Permanent historical factsheet

Gold Standard

Canada · Government / Government of Canada. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1926–1931Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1926

William Lyon Mackenzie King1926

Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada

Canada restores gold convertibility and fixes the dollar again near parity with the United States dollar.

1931

Richard Bedford Bennett Bennett, 1st1931

Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada

Canada formally breaks the link between the Canadian dollar and gold during the international financial crisis.

Names involved

Richard Bedford Bennett Bennett, 1stWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King

Provenance

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