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The $1,000 note was printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd. The back of the note shows the covered bridge in the village of L’Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec, and, in the background, the Saguenay River fjord.

The $100 bank note, printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd., features Okanagan Lake in British Columbia on the back.

The seascape on the back of the $50 note was engraved by Warrell Alfred Hauk of American Bank Note Company from a photograph taken at Crescent Beach in Lockeport on Nova Scotia’s south shore.

The $20 note was printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd. The face of the note, except for the portrait, was engraved by Andrew McMillen of American Bank Note Company.

The back of the $10 note features Emerald Lake and Mount Burgess in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, and was engraved by Harry Dawson.

Until 1959, the $5 bank note was printed exclusively by British American Bank Note Company. The back of the note was engraved by C. Gordon Yorke of British American Bank Note Company and depicts Otter Falls on the Aishihik River, Mile 996 Alaska Highway, in southwestern Yukon.

The $2 note was printed by British American Bank Note Company. Note that the same border design is used on the front and back of the notes in this series.

Initially printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd. and later by British American Bank Note Company as well, the face of the $1 note features an engraving of Queen Elizabeth II based on a Karsh portrait that appears on all denominations in the series.

C. Gordon Yorke engraved the portrait of Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden that appears on the front of the $100 note. C. Gordon Yorke engraved the vignette of the harbour at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, featured on the back.

The face of the $50 note features an engraving of William Lyon Mackenzie King by George Gundersen based on a Karsh portrait of Canada’s longest-serving prime minister.