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Title

Arrangement structure

Series part of

Department of Finance fonds [textual record, cartographic material, architectural drawing] (R200-0-9-E)

Bilingual equivalent

Commission du contrôle du change étranger [document textuel]

Date(s)

1939-1951

Place of creation

Canada

Extent

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Series consist of a number of registry files (series no. 184) dealing with the Foreign Exchange Control Board. Also included are copies of weekly financial statements of the Special Exchange Fund which were sent regularly to the Minister of Finance by the Chairman of the Board. These records have become a part of the Department of Finance fonds because of the department's role as a central agency whose terms of reference extend to financial matters across all government activities.

Conditions of access

Terms of use

Copyright belongs to the Crown.

Finding aid

Textual records The finding aid consist of volume number, title and outside dates. 19-162 90 (Paper)

Additional name(s)

Foreign Exchange Control Board.

Biography / Administrative history

At the beginning of the Second World War, the Foreign Exchange Control Board was established to centralize transactions in foreign moneys. In order to fund the war effort, foreign money was rationed to ensure that the government would be able to pay for imports from the United States. This system of rationing survived until 1951 when the Foreign Exchange Control Board was disbanded. RG19 General Inventory

Additional information

Source

Government

MIKAN no.

139214