Which bill has Sir Wilfrid Laurier's portrait?

Discover Canada records this in one direct sentence. The guide writes: Sir Wilfrid Laurier became the first French-Canadian prime minister since Confederation and encouraged immigration to the West. His portrait is on the $5 bill. The currency the test wants is therefore the $5 bill.

Laurier's place on the $5 bill reflects a major historical role. Discover Canada calls him "the first French-Canadian prime minister since Confederation" — a milestone breaking the post-1867 pattern of English-Canadian Prime Ministers. So the $5 bill places a Francophone-Canadian leader on Canada's most commonly used banknote.

Laurier encouraged immigration to the West. Discover Canada writes that he "encouraged immigration to the West." Under his leadership, the railway helped millions of newcomers settle on the Prairies — the guide names "170,000 Ukrainians, 115,000 Poles and tens of thousands from Germany, France, Norway and Sweden" who came before 1914 to develop "a thriving agricultural sector." So the $5 bill placement is also a recognition of Laurier's role in shaping the populated, productive western prairies.

Laurier sits in a wider currency tradition. Discover Canada places Sir John A. Macdonald on the "$10 bill" and Laurier on the $5 bill — two early Prime Ministers, two key denominations. The Canadian coat of arms appears "on dollar bills, government documents and public buildings," reflecting a broader practice of using currency to display Canadian symbols and historic figures. So Laurier's $5-bill portrait is part of a national-recognition system that runs across the country's everyday paper money.

Laurier's era was a period of national growth. Discover Canada writes that "Canada's economy grew and became more industrialized during the economic boom of the 1890s and early 1900s. One million British and one million Americans immigrated to Canada at this time." So the same period when Laurier was Prime Minister saw two million immigrants arrive from Britain and the United States, plus the large continental-European waves the guide names. The $5 bill thus commemorates a Prime Minister who presided over one of the great immigration eras of Canadian history.

The question is testing whether new citizens know which Canadian bill features Sir Wilfrid Laurier's portrait. Discover Canada commits to one denomination: the $5 bill. The right test answer matches that.

The wrong answer choices each pick a different denomination. Discover Canada places Sir John A. Macdonald on the $10 bill — a different historical figure and a different bill. The $20 and $100 bills feature different figures (not all named in the guide). Only the $5 bill carries Laurier's portrait.