Canadian 1000 Dollar Bill in China: Don’t Get Stuck
That Old Canadian $1,000 Note Can Be a Headache in China Picture this: you are packing for Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, or a university term in Beijing. You find a Canadian $1,000 bill tucked into an old family envelope. It looks serious, feels like a tidy emergency fund, and you think, “No problem — I’ll exchange it after I land.” Hold your horses. A Canadian $1,000 note is not ordinary travel cash. Canada stopped issuing the denomination in 2000, and it ceased being legal tender in Canada on January 1, 2021. That does not mean the note became worthless: the Bank of Canada has stated that withdrawn notes retain their value and can be redeemed at face value through the Bank of Canada. But it does mean that using one casually, especially outside Canada, can be a real faff. ...