# Canada to move to plastic banknotes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344 "2010-03-04T23:21:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/201 "2012-02-06T14:08:16Z")
In the Ontario Court of Justice, “bail” court, search warrants, and provincial offences court (e.g. “traffic” court, etc.), are usually presided over by a Justice of the Peace, who is verbally addressed as “Your Worship” or “Mr./Madam Justice”. Judges of both the Ontario and Superior courts are verbally addressed as “Your Honour” or “Mr./Madam Justice”. I don’t recall how Masters (motions and case management adjudicators on the Superior Court) are verbally addressed, for we don’t have them up at my end of the province. Divisional Court and Court of Appeal judges are addressed as “Mr./Madam Justice”, and we no longer use “My Lord/Lady” to address Court of Appeal judges. I can’t speak for how judges are addressed in other provinces. If in doubt, in Ontario just use “Mr./Madam Justice” and you won’t be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/202 "2012-02-06T14:17:10Z")
I expect that one would address a Master as “Master”, but don’t quote me on it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/203 "2012-02-06T22:41:43Z")
Thank you for the clarification! I feel more enlightened, if still confused by the complexity of the legal system. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/204 "2012-03-03T02:38:33Z")
The new plastic fifty will be issued starting on the 26th of March 2012. [List of upcoming events at the Bank of Canada](http://www.bankofcanada.ca/media-room/upcoming-events/). ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/205 "2012-03-26T17:37:20Z")
The fifty is [released](http://www.bankofcanada.ca/2012/03/press-releases/bank-of-canada-issues-50-polymer-bank-note/)! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/206 "2012-03-26T17:47:33Z")
…and I think I have a crush on the lady who gave the opening remarks at the press conference… ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/207 "2012-03-26T18:12:16Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > I expect that one would address a Master as “Master”, but don’t quote me on it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/208 "2012-03-26T18:42:17Z")
especially if he has the traditional whip and black leathers. :: re-reads thread :: Oh, that kind of “Master.” Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/209 "2012-03-27T03:17:58Z")
[News story from CTV.](http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20120326/polymer-50-dollar-bill-entering-circulation-120326/) I didn’t see a lot of mention of the new banknote on various news sites. It must be becoming less of a story. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/210 "2012-03-27T18:15:22Z")
I have one! (Not for long, though…) It’s very red, but the old one was as well. More contrasty than the hundred. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/211 "2012-03-27T20:23:02Z")
My sister tried to convince me that the one hundreds smelled like maple syrup. I didn’t smell anything. Do the fifties smell like cranberries? Raspberries? Liberals? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/212 "2012-03-28T00:36:03Z")
They smell like payday. And they look like [this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/komiksulo/7022465545/). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/213 "2012-03-28T00:54:14Z")
Scratch and sniff? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/214 "2012-03-28T00:58:53Z")
I just spent a few days skiing across the border. It was quite a reminder of how very much I appreciate our colourful bank notes, for it was a pain in the ass trying to distinguish each US denomination. The RBC around the corner from my office decided to set up one of its ATMs to squirt out one’s choice of either Canadian notes or US notes. How very convenient. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/215 "2012-03-28T01:15:45Z")
There’s one of those at the RBC at Yonge and Bloor in Toronto as well. I vaguely remember seeing, years ago, an ATM at the airport that could accept, dispense, and convert money in half a dozen currencies. Perhaps it didn’t work well or was expensive to operate, because I haven’t seen it for years. Anyone else remember it? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/216 "2012-03-28T01:19:51Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Scratch and sniff? Oh, Jesus. Don’t let Larry Flint get a hold of any. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/217 "2012-03-28T03:02:18Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Oh, Jesus. Don’t let Larry Flint get a hold of any. Eh, it just washes off. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/218 "2012-03-28T08:41:55Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > I just spent a few days skiing across the border. It was quite a reminder of how very much I appreciate our colourful bank notes, for it was a pain in the ass trying to distinguish each US denomination. US notes all have distinctive colors, unless you get one of the old ones (fairly rare, but some are still in circulation). Admittedly, they don’t have bright colors, but I think that was intentional so as to make counterfeiting a bit more difficult (didn’t really make much difference, as far as I know). But I have no problem easily distinguishing the denominations just by color. But I’m jealous of you Canadians. We’ve been promised a [new $100 bill](http://www.newmoney.gov/currency/100.htm) since 2009 and it still hasn’t been issued. And they won’t tell us what the problem is. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/219 "2012-03-30T02:05:16Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > But I’m jealous of you Canadians. We’ve been promised a [new $100 bill](http://www.newmoney.gov/currency/100.htm) since 2009 and it still hasn’t been issued. And they won’t tell us what the problem is. [Whoa. Looks like someone’s getting taken to task…](http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-27/flaws-in-printing-new-u-s-100-bill-were-avoidable-audit-says.html) ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344/220 "2012-03-30T03:00:13Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > Yep, I’m Australian, been using polymer banknotes for 20 years; they’re not going to melt unless you deliberately set out to melt them. Which did happen in the very first batch, you could microwave a $5 note and it came out looking like a novelty item you’d attach to a keychain. They fixed that pretty quick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-move-to-plastic-banknotes/531344.md?page=12)