Canad's National Bird
The bird found on the Canadian one-dollar coin, commonly known as the "loonie," is the common loon. It is a native bird to Canada and is known for its distinctive black and white plumage.
Loonie is the nickname for the Canada dollar coin because it has a bird called the Loon on the back of the coin.
Canada uses a dollar coin called the loonie, which features a common loon on one side. The loonie was introduced in 1987 to replace the one-dollar banknote.
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
The diameter of a loonie, which is the Canadian one-dollar coin, is 26.5 millimeters. It is made of a nickel-brass alloy and features a distinctive design, including a common loon on one side.
"Loonie" is a slang term for the Canadian one-dollar coin. It gets its name from the image of a common loon, a bird native to Canada, that is featured on one side of the coin.
The Loon, or Loony. From the picture of the Loon Duck on the obverse
They now use a $1 coin irreverently called a loonie because it carries a picture of a swimming loon.
The saying "you're a loonie" is a slang term used to indicate that someone is crazy or eccentric. It derives from the Canadian one-dollar coin, which is colloquially referred to as a "loonie" because it features a loon (a type of bird) on one side. So, calling someone a loonie is suggesting that they are as unpredictable or strange as the bird depicted on the coin.
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).
It isn't. Canada doesn't have an official national bird. There has been discussion about having one, but so far, there is none. People think it is because it's on the Loonie.