Series Letter "Q"?

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As I understand, there are going to be no AWQ or EWQ prefixes on our $20 notes.

They don't use the same font of letters on the new Journey notes as they do with the birds issues or earlier, so now there should be **Q prefixes on the new Journey notes.

If I ran the Bank of Canada, I'd release the entire spectrum of letter from A to Z (maybe excluding "X")!

The question is...  why are there not going to be any prefixes with series letter "Q"?

Later, Jonathan

Q is not used because of its similarity to O.  O is used, on the other hand, because zero would never appear in the third position, whereas both Q and O would.

Q will never be used since it resembles to much the letter O. It has nothing to do with the zero anymore.

BWJM and JB105, I think you're right.

For example, if there ever was to be a $5 AOQ note, people would get them mixed up with AOO (if there is to be an AOO released).

However, I believe that there are no AWQ or EWQ $20 notes released because people would get the prefixes mixed up with AWO and EWO, since the letter "O" looks like a number zero, and the letter "Q" looks more like the letter "O".  I really think that the BoC should keep the series letter "O" as a third letter.

By the way, is there any way of knowing if there will be a prefix AOO on a future Journey $5?

Later, Jonathan

Q has never been used by the BoC since it's inception.

I believe that series letter "O" may very well be a short-lived third letter in prefixes AWO and EWO on our $20 notes.  I believe that series letter "O" is discontinued - just like series letter "I" in recent months.

So, I guess there is absolutely NO worries about the series letters "O" and "Q" - for now.

But who knows?  We might be surprised if we see AOI and/or AOO on our Journey $5's, but I won't count on third letter "Q" in any prefixes EVER!!!!

But we will have to see AOI and/or AOO to prove whether the series letters "I" and "O" still exists or not.

Later, Jonathan