CAD Cash Counter for Canadian Banknotes and Coins

The CAD Cash Counter totals Canadian banknotes and coins at face value. Group the physical cash by denomination, enter a whole non-negative quantity for each row, and check the generated subtotal before moving on. All arithmetic is performed in integer cents and uses the same reviewed CAD records shown in the denomination table.

The ordinary Canadian cash set

The default banknotes are $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100. The ordinary coins are 5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, $1, and $2. The Bank of Canada is the country's sole banknote issuer; the Royal Canadian Mint supplies the coin evidence. The CAD code on this page is important because the dollar symbol alone is shared with several other supported currencies.

Different banknote series or coin artwork at the same face value belong in one row. TheCashCount does not authenticate a note, judge its condition, or value a collectible. Unfamiliar or damaged cash should follow the applicable Bank of Canada, financial-institution, or workplace process before it enters a final operational count.

Count a penny; round a cash payment

Canada ended penny production in 2012 and distribution in 2013. The transition guidance applies rounding to the final cash payment when pennies are not available: totals ending in 1, 2, 6, or 7 cents round down, while totals ending in 3, 4, 8, or 9 cents round up to the nearest five cents. Prices, taxes, and non-cash payments continue to be calculated to the cent.

That settlement rule does not change the value of a penny already in a cash drawer. If a physical one-cent coin is present and accepted into the count, enable Legacy Denominations and enter it as one cent. Do not round individual denomination subtotals or change the Cash Count to imitate a rounded sale.

Why 50 cents is also a Legacy coin

The Mint still recognises the Canadian 50-cent piece as legal tender, but its official guidance says it is no longer used for ordinary day-to-day transactions and is produced in limited quantities for collectors. The optional row keeps the face value available for a real physical count without presenting it as routine till change.

Legacy does not promise merchant or bank acceptance. The calculator also does not estimate whether a scarce coin is worth more than its face value.

Retired notes stay outside Cash Count

The $1, $2, $25, $500, and $1,000 Canadian notes ceased being legal tender on 1 January 2021. They are listed as Retired and are not available as countable inputs. Replacing the $1 and $2 notes with coins did not make those old note rows current coin rows; cash kind and face value are both part of the denomination identity.

The Bank of Canada continues to honour the retired notes at face value. That redemption path does not restore their current payment status, so a holder should use the official process instead of adding them to an ordinary CAD Cash Count. A rare note may also have a separate collector value that this tool does not assess.

A repeatable Canadian Cash Count

Count the currently usable cash first, add Legacy coins only when they are physically present, and keep retired notes separate. For a closing drawer, compare the finished total with Expected Cash after the physical count is complete. Review any Over or Short by recounting; never adjust a denomination quantity merely to make the reconciliation balance.

The example below combines two $100 Canadian notes with three five-cent coins. The displayed result comes directly from the production CAD calculation path, so the article, denomination data, and locked calculator cannot silently use different arithmetic.