Well, first off, you're in Newfoundland and Labrador... only the furthest place from everything except the ocean. Second, it was also some time until the vast majority of banks even local to me got new notes on all three occasions last year. I live in the Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge area of Ontario, about 1/2 way between Toronto and London, right off the 401. It is a fairly major centre, with a population of about half a million people, but it still took a bit to get the new notes out.
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BWJM, F.O.N.A.
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