- May 5
- The Board of Judges appointed to choose 1967 coin designs from submitted drawings meets for the first time. During this and subsequent meetings, it is determined that none are completely satisfactory. The Board recommends that a new competition be held, by invitation only, among five selected artists. [364.252]
- May 14
- John Diefenbaker unveils the Fantasy Copper monument at the Canadian Centennial Numismatic Park, in Sudbury, Ontario. The monument is modelled after a 1965 1c coin, one foot thick with a ten foot diameter and ten foot base. [128.8] [335.11]
- May
- Finance Minister Walter Gorden confirms that a gold centennial coin would be given considerable attention for 1967. [142.1]
- May 25
- A new mint facility of the Royal Canadian Mint is established in Hull, Quebec, for striking collector coins. [661.xxix] [683.22] [733.13] [922.27]
- June
- Four coin presses are installed in the new Hull minting facility. [733.13]
- John McKay-Clements, of Ontario, buys the 1911 silver pattern dollar from the Norwood family of New York. He pays $35,000 cash plus $20,000 in numismatic trade. The price sets a world record for a single coin. [29.26] [249.9] [386.228] [573.38] [575.10] [587.4] [713.1] ($65,000 total [37.21] [578.12]) (1963 [579.22]) (Norwood family never owned the coin [685.5])
- (month unknown)
- Partway through the year's coinage of 1-cent pieces, a modified obverse is put into use. The first obverse had a flat field and small rim beads. The second variety has a field that slopes up at the rim, and larger beads. [661.61]
- Jim Charlton and Bob Willey publish the book, Standard Grading Guide to Canadian Decimal Coins. [627.7]
- Hans Zoell, Cec Tannahill, and B. Renwick publish the book Simplified Grading Guide for Coins of Canada and Newfoundland. [627.7]
- Test tokens for vending machine companies' use are struck at the Royal Canadian Mint, in sizes similar to 10c, 25c, and 50c coins, but struck in copper-nickel. [569.4]
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- Mint engraver Myron Cook makes modifications to the reverse design of the $1 coin. [380.148]
- In Montreal, Quebec, the Canadian Numismatic Association holds its convention. [631.23]
- Hans Zoell publishes the book Major Coin Varieties, third edition. [627.7]
- Hans Zoell publishes the Minor Coin Varieties book. [627.7]
- July 22
- The Public Archives in Ottawa officially transfers its collection of coins, tokens, and paper money to the Bank of Canada. [32.8] [363.14]
- December 8
- The Board of Judges begins meetings again to begin the selection process of designs for 1967 coins from entries submitted by five artists. [364.253]
1966
- April 20
- The final designs for the reverses of the 1967 coinage are chosen. Alex Colville wins $2500 for his designs. [2] [172.213] [293.1] (April 15 [289.21]) (Alex Colville wins $9000 [1] [122.1])
- (month unknown)
- Alex Colville is asked by the Royal Canadian Mint to replace his mackerel design for the 1967 10c coin with a salmon. He refuses. [364.253]
- Alex Colville agrees to change his proposed spruce tree design for the 1967 5c coin, due to the complexity of the design. [364.253]
- A trial run of the new dollar design for the 1967 coinage is made. The flat fields do not allow the design to strike up well. New reverse dies are prepared with convex fields. [2]
- Hans Zoell publishes the Major Coin Varieties book, fourth edition. [627.7]
- July 20
- The Finance Minister announces that the Royal Canadian Mint will produce a silver medallion presentation set in 1967, with a sterling silver Centennial medallion plus six subsidiary coins. [364.329]
- August 20
- Krause Publications releases the first issue of Coin, Stamp, Antique News newspaper, formerly called Canada Coin News. [363.329] [415.28] [555.4] [587.4] [659.20.4] [738.4] (May 1962 [249.9])
- December 23
- The government announces that 10c, 25c, and 50c coins would be switched from silver to pure nickel in 1968. [292] [364.318] [172.219] [375.245] (January 1967 [86.8])
1967
- January 2
- A Proclamation sets the designs for the reverses of the 1c through $1 coins, for commemorating the 100th anniversary of Confederation. [202]
- May 15
- The US Department of Trade & Commerce imposes an export ban on silver, to cease an accelerating demand on its supplies. [292] (June [238.5])
- May
- The Royal Canadian Mint begins minting .500 fine silver 10c and 25c coins. [386.426]
- June 2
- A Proclamation authorizes 10c and 25c coins to be struck in pure nickel. [203] [1011.46]
- The government places sharp restrictions on exports of silver, to protect the country's supply for its own needs. [292] [364.250]
- June 5
- The Federal Finance Minister announces it will switch the 10c and 25c coins to pure nickel. The Royal Canadian Mint is given authority to start converting 10c and 25c coins to pure nickel as soon as possible. [57.90] [292] [347.101] [364.250]
- (month unknown)
- Hans Zoell publishes the Minor Coin Varieties book, second edition. [627.7]
- The United States withdraws its price control on silver, resulting in huge increases in the price of silver. [2] [172.219]
- The Sherritt Mint begins producing nickel blanks for 10c and 25c pieces, for use in 1968. [127.1]
- 141,741 1967 silver dollars are melted by the Royal Canadian Mint. [661.145]
- August 17
- The Royal Canadian Mint stops minting 0.800 fine silver 10c and 25c coins for circulation. [203] [386.426] [1017.68] [1070.32]
- August 18
- The Federal Finance Minister announces a special interim issue of 0.500 fine 10c and 25c silver-copper alloy coins will be used before pure nickel coins are issued. The delay is to allow more time for the vending machine industry to convert its machines to accept nickel coins. [57] [291] [364.318]
