Using Pictures of Canadian Paper Money

Legally Using Illustrations of Paper Currency from Canada

Reproduction of Canadian currency is allowed as long as it is for a lawful use such as educational or advertising but such representations cannot be in color and must be sufficiently larger or smaller than the original, as outline below.

EXTRACT OF SECTION 457 (of the Criminal Code governing reproduction of Canadian notes)

4. No person shall be convicted of an offence under subsection (3) in relation to the printed likeness of a Canadian bank note if it is established that the length or width of the likeness is less than three-fourths or greater than one-and-one-half times the length or width, as the case may be, of the bank note and

(a) the likeness is in black and white only; or

(b) the likeness of the bank note appears on only one side of the likeness.

Reference: http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/banknotes/legislation/457code/index.html

The information on this page is based on information presented on the government Web site referenced above at the time this article was placed online. Check the site (http://www.bankofcanada.ca) for updates and changes to the law prior to relying on the information presented here.