Final Countdown to Spend $1, $2 Bills in Stores as They Lose Status in 2021

Final Countdown to Spend $1, $2 Bills in Stores as They Lose Status in 2021
Old one and two dollar bills are shown in Oakville, Ont. on Dec. 30, 2020. The Canadian Press/Richard Buchan
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Canadians still holding on to old paper money have until midnight tonight to spend it, as stores will stop accepting certain denominations after the new year.

Some bank notes made between 1935 and 1986 will lose the government’s legal tender status at midnight.