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29 unusual facts about Canadian dollar


ABC Spark

In total, Shaw would receive net proceeds of approximately $95 million in cash.

Amati Quartet

They were acquired from farmer and collector Steven Kolbinson in 1959 for C$20,000.

Anabolic Frolic

He taught himself to DJ on a pair of used turntables bought from a pawnshop for $100.

Bad faith

In Canada, one case of this type resulted in a record punitive award of $1 million CAD when an insurance company pressed a claim for arson even after its own experts and adjusters had come to the conclusion that the fire was accidental; the company was advised by legal counsel that the desperate insured parties would be willing to settle for much less than what they were owed.

Cal Nichols

The ownership group then reportedly received a C$145 million offer from local billionaire Daryl Katz for the franchise, although Nichols subsequently said the team was not for sale.

Canadian Elite Hockey League

Team budgets were set at $450,000 CAD and rosters were limited to a maximum of six import players.

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

In 2008, Canadian goods and services exports to the EU totalled C$52.2 billion, an increase of 3.9% from 2007, and imports from the EU amounted to $62.4 billion.

Daiso

Most items sold in the store (Daiso products plus a small selection of Japanese foods and beverages) are CAD$2 each.

Dean McKeown

Riding Collier Hill, McKeown won a number of major international races, including the 2005 Group 2 Gerling-Preis in Cologne, Germany, the C$2 million Grade 1 Canadian International at Woodbine Racetrack in Canada, and the HK$14 million Hong Kong Vase in Hong Kong, China.

Decimalisation

In 1841, the united Province of Canada's Governor General, Lord Sydenham, argued for establishment of a bank that would issue dollar currency (the Canadian dollar).

Dennis Bennie

He arranged for an initial seed investment in 1988 of $1.5 million CAD into funding development of what would become the core computerized forms product, PerForm.

Eight-ender

The tournament was the final Grand Slam event in the 2005-06 Grand Slam of Curling and had a CAD$100,000 purse – one of the largest in women's curling.

EMD F40PH

In 2007, Via Rail awarded CAD Railway Industries a CAD $100 million contract to rebuild its F40PH-2 fleet.

Halifax Harbour Solutions

The CAD $333 million project will construct three sewage treatment plants and connect various sewage pipe networks with lift stations to treat all sanitary sewage in the former cities of Halifax and Dartmouth.

Joan Chalmers

In 1972, she and her parents, Floyd and Jean Chalmers, founded the annual Chalmers Awards, which donates $25,000 CAD to artists in dance, theatre, crafts, film, the visual arts and music.

Microsoft Money

Users also had the option of paying $9.95 USD plus tax (for US residents) or $14.95 CAD plus tax (for Canadian residents) for CD-ROM or 3.5" floppy disk media along with a hard copy user's manual during that promotional period. This was requested either through a promotional mail-in card (was distributed in stores) or calling Microsoft directly. The freely downloaded (moneyweb.exe) version was the same as the paid 3.5" floppy disk version but no user's manual was available.

Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto

In its most recent annual charity information return to the Canada Revenue Agency in 2005, the hospital reported having assets of roughly $520 million CAD.

Nintendo DS Lite

The Nintendo DS Lite was released on June 11, 2006, for US$129.99 in the United States (as of June 2011, $99.99), and CA$149.99 in Canada.

Ontario Charitable Gaming Association

Charities in Ontario raise more than $150 million CAD.

Property Brothers

The show renovated four rooms under the initial C$700,000 budget, and the couple hired the same contractor from the show to complete the rest of the house afterward.

Salt Spring dollar

Salt Spring Dollar is exchanged at par with the Canadian dollar, and used at most businesses throughout the island.

Satellite television by region

Some would claim that this is probably due to a combination of increasingly aggressive police enforcement and an unfavourable exchange rate between the Canadian and U.S. currencies.

Seven Wise Dwarfs

The changed lyrics to the song typically talks of investing in the war effort by purchasing war savings certificates, and uses marketing phrases like "Five for Four" (a phrase coined to reflect a long term return of 5 dollars on every 4 invested - it is also the name of another short educational film advocating the same cause in Canada during the war).

Snow Knight

In the fall of 1974, Snow Knight was sold for a reported C$1 million to Canada's leading horseman, E. P. Taylor, and sent to Taylor's Windfields Farm in Ontario.

Syd Kessler

In 1988, John Labatt Ltd., a multinational Canadian corporation, with over $3 billion CAD in revenue, joint ventured with Kessler Music to create a new entity called Supercorp.

Timeline of Winnipeg history

The Red River Floodway Expansion is set to be completed in late 2010 at a final cost of more than $665,000,000 CAD.

Transcom WorldWide

NuComm had revenues of $122 million CAD (85 million) for the twelve months ended 31 July 2007.

An initial payment of $50 million CAD (35 million) was paid with the remainder being subject to a two tier earn-out ending in December 2008.

On 27 August 2007, Transcom announced that it had acquired 100% of NuComm International for $90 million CAD (63 million).


2005 Quebec student protests

The 2005 Quebec student protests were a series of student strikes and student protests in opposition to budget cuts of C$103 million in the Grants and Loans program by the Charest government.

Diamond D-Jet

This announcement came after the Government of Canada announced it was giving the company a “Cdn$19.6 million strategic, repayable investment” and the Government of Ontario announced that it had given the company Cdn$11 million.

Duct Tape Forever

The Lodge members try to brainstorm a way out of the mess, but once again Harold is the only one with a viable idea - 3M is running a duct tape sculpture contest in Minnesota, with a third prize of $10,000 (which the members feel they have a shot at).

NuComm International

On August 27, 2007, Transcom WorldWide S.A., the European Customer Relationship Management and debt collections specialist, announced that it had acquired 100% of NuComm International, and a maximum cash consideration of $90 million CAD (63 million) will be paid in three installments.

Registrar of Imported Vehicles

The RIV program also requires anyone importing a vehicle into Canada to pay a RIV fee of $195+GST CAD (and QST if being imported into Quebec) in addition to a $100 CAD excise tax paid to Canada Customs and Revenue Agency if the vehicle has air conditioning.

Solomon Islands dollar

Examples of dollars that are directly related to the original Spanish dollar unit are the US dollar, the Canadian dollar, the Newfoundland dollar, the East Caribbean dollar, the Belize dollar, the Guyanese dollar, the Bermuda dollar, the Bahamian dollar, the Trinidad and Tobago dollar, the Barbados dollar, the Hong Kong dollar, the Straits dollar, the Malayan dollar, the Singapore dollar, and the Brunei dollar.

The Law of Dreams

The Law of Dreams was the recipient of the 2006 Governor General's Award for English-language fiction, along with a CAN$15,000 prize, awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts.

Toonie

The Canadian 2 dollar coin, commonly called the toonie, was introduced on February 19, 1996 by Public Works minister Diane Marleau.