The bird on the Canadian dollar is called a loon.
A Canadian loon. Hence the name "Looney". It is a type of bird/duck .. Whatever.
Which Canadian coins??? 1967 dollar ---- Canadian Goose 1967 cent ---- Dove Loonie ---- Loon
The Loon. It is on Every Canadian one dollar coin. Which happens to be called a 'Loonie' Sources: I am Canadian
A Canadian loon. Hence the name "Looney". It is a type of bird/duck .. Whatever.
The 'toonie'is the two dollar coin and a 'loonie'is a one dollar coin in the Canadian currency. A Looney is also a water bird of Canada of which is on the one dollar coin.
The basic unit of currency in Canada is the Canadian dollar. The symbol for the Canadian dollar is $ or C$ and the code is CAD.
The loonie's true name is the Canadian dollar, abbreviated as CAD. The nickname "loonie" comes from the image of a common loon, a bird that appears on one side of the one-dollar coin. This coin was introduced in 1987, and the nickname has since become synonymous with the Canadian dollar.
1 US dollar is equal to .9843 Canadian dollar.
The Canadian dollar (CAD).
Canadian dollar was created in 1858.
One Canadian dollar is equal to 0.92 United States dollars. One United States dollar is equal to 1.08 Canadian dollars.
Canadian Dollars. They are not at all the same as American Dollars, they just have a similar name. Funny enough, the Canadian 1-Dollar coin (not a paper bill, but a metal coin) is called a Loonie, because of the loon (a breed of bird) depicted on it. Some have come to call the Canadian Dollar in general the Loonie, like the American Dollar might be called a buck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loonie).