Starting in 1969, the fourth series of Canadian banknotes was released. This series is called the Scenes of Canada Banknote Series. The Bank of Canada printed this set of notes from 1969 to 1979 because of troubles over the amount of counterfeiting.

There were many changes to this order of banknotes colorwise to help prevent counterfeiting. On most of the bills, except the $1 bill, black ink was not used for printing. There were new colorful and curvy patterns to the bills and the series became known as the "multicoloured series". The $1000 note was not a part of this set of banknotes. Although the bills were still bilingual, English was not always printed on the left of the bill as French was not always printed on the right as on the previous series of banknotes. Because the currency of Canada was not tradable for gold the phrase "will pay to the bearer on demand" was interchanged with the phrase "this not is legal tender".

To greater national identity, former Canadian prime ministers were pictured on some of the bills. Queen Elizabeth II was initially supposed to be on all of the banknotes, but the Minister of Finance ordered that not all of the bills have the queen's portrait on them.

On the reverse of the Scenes of Canada $1 bill was a sight of the parliament buildings from across the Ottawa River in Ontario.

The $2 note had an Inuit hunting picture taken in Baffin Island on the back of it.

On the front of the $5 bill was Sir Wilfrid Laurier's picture and on the reverse was a salmon seiner boat on the Johnstone Starit in British Columbia.

Sir John A. Macdonald was on the 1971 $10 banknote and on the back of the bill an oil refinery in Sarnia, Ontario was shown.

The Rocky Mountains and Moraine Lake in Alberta are shown on the back of the $20 note.

The Scenes of Canada $50 note had William Lyon Mackenzie King on its obverse and on the reverse was the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride.

The Scenes of Canada $100 Banknote has Sir Robert Borden on front and the Lunenburg Harbour, Nova Scotia.

DOMINION OF CANADA $1.00 1898 LOGGING SCENE DC-13b VF    C $1,389.00

DOMINION OF CANADA $1.00 1898 LOGGING SCENE DC-13a VF    C $1,787.28

Z DOMINION OF CANADA $1 1898 LOGGING SCENE PCGS VF 20    C $990.72

In 1934, the Bank of Canada was founded and it was in charge of regulating Canada's supply of money and promoting both economic and financial welfare of Canada. This gave it the privilege to issue bank notes in Canada. The Bank of Canada released the first series of bank notes on March 11, 1935.

In the beginning, all denominations of the bank notes came in two languages, English and French. The designs were the same except for the different languages.

The 1935 $1 Canadian Bank Note had King George V on the front and a picture of agricultural allegory on the reverse. The bill was mostly green.

The blue 1935 $2 Canadian Bank Note featured Queen Mary on the obverse and a scene of transportation allegory on the back.

The 1935 $5 Canadian Bank Note portraid a picture of Edward, the Prince of Wales, on the front and it had a picture electrical power allegory on the back; it was mostly orange.

The dark purple 1935 $10 Canadian Bank Note pictured Princess Mary on the obverse with a picture of harvest allegory on its back.

The 1935 $20 Canadian Bank Note had a rose red color featuring Princess Elizabeth on the front and agricultural allegory on the reverse of it.

The 1935 $50 Canadian Bank Note was mostly reddish brown in color featuring Prince Albert, Duke of York, on the obverse and it had allegorical pictures of modern inventions at the time on the reverse.

The Duke of Gloucester, Prince Henry, was portraid on the front of the dark brown 1935 $100 Canadian Bank Note while a scene of commerce and industry allegory was pictured on the back of it.

The olive green 1935 $1000 Canadian Bank Note had Sir Wilfrid Laurier featured on the obverse with a picture of security allegory on the back of the note.

The two notes special to the 1935 Series were:

The 1935 $25 Canadian Bank Note, which was a commemorative the silver jubilee of King George V. The bill was mostly purple; it had King George V and Queen Mary on the front and the Windsor Castle on the back.

The 1935 $500 Canadian Bank Note, which was mainly sepia in color, had Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first Prime Minister, on the obverse and a picture of fertility allegory on the reverse.

1935 Canadian Bank of Commerce $20, 75-18-10, Aird-Logan in VF-EF Condition.    C $369.00

1935 Canadian Bank of Commerce $5 $10 $20 Set    C $380.00

1935 Canadian Bank of Commerce $5 1935 VF    C $197.50

The fifth Canadian bank notes series was the Birds of Canada series released in 1986. Using intaglio printing, the Bank of Canada made the bank notes with bigger portraits on the front. On the reverse of the note was a picture of a bird that could be found in Canada, but the bird had to go with the color of the note. The $20, $50 and $100 notes were printed with new security features to prevent counterfeiting. These features include:

1.) An Optical Security Device in the left-hand corner of the bill which changes colors when light hit it a certain way.

2.) Green dots on the bill when under a UV light glow blue. Trying to get rid of these dots will damage the bill.

3.) The large numbers and portrait on the note have raised ink that feels thicker.

The other big change in this series was that no $1 note was printed. This is because the $1 note and later the $2 note were replaced by more enduring coins, the Loonie and the Twoonie. The $1 and $2 banknotes are still considered legal tender, but they have slowly been taken out of circulation. In 2000, the $1000 bill was retired to help prevent organized crime and money laundering.

Each of the Birds of Canada banknotes had a different bird on the back of it, they are as follow:

The $2 note had Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse and on the reverse were robins.

The $5 banknote pictured Sir Wilfred Laurier (he was prime minster from 1896-1911)on the front with the Belted Kingfisher bird on the back.

The $10 bank note showed the portrait of Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, who served from 1867-1873 and again from 1878-1891, on the front and an Osprey on the reverse.

The $20 Birds of Canada note pictured the Common Loon on the back and Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse.

The $50 Birds of Canada bill has a Snowy Owl on the back and former Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (he served from 1921 until 1930 and then again in1935 to 1943) was portraid on the front.

The $100 note showed the Canadian Goose on the reverse and on the obverse was Sir Robert Borden (prime minister from 1911 until 1920).

The $1000 Birds of Canada banknote pictured Queen Elizabeth II on the front and Pine Grosbeaks on the back.

1986 Canada $2 Bird Replacement Note BC-55cA-i Bonin EBX UNC (22-5)    C $56.00

1986 Canada $2 Bird Replacement Note BC-55bA Thiessen ARX UNC (22-2) small BBX    C $27.99

CANADA $5 P95B 1986 KINGFISHER BIRD PARLIAMENT UNC NOTE    C $39.82