In Canada, a dime is a coin worth ten cents. It has been the physically smallest Canadian coin since 1922; it is smaller even than the country's penny, despite its higher face value. According to the Royal Canadian Mint, the official national term of the coin is the 10-cent piece, but in practice, the term dime predominates in English-speaking Canada. It is nearly identical in size to the American dime. Unlike its American counterpart, the Canadian dime is magnetic due to a distinct metal composition. From 1968 to 2000, it was composed entirely of nickel, and since 2001, it has consisted of a steel core with plating composed of layers of nickel and copper.
The most prevalent version of the coin features a portrait of Elizabeth II on the obverse, although a new version featuring Charles III was introduced in 2023. The reverse contains a representation of the Bluenose, a famous Canadian schooner. According to the Royal Canadian Mint, "Artist Emanuel Hahn developed his design for the 10-cent coin from photos of the famous Bluenose schooner."
|2.33 g
|18.03 mm
|50% silver, 50% copper
|-
|1968–2000
|2.07 g
|18.03 mm
|99.9% nickel
|-
|2001–present
|1.75 g
|18.03 mm
|92.0% steel (AISI 1006 alloy), <br />5.5% copper, 2.5% nickel plating
|}
Circulation figures
Victoria & Edward VII
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Mintage
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1858
| 1,250,000
|
|-
| 1870
| 1,600,000
|-
| 1890 H
| 450,000
|
|-
| 1902 H
| 1,100,000
| 2,737,584
|-
| 1912 with "DEI GRA"
| 3,235,557
|-
| 1913 small leaves
| rowspan=2| 3,613,937
|-
| 1921
| 2,469,562
|-
| 1938
| 4,197,323
|-
| 1949
| 11,336,172
|-
| 1953 strap
|-
| 1954
| 4,493,150
|-
| 1966
| 34,567,898
|-
| 1967 50% silver
|-
| 1968 50% silver
| 70,460,000
|-
| 1968 nickel
| 87,412,930
|-
| 1968 nickel
| 85,170,000
|-
| 1969