Canadian Bank Note Company
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The Canadian Bank Note Company is responsible for printing the paper currency of Canada. Formerly named the British North American Bank Note Company, it also prints and provides document reading systems for identification cards, lottery tickets, stamps and notes for other countries, and many other security-conscious printing-related services. They are well known for their passports, driver's licenses, and other important documents for various nations and jurisdictions around the world.
The company was established in 1866 as the British American Bank Note Company in Ottawa. The plant moved in Montreal in 1871. In 1891 it merged with the Canada Bank Note Company and the Dominion Bank Note Company to form the current Canadian Bank Note Company. Until 1923, CBN was a unit of the New York-based American Bank Note Company. It is currently based in Ottawa, Ontario.
In recent months, the Canadian Bank Note Company has been the chief-provider for the machine readable passports within the Caribbean Community bloc of countries. The majority of the new 'CARICOM passports' as they are called serve the union as a centre-piece of promoting easy travel within the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME).
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