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⚫ | '''Calgary Dollars''' |
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| name = Calgary Dollar |
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| image_title_1 = Calgary Dollars as printed currency |
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| issuing_authority = Arusha Centre |
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| issuing_authority_website = {{url|http://www.calgarydollars.ca}} |
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| date_of_introduction = 1995 |
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| using_countries = [[Calgary, Alberta|Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada |
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| symbol = C$ |
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⚫ | '''Calgary Dollars''' is a [[local currency]] in [[Calgary, Alberta]], Canada. While functioning as a limited form of currency within Calgary, it is not [[legal tender]] nor is it backed by a national government. Instead, the currency is intended as a tool for [[community economic development]] as well as a focus for [[community building]] and local resiliency. |
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In 2018 Calgary Dollars launched a digital component with a new online listings platform, app for iOS and android and a new website. |
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It comes in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25, and 50 Calgary Dollars. The bills are printed on a [[plastic]] material in the same dimensions as the [[Canadian dollar]]. In print, the currency is commonly [[currency symbol|abbreviated]] as "C$".<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=About|url=http://calgarydollars.ca/about/|website=Calgary Dollars|publisher=Arusha Centre|access-date=10 February 2018}}</ref> |
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⚫ | The currency was founded in 1995 as a project of The Arusha Centre in Calgary. The project was originally called the "Bow Chinook Barter Community (BCBC)", and the currency was named the "Bow Chinook Hour". In 2002, the "Bow Chinook Hour" currency was replaced with "Calgary Dollars" (which was also adopted as the new name of the project). |
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The Calgary Dollars organization considers its local currency to be implicitly sanctioned by the [[Canada Revenue Agency]] (CRA) based on a CRA publication which discusses the taxation of "credit units possessing a notional monetary unit value" used as a medium of exchange by local [[barter]] groups.<ref> |
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{{cite web |
{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.calgarydollars.ca/faq.html#taxes |
|url=http://www.calgarydollars.ca/faq.html#taxes |
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|title=What about Income Tax? |
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|access-date=November 24, 2006 |
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018143022/http://www.calgarydollars.ca/faq.html#taxes |
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|archive-date=October 18, 2006 |
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|url=http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tp/it490/it490-e.html |
|url=http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tp/it490/it490-e.html |
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|title=IT-490 Barter Transactions |
|title=IT-490 Barter Transactions |
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|access-date=November 24, 2006 |
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|date=July 1982 |
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|year=1982 |
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|month=July |
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|publisher=Canada Revenue Agency |
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Calgary Dollars Rebranded with a new logo in March 2018 with the slogan: "Get Local. Make Money." |
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== The Currency == |
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[[File:C$ StackedLogoFilled clr PRINT.tif|thumb|Calgary Dollars Logo and Text]] |
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It comes in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 Calgary Dollars. |
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The bills are printed on a [[plastic]] material in the same dimensions as the [[Canadian dollar]]. |
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In print, the currency is commonly [[currency symbol|abbreviated]] as "C$". |
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In [[2002]], the "Bow Chinook Hour" currency was replaced with "Calgary Dollars" (which was also adopted as the new name of the project). |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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{{Portal|Money|Numismatics}} |
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*[[Barter]] |
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*[[BerkShares]] |
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*[[Complementary currency]] |
*[[Complementary currency]] |
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*[[Ithaca Hours]] |
*[[Ithaca Hours]] |
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*[[Toronto dollar]] |
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*[[Bristol Pound]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [http://calgarydollars.ca/ Calgary Dollars] |
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* [http://arusha.org/ The Arusha Centre] |
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* [https://listings.calgarydollars.ca:8443/#marketplace.advertisements.search:list-ads Calgary Dollars Marketplace] |
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* [http://www.alternativesjournal.ca/issues/311/staples.asp Alternatives Journal article] |
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* [http://www.innovation-award.ca/story0f6d.html?Page=story.html&IdeabookID=154 Peter F. Drucker Award] |
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{{dollar}} |
{{dollar}} |
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{{Canadian Paper Money}} |
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[[Category:Private currencies]] |
[[Category:Private currencies]] |
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[[Category:Local currencies of Canada]] |
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[[Category:Calgary]] |
[[Category:Economy of Calgary]] |
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[[ja:カルガリーダラーズ]] |
Latest revision as of 19:02, 7 November 2022
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Symbol | C$ |
Demographics | |
Date of introduction | 1995 |
User(s) | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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Central bank | Arusha Centre |
Website | www |
Calgary Dollars is a local currency in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. While functioning as a limited form of currency within Calgary, it is not legal tender nor is it backed by a national government. Instead, the currency is intended as a tool for community economic development as well as a focus for community building and local resiliency.
Overview
[edit]In 2018 Calgary Dollars launched a digital component with a new online listings platform, app for iOS and android and a new website.
It comes in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25, and 50 Calgary Dollars. The bills are printed on a plastic material in the same dimensions as the Canadian dollar. In print, the currency is commonly abbreviated as "C$".[1]
The currency was founded in 1995 as a project of The Arusha Centre in Calgary. The project was originally called the "Bow Chinook Barter Community (BCBC)", and the currency was named the "Bow Chinook Hour". In 2002, the "Bow Chinook Hour" currency was replaced with "Calgary Dollars" (which was also adopted as the new name of the project).
The Calgary Dollars organization considers its local currency to be implicitly sanctioned by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) based on a CRA publication which discusses the taxation of "credit units possessing a notional monetary unit value" used as a medium of exchange by local barter groups.[2][3]
Calgary Dollars Rebranded with a new logo in March 2018 with the slogan: "Get Local. Make Money."
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/C%24_StackedLogoFilled_clr_PRINT.tif/lossy-page1-220px-C%24_StackedLogoFilled_clr_PRINT.tif.jpg)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "About". Calgary Dollars. Arusha Centre. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "What about Income Tax?". Calgary Dollars. Archived from the original on October 18, 2006. Retrieved November 24, 2006.
- ^ "IT-490 Barter Transactions". Canada Revenue Agency. July 1982. Retrieved November 24, 2006.