzie [21] (1989) Silver Dollar Bicentennial of the voyage to the Arctic Ocean via the Mackenzie River
John A.D. McCurdy [22] (1991) 20 Dollars Aviation Series
Maisonneuve [23] 1992 100 Dollars Montreal, 350th Anniversary

N

Name Year Denomination Special Notes
George A. Neal [24] (1999) 20 Dollars Aviation Series
J. Omer (Bob) Noury [25] (1995) 20 Dollars Aviation Series

P

Name Year Denomination Special Notes
Jacques Plante (2005) 50 cents Hockey Legends
Pope John Paul II (2005) 10 Dollars (Silver) and 75 Dollars (Gold) Both Memorial Coins

R

Name Year Denomination Special Notes
Wilfred T. Reid [26] 1994 20 Dollars Aviation Series
Maurice Richard 2005 50 Cents Hockey Legends
James Armstrong Richardson, Sr. [27] 1993 20 Dollars Aviation Series

S

Name Year Denomination Special Notes
Samuel de Champlain 2008 One Dollar To commemorate 400th Anniversary of Quebec City
Santa Claus [28] 2004 25 cents Holiday Coin Set
Murton A. Seymour [29] 1992 20 Dollars Aviation Series
Darryl Sittler 2005 50 Cents Hockey Legends

V

Name Year Denomination Special Notes
Fern Villeneuve [30] (1997) 20 Dollars Aviation Series

Z

Name Year Denomination Special Notes
Janusz Zurakowski [31] (1996) 20 Dollars Aviation Series

References

  1. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 358
  2. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 358
  3. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 360
  4. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 379
  5. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 331
  6. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 172
  7. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 126
  8. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 360
  9. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 357
  10. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 362
  11. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 177
  12. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 361
  13. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 358
  14. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 359
  15. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 310
  16. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 361
  17. http://www.heroines.ca/news/latest.html
  18. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 357
  19. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 359
  20. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 361
  21. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 305
  22. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 358
  23. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 378
  24. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 362
  25. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 360
  26. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 359
  27. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 359
  28. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 267
  29. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 358
  30. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 361
  31. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Anniversary Edition, page 360
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