The 1937 Series was the second series of banknotes the Bank of Canada

Bank of Canada

The Bank of Canada is Canada's central bank and "lender of last resort". The Bank was created by an Act of Parliament on July 3, 1934 as a privately owned corporation. In 1938, the Bank became a Crown corporation belonging to the Government of Canada...

 issued.

The creation of a second series of bank notes, only two years after the first issue, was prompted by changes in Canadian government legislation requiring the Bank of Canada to produce bilingual bank notes. Another contributing factor was the death of King George V

George V of the United Kingdom

George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

 on 20 January 1936 and the subsequent abdication of Edward VIII

Edward VIII of the United Kingdom

Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...

.

The 1937 series of bank notes saw the portrait of King George VI

George VI of the United Kingdom

George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

 replace those of other members of the royal family on all denominations except the $100 and $1,000 bank notes, which pictured former Canadian prime ministers

Prime Minister of Canada

The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...

. Other departures from the 1935 series included colour variations and the location of the portrait in the centre of the bank note bordered by English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 text. These were the first Canadian banknotes that were bilingual. In this series, English was always on the left. With the exception of the $50 and $1000 notes, the colours introduced to the notes on this series remain to this day (or until they were no longer produced).

All bills measure 152.4 × 73.025 mm (6.0 × 2.875 inches).

1937 Series
Image		Value	Main Colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse			Obverse	Reverse	printing	issue
http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/37s/1937_1f.jpg	http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/37s/1937_1b.jpg	$1	Green	King George VI George VI of the United Kingdom George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...	Agriculture allegory	2 January 1937	19 July 1937
http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/37s/1937_2f.jpg	http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/37s/1937_2b.jpg	$2	Terra cotta	King George VI George VI of the United Kingdom George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...	Harvest allegory	2 January 1937	19 July 1937
http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/37s/1937_5f.jpg	http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/37s/1937_5b.jpg	$5	Blue	King George VI George VI of the United Kingdom George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...	Electric power allegory	2 January 1937	19 July 1937
http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/37s/1937_10f.jpg	http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/37s/1937_10b.jpg	$10	Purple	King George VI George VI of the United Kingdom George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...	Transportation allegory	2 January 1937	19 July 1937
http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/37s/1937_20f.jpg	http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/37s/1937_20b.jpg	$20	Olive Green	King George VI George VI of the United Kingdom George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...	Fertility allegory	2 January 1937	19 July 1937
http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/37s/1937_50f.jpg	http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/37s/1937_50b.jpg	$50	Orange	King George VI George VI of the United Kingdom George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...	Modern Inventions allegory	2 January 1937	19 July 1937
http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/37s/1937_100f.jpg	http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/37s/1937_100b.jpg	$100	Brown	Sir John A. Macdonald John A. Macdonald Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...	Commerce and industry allegory	2 January 1937	19 July 1937
http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/37s/1937_1000f.jpg	http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/37s/1937_1000b.jpg	$1000	Rose Pink	Sir Wilfrid Laurier Wilfrid Laurier Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....	Security allegory	2 January 1937	19 July 1937