Canadian Monopoly
Canadian Monopoly is an edition of the popular board game Monopoly. It features Canadian properties, railways, and utilities, rather than the original version which is based in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The Canadian edition was originally released in 1982. An updated version was released in 2000, and another updated version was issued in 2010.
1982 edition
The properties (clockwise) span Canada from east to west, with streets in St. John's at the beginning of the circuit, with streets in Vancouver and Victoria taking over for "Boardwalk" and "Park Place." All four railways are Canadian lines, and the police officer depicted on the "Go to Jail" space is a Mountie. A beaver token is included in the player pieces.
2000 edition
The 2000 edition brought further changes from the Monopoly standard. Player pieces now include a moose, a canoe, a hockey player, and the aforementioned beaver. "Community Chest" and "Chance" cards are now called "Federal" or "Provincial"; one card depicts striking oil in Alberta and being awarded the Order of Canada. Several of the properties, railways, and utilities were reordered or changed.
2010 edition
For the 2010 edition of the game, an online contest was conducted in which participants were asked to vote for cities to be on the new board.[1] Unlike the earlier editions, properties were arranged in their final vote order, and are not in any specific geographic arrangement. In this edition of the game there are no cities from the Maritimes, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, the Yukon and Nunavut. Hasbro said that this edition would feature updated Chance and Community Chest cards that will "highlight events and culturally relevant scenarios from Canada".[2]
1982 board layout
| GO | Duckworth Street ($60) | Community Chest | Signal Hill Road ($60) | Income Tax (Pay 10% or $200) | CN Rail ($200) | Waterloo Row ($100) | Chance | King Street ($100) | Queen Street ($120) | Jail | ||
| Douglas Street ($400) | Monopoly | University Avenue ($140) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxury Tax (Pay $75) | Telephone Company ($150) | |||||||||||
| Granville Street ($350) | Barrington Street ($140) | |||||||||||
| Chance | Spring Garden Road ($160) | |||||||||||
| BC Rail ($200) | Ontario Northland ($200) | |||||||||||
| Macleod Trail ($320) | Rue St-Jean ($180) | |||||||||||
| Community Chest | Community Chest | |||||||||||
| St. Albert Trail ($300) | Rue St-Catherine ($180) | |||||||||||
| Jasper Avenue ($300) | Rue St-Jacques ($200) | |||||||||||
| Go To Jail | Gas Company ($150) | CP Rail ($200) | Chance | Free Parking | ||||||||
| Albert Street ($280) | Victoria Avenue ($260) | Portage and Main ($260) | Bay Street ($240) | Yonge Street ($220) | Sussex Drive ($220) | |||||||
2000 board layout
| GO | Water Street ($60) | Federal | Signal Hill Road ($60) | Income Tax (Pay 10% or $200) | Royal Canadian Pacific ($200) | University Avenue ($100) | Provincial | Barrington Street ($100) | Spring Garden Road ($120) | Jail | ||
| Robson Street ($400) | Monopoly | Waterloo Row ($140) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goods and Services Tax (Pay $75) | Esso ($150) | |||||||||||
| Granville Street ($350) | King Street ($140) | |||||||||||
| Provincial | Queen Street ($160) | |||||||||||
| CPR ($200) | CN Rail ($200) | |||||||||||
| Macleod Trail ($320) | Grande Allée ($180) | |||||||||||
| Federal | Federal | |||||||||||
| St. Albert Trail ($300) | Rue St-Denis ($180) | |||||||||||
| Jasper Avenue ($300) | Rue Ste-Catherine ($200) | |||||||||||
| Go To Jail | Canada Post ($150) | Ontario Northland ($200) | Provincial | Free Parking | ||||||||
| Albert Street ($280) | Victoria Avenue ($260) | Portage and Main ($260) | Bay Street ($240) | Yonge Street ($220) | Sussex Drive ($220) | |||||||
2010 board layout
| GO | Banff ($600K) | Community Chest | Beauceville ($600K) | Income Tax (Pay 10% or $2M) | St. John's International Airport ($2M) | Vancouver ($1M) | Chance | Toronto ($1M) | Ottawa ($1.2M) | Jail | ||
| Chatham-Kent ($4M) | Monopoly | St. John's ($1.4M) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxury Tax (Pay $1M) | Cell Phone Service ($1.5M) | |||||||||||
| Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ($3.5M) | North Bay ($1.4) | |||||||||||
| Chance | Kelowna ($1.6M) | |||||||||||
| Toronto International Airport ($2M) | Vancouver International Airport ($2M) | |||||||||||
| Calgary ($3.2M) | Montreal ($1.8M) | |||||||||||
| Community Chest | Community Chest | |||||||||||
| Sarnia ($3M) | Chilliwack ($1.8M) | |||||||||||
| Edmonton ($3M) | Kawartha Lakes ($2M) | |||||||||||
| Go To Jail | Internet Service ($1.5M) | Montreal International Airport ($2M) | Chance | Free Parking | ||||||||
| Windsor ($2.8M) | Quebec City ($2.6M) | Trois-Rivières ($2.6M) | Medicine Hat ($2.4M) | Gatineau ($2.2M) | Shawinigan ($2.2M) | |||||||
References
- New Canadian Monopoly unveiled, Toronto relegated to light blue. Toronto Life. Published yes 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
- "New Monopoly board features Canadian cities". cbc.ca. Retrieved April 24, 2018.