> As an American another countries figures on your countries money / flag is strange.
Just on this part, while the US had a pretty “hard break up” with the Great Britain, Canada on the other hand had a quite agreeable, peaceful, and close relationship with Britain (later UK) being exceptionally closely aligned with them during the period(s) which they became independent, and afterwards (Canadian Independence is a complicated timeline). Despite being independent, they were still a major part of the British Commonwealth
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