In honor of Canada Day, which is on July 1, the Royal Canadian Mint released a limited edition coin shaped like the geographical outline of Canada. On the face are animals to represent the country's 13 provinces and territories:

• a bighorn sheep to represent Alberta
• a Kermode bear to represent British Columbia
• a plains bison to represent Manitoba
• a chickadee to represent New Brunswick
• a woodland caribou to represent Newfoundland and Labrador
• a gyrfalcon to represent Northwest Territories
• an osprey to represent Nova Scotia
• a Canadian Inuit dog to represent Nunavut
• a common loon to represent Ontario
• a blue jay to represent Prince Edward Island
• a snowy owl to represent Quebec
• a white-tailed deer to represent Saskatchewan
• a raven to represent Yukon

The Mint printed only 2,000 of the "Canadian Landscape" coins, which retailed at $339 Canadian (US$260). Officials said that the shape of the coin and its makeup–3 ounces of pure silver–drove the price up from other commemorative coins.

The Mint has, in past years, printed coins shaped like a square and like the country's iconic symbol, the maple leaf.