When was wilfrid laurier put on the five dollar bill?

Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada, was featured on the five-dollar bill starting in 1979. His image appeared on the Series 1979 $5 note, which was part of a new series of banknotes introduced by the Bank of Canada. Laurier's portrait remained on the bill until it was replaced by a polymer version in 2013.