I was just thinking...if you went and bought something in Canada that came to a total of $1.06 (in Alberta, that would be $1+GST), and you only had a five-dollar note (a "Laurier"), you would get the following as change:

- one $2 piece (toonie)
- one $1 piece (loonie)
- three 25-cent pieces (quarters)
- one 10-cent piece (dime)
- one 5-cent piece (nickel)
- four 1-cent pieces (pennies)

Names are written in parentheses because the Royal Canadian Mint does not call them as such.

Anyhow, that is a total of 11 coins for your pocket, which is 1) the most you can receive as change ("monnaie" in French) only from spending a note, 2) using the fewest coins possible, with at least 3) one of each common coin denomination.