- September
- Striking of 10c and 25c coins is changed to 50% silver and 50% copper. [45.12] [172.219]
- September 14
- The Finance Minister announces that the reverse designs of coins in 1968 will return to those used prior to 1967. [57.143] [364.329]
- September
- Striking of circulating 50c and $1 coins in silver is temporarily discontinued, in order to concentrate on the 10c and 25c coins. [172.219]
- December 11
- The Finance Minister announces that the 50c and $1 coins minted in nickel will be of a smaller size, making the nickel coins easier to strike. [279] [1153.40]
1968
- January
- The Royal Canadian Mint begins striking nickel coins to replace their silver counterparts later in the year. [388.224]
- February 8
- Bill S23, "An Act to amend the Currency, Mint and Exchange Fund Act and the Criminal Code" passes. The Act removes silver from the specifications of coins for circulation, prohibits melting of any Canadian coin, allows the Royal Canadian Mint to operate facilities outside of Ottawa, and allows the Royal Canadian Mint to make coins for other countries. [375.228]
- March 7
- An amendment is made to the Currency, Mint and Exchange Fund Act making it illegal to melt legal tender coins of Canada, and authorizes 10c, 25c, 50c, and $1 coins to be struck in pure nickel, or .500 fine silver. [203]
- June 2
- A Cabinet order makes Canadian exports of silver subject to permit control. [86.214]
- June 3
- The Finance Minister announces the replacement of silver in coins with nickel, beginning in August. [1] [86.214] [375.245]
- (month unknown)
- A 10-foot diameter 1967 $20 coin monument is unveiled at the Canadian Centennial Numismatic Park, in Sudbury, Ontario. [335.14]
- Myron Cook performs a slight reworking of the reverse die for the 5c coin. [380.150]
- In Calgary, Alberta, the Canadian Numismatic Association holds its annual convention. [631.23]
- The Royal Canadian Mint strikes a medal marking the 60th anniversary, showing designs of six $1 coins: 1939, 1949, 1958, 1964, 1967, and the canoe design. [859.14]
- July 29
- A Proclamation sets the dimensions and compositions of 10c through $1 coins in either nickel or .500 fine silver. [204]
- August 1
- The Royal Canadian Mint begins striking and issuing 10c and 25c coins in pure nickel. [1] [45.12] [58.123] [87.231] [376.83]
- Collectors' sets of uncirculated coins with the nickel 10c, 25c, and 50c go on sale. [87.231]
- August 14
- Norval Parker, Master of the Royal Canadian Mint, dies, at age 60. E.F. Brown becomes acting Master of the Mint. [45.12] [563.1] [683.22]
- August
- New nickel 10c-$1 coins are authorized. The dollar and 50c coins are substantially reduced in size. [172.220]
- The Royal Canadian Mint contracts with the U.S. Mint to help produce nickel 10c coins for Canada. [247.6]
- August 21
- The Federal Finance Minister reports that the U.S. Mint will produce 75 million 10c coins to help relieve the current shortage. [58.123]
- (month unknown)
- For the first time, part of Canada's coinage is produced in the USA. Part of the 10c nickel issue is minted at the Philadelphia Mint, in Pennsylvania. [661.xxix]
- September 30
- The Royal Canadian Mint finishes sending out 1967 centennial coin sets, and begins work on the 1968 collector sets. [45.12] [1083.22]
1969
- January 2
- The Royal Canadian Mint begins accepting orders for 1969 uncirculated coin sets and individual dollar coins. [362.239] [376.52]
- (month unknown)
- The Finance Minister announces that a commemorative $1 coin will be issued in 1970 to mark the centennial of Manitoba's entry into Confederation. A design competition is announced, with a first prize of $3,500. [376.61]
- A small quantity of 1969 (large date) 10c coins are stuck, when it is noticed that the design had deteriorated sufficiently that a new model is required. The updated reverse design has a slightly smaller schooner and smaller date. [661.95]
- February 17
- The "Government Reorganization Act" is introduced in the House of Commons. The proposed Act would make the Royal Canadian Mint a Crown Corporation. [376.103]
- March 5
- The Finance Minister announces that a commemorative $1 coin will be issued in 1971 to mark the centennial of British Columbia's entry into Confederation. [290]
- March 28
- The Government Organization Act receives Royal Assent. The Act alters the status of the Royal Canadian Mint, making it a Crown Corporation, as of April 1. [661.xxix] [592.4]
- April 1
- The Royal Canadian Mint is formally established as a Crown Corporation, by the Government Organization Act. [2] [12] [45.12] [172.225] [661.xxix] [257] [334.123] [420.7] [604.31] [1001.52]
- April 30
- The design competition for the 1970 $1 coin ends. [376.61]
- June 12
- A seven-judge panel appointed by the Minister of Finance unanimously agrees on the design for the reverse of the 1970 Manitoba Centennial $1 coin. The winning design was submitted by Raymond Taylor, who receives $3500 for his work. Three awards of $500 each are made for runner-up designs. [2] [336.62] [380.150]
- June 17
- The Minister of Finance announces that Richard Taylor has won the design competition for the reverse of the 1970 $1 coin. [336.62]
- (month unknown)
- An employee of the Royal Canadian Mint illegally strikes a 1969 25-cent coin on a gold Prussian 1906 10-marks coin, and smuggles it out of the mint. [708.1]
- A 1969 10c coin with a large date is found in circulation. [386.386]
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