10 Dollars

The Sterling Bank of Canada was absorbed by the Standard Bank of Canada in 1924, making its note issues a short-lived affair confined to roughly a decade of independent operation. This 1921 ten-dollar note falls near the end of that window — well printed by the British American Bank Note Company in Ottawa, whose engraving quality during this period was generally reliable.

The Sterling Bank never operated as a major chartered institution; its branch network was modest and concentrated in Ontario. Notes from smaller chartered banks of this era were frequently returned to the issuing branch rather than circulating widely, which affects survivor populations in ways that raw scarcity figures don't always capture.