As a hunter for 35 years, I can tell you that at least around here hunting is on the decline, and deer populations are way up. I didn’t hunt this year (didn’t have the heart to, all my hunting buddies are dead) but I still go to my camp, and there just aren’t nearly as many hunters in the woods as there used to be. Don’t even hear gunshots that often.
One thing I will always give my father credit for. In 1980 the engineering company he worked for folded (there was a big recession going on) and he couldn’t find a job. He resorted to selling vacuum cleaners door to door to keep us fed. He was not a perfect father, but he was dedicated.
Canada never had $5 coins, at least not any that were put into regular circulation. There may have been some “collector edition” coins that the mint produced, but no regular circulation currency.
Loonies came out in 1987, and Toonies came out in ’96. Our fives are still blue though (and tens are purple, twenties are green, fifties are red, and hundreds are brown)
Don’t let their Canadian name fool you. They have no manners, and they are not sorry.