Publications and Research

By All Accounts

By All Accounts is the fifth and final book in the Bank's souvenir history series. This volume presents a portrait of the Bank from the perspective of outside observers, showing how Canadians have perceived the performance of their central bank over the decades through the eyes of those who monitor its work on the public's behalf.

You can download sample pages from this publication in PDF format (610 kb).

Beads to Bytes: Canada's National Currency Collection

This volume explores money and the role it has played, and continues to play, in society, through the lens of Canada's National Currency Collection. The Collection is an extraordinary repository of coins, bank notes, and related paraphernalia from around the world. Soft cover, 124 pages (2008).

You can download sample pages from this publication in PDF format (734 kb).

More Than Money: Architecture and Art at the Bank of Canada

This volume will take you on a tour of the head office complex, highlighting interesting features of architecture, interior design, and decoration, as well as elements of restoration and preservation. It also features pieces from the Bank's art collection. Soft cover, 128 pages (2007).

You can download sample pages from this publication in PDF format (884 kb).

The Art and Design of Canadian Bank Notes

This volume offers readers a behind-the-scenes look at the demanding world of bank note design, highlighting the beauty of Canada's bank notes and celebrating the engraver's art. Soft cover, 124 pages (2006).

You can download sample pages from this publication in PDF format (734 kb).

The Bank of Canada: An Illustrated History

This volume features interesting images and anecdotes about Canada's central bank and its place in Canadian society from 1935 until the present.

Published to commemorate the Bank's 70th anniversary, this souvenir book depicts the history of the Bank through descriptive text, photographs, and reproductions of cartoons, newspaper clippings, posters, and other artifacts. Soft cover, 116 pages (2005).

You can download sample pages from this publication in PDF format (4 mb).

Now available for purchase
The Bank of Canada souvenir books make a unique keepsake or gift.

Cost: $25 tax included (+$5 shipping in Canada/+$10 US/INTL destinations) per volume.

Box set: $125 tax included (+$10 shipping in Canada/+$25 US/INTL destinations)

Purchase your copy at the Currency Museum, or by contacting:

Publications Distribution
Communications Department
Bank of Canada
West Tower, 9th Floor
234 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G9
Telephone: 613 782-8248 (Ottawa area, outside North America) or
1 877 782-8248 (toll-free, North America)
Fax: 613 782-8874
Email: publications@bankofcanada.ca

All mail orders must be prepaid. Remittance in Canadian dollars should be made payable to the Bank of Canada.