Why is Queen Elizabeth represented on the banknote?

Answer 1

Her Majesty appears on the Canadian twenty-dollar bill because Her Majesty is the Queen of Canada and Canadian head of State. Many prominent Canadians are featured on Canadian bills.

Answer 2

She is Queen of Canada (Reine du Canada) and has been since her accession to the thrones of the 16 Commonwealth Realms in 1952.

It is traditional for the reigning Monarchs image to be on banknotes, coins and stamps. This is not to say that if the Canadian Government decided to remover her head from the banknote she would cease to be Queen. Scotland has its own banknotes which to not bear the image for the Queen though she is still Queen of Scots in her capacity as Queen of The UK.

Answer 3

Because she is the Queen of Canada and is sovereign over Canada, as well as the other Commonwealth Realms. Canada is a constitutional monarchy, and hence, a kingdom. Canada inherited the tradition of placing the sovereign on currency from Britain.

Answer 4

She isn't.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appears on Canadian currency as the monarch of Canada.

She is also Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

England is a part of the United Kingdom but there has not been a Queen (or King) of England for over 300 years.

Answer 5

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of Canada. The Canadian Crown exists separate and apart from any other crown. Her Majesty is Canada's Head of State.

Answer 6

Queen Elizabeth II is on Canadian Money because she is the Queen of Canada, and head of state for Canada

Answer 7

Because she is the Queen of England, head of the Church and is a symbolic figure for British civilisation.

Answer 8

because she is the queen of canda