Statistics pertaining to counterfeit Canadian currency

Statistics on counterfeit Canadian bank notes
Total number passed and seized within Canada
Year Passed into circulation Seized by law enforcement
2023 17,043 39,244
2022 15,332 53,630
2021 17,228 29,918
2020 18,965 6,355
2019 33,732 10,198
2018 33,437 11,167
2017 22,794 23,836
2016 17,504 3,362
2015 16,445 3,967
2014 62,418 13,960
Statistics on counterfeit Canadian bank notes
Total number by denomination
Year $5 $10 $20 $50 $100 $1,000
2023 passed 1,138 357 2,931 4,665 7,933 14
seized 645 559 14,447 10,008 13,573 4
2022 passed 1,522 459 2,832 4,235 6,252 28
seized 290 45 20,054 6,458 26,725 15
2021 passed 2,133 1,097 4,095 4,447 5,448 7
seized 2,207 1,023 14,384 5,743 6,561 0
2020 passed 2,251 986 4,788 5,434 5,483 15
seized 577 512 762 1,961 2,521 1
2019 passed 3,354 1,497 12,780 5,902 10,172 16
seized 697 591 2,591 1,970 4,346 2
2018 passed 3,355 1,561 9,029 5,777 13,685 24
seized 710 469 2,728 2,570 4,686 1
2017 passed 1,667 1,127 6,345 5,792 7,858 3
seized 720 577 6,725 1,805 14,005 0
2016 passed 789 1,470 6,341 2,820 6,074 8
seized 552 252 606 542 1,408 2
2015 passed 1,653 984 8,707 1,092 3,984 14
seized 355 272 1,618 578 976 32
2014 passed 666 1,441 44,389 1,207 14,663 6
seized 77 122 7,651 120 5,990 0
Statistics on counterfeit Canadian bank notes
Total value passed into circulation by denomination
Year Total $ value $5
(percent)		 $10
(percent)		 $20
(percent)		 $50
(percent)		 $100
(percent)		 $1,000
(percent)
2023 $1,108,430 $5,690
(7%)		 $3,570
(2%)		 $58,620
(17%)		 $233,250
(27%)		 $793,300
(47%)		 $14,000
(0%)
2022 $933,798 $7,610
(10%)		 $4,590
(3%)		 $56,640
(18%)		 $211,750
(28%)		 $625,200
(41%)		 $28,000
(0%)
2021 $877,685 $10,665
(12%)		 $10,970
(6%)		 $81,900
(24%)		 $222,350
(26%)		 $544,800
(32%)		 $7,000
(0%)
2020 $951,875 $2,251
(12%)		 $986
(5%)		 $4,788
(25%)		 $5,434
(29%)		 $5,483
(29%)		 $15
(0%)
2019 $1,615,640 $3,354
(10%)		 $1,497
(4%)		 $12,780
(38%)		 $5,902
(18%)		 $10,172
(30%)		 $16
(0%)
2018 $1,894,315 $16,775
(10%)		 $15,610
(5%)		 $180,580
(27%)		 $288,850
(17%)		 $1,368,500
(41%)		 $24,000
(0%)
2017 $1,224,905 $8,335
(7%)		 $11,270
(5%)		 $126,900
(28%)		 $289,600
(25%)		 $785,800
(34%)		 $3,000
(0%)
2016 $901,865 $3,945
(5%)		 $14,700
(8%)		 $126,820
(36%)		 $141,000
(16%)		 $607,400
(35%)		 $8,000
(0%)
2015 $659,245 $8,265
(10%)		 $9,840
(6%)		 $174,140
(53%)		 $54,600
(7%)		 $398,400
(24%)		 $14,000
(0%)
2014 $2,438,170 $3,330
(1%)		 $14,410
(2%)		 $887,780
(71%)		 $60,350
(2%)		 $1,466,300
(24%)		 $6,000
(0%)
Statistics on counterfeit Canadian bank notes
Total number by Province and Territory
Province or territory 2022 2023
Passed Seized Passed Seized
British Columbia 4,061 4,523 2,121 1,565
Alberta 1,041 30,277 1,722 11,915
Saskatchewan 199 255 308 192
Manitoba 341 200 464 10,442
Ontario 7,303 3,743 9,187 14,179
Quebec 2,097 13,910 2,935 840
Nova Scotia 154 3 142 2
New Brunswick 92 718 98 24
Prince Edward Island 12 0 7 0
Newfoundland and Labrador 31 1 27 74
Yukon 0 0 32 11
Nunavut 0 0 0 0
Northwest Territories 1 0 0 0
Total 15,332 53,630 17,043 39,244
Technology used for counterfeiting
Total number passed and seized
Year Offset printing Toner printing Ink jet printing Other
2023 32,758 11,172 11,262 1,095
2022 54,211 4,380 8,848 1,523
2021 31,942 3,051 9,828 2,325
2020 7,775 1,290 13,635 2,620
2019 11,457 3,519 25,289 3,665
2018 11,700 8,719 20,025 4,160
2017 13,693 4,915 25,862 2,160
2016 266 1,876 17,697 1,027
2015 65 3,245 16,986 116
2014 201 32,008 44,128 41
Statistics on counterfeit Canadian coins
Total number passed and seized
Year 1$ 2$
Passed Seized Passed Seized
2023 3 0 2,007 26,659
2022 2 0 10,369 601
2021 0 0 850 6,502
2020 0 0 8 2,195
2019 1 0 300 1,000

Note

Counterfeits are categorized as “passed”, which have successfully entered the financial system, or “seized”, those confiscated by law enforcement before entering the financial system

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