Editing Canadian dollar (section)

==Terminology==
[[File:Canadian 1 and 2 dollar coins.png|thumb|right|The one- and two-dollar coins, nicknamed the ''loonie'' and ''toonie'']]
[[Canadian English]], similar to [[American English]], used the slang term "[[Dollar|buck]]" for a former paper dollar. The Canadian origin of this term derives from a coin struck by the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] during the 17th century with a value equal to the [[fur|pelt]] of a male [[beaver]]&nbsp;– a "buck".<ref name="buck">{{cite web |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/official-symbols-canada.html#a1 |title=Official symbols of Canada - Canada.ca |first=Canadian |last=Heritage |website=www.canada.ca |date=December 14, 2017 |access-date=April 25, 2018 |archive-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224060845/https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/official-symbols-canada.html#a1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Because of the appearance of the [[common loon]] on the back of the $1 coin that replaced the dollar bill in 1987, the word ''[[loonie]]'' was adopted in Canadian parlance to distinguish the Canadian dollar coin from the dollar bill. When the two-dollar coin was introduced in 1996, the derivative word ''[[toonie]]'' ("two loonies") became the common word for it in Canadian English slang.

In [[French language|French]], the currency is also called {{lang|fr|le dollar}}; [[Canadian French]] slang terms include {{lang|fr|[[piastre]]}} or {{lang|fr|piasse}} (the original word used in 18th-century French to translate "dollar") and {{lang|fr|huard}} (equivalent to ''loonie'', since {{lang|fr|huard}} is French for "loon," the bird appearing on the coin). The French pronunciation of {{lang|fr|cent}} (pronounced similarly to English as {{IPA|/sɛnt/}} or {{IPA|/sɛn/}}, not like the word for hundred, {{IPA|/sɑ̃/}} or {{IPA|/sã/}})<ref>{{cite book |last1=Guilloton |first1=Noëlle |last2=Cajolet-Laganière |first2=Hélène |title=Le français au bureau |publisher=Les publications du Québec |year=2005 |page=467 |isbn=2-551-19684-1}}</ref> is generally used for the subdivision; {{lang|fr|sou}} is another, informal, term for 1¢. [[Quarter (Canadian coin)|25¢ coins]] in Quebec French are often called {{lang|fr|trente sous}} ("thirty cents") because of a series of changes in terminology, currencies, and exchange rates. After the British conquest of [[Canada (New France)|Canada]] in 1760, French coins gradually went out of use, and {{lang|fr|sou}} became a nickname for the [[halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin)|halfpenny]], which was similar in value to the [[Solidus (coin)#France|French ''sou'']]. Spanish dollars and U.S. dollars were also in use, and from 1841 to 1858, the exchange rate was fixed at $4 = £1&nbsp; (or 400¢ = 240''d''). This made 25¢ equal to 15''d'', or 30 halfpence ({{lang|fr|trente sous}}). After decimalization and the withdrawal of halfpenny coins, the nickname {{lang|fr|sou}} began to be used for the [[Penny (Canadian coin)|1¢ coin]], but the idiom {{lang|fr|trente sous}} for 25¢ endured.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fredak.com/dico/dico_trentesous.htm |title=Pourquoi trente sous = 25 cents ? |first=Frédéric |last=Farid |date=September 26, 2008 |access-date=October 6, 2010 |archive-date=October 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023134857/http://www.fredak.com/dico/dico_trentesous.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>