I am not sure if it's true, but I did hear rumor from a teller at a Scotiabank branch near where I live back in May that they don't have $10 bills anymore, as I heard a customer asked for $10s and the cash dispenser spewed $20s instead. The customer corrected the teller and told her she wanted $10s, but the teller may have said "we don't have tens anymore." the real peculiar thing is, I went to that very same branch one week before, and the cash dispenser did spew a $10 (I asked for it). So I am thinking the BoC's article was likely updated by mid-May, and the MacDonald $10s are now being withdrawn.
Maybe, if $10 notes with MacDonald on them are being recalled, they're not being replaced in my province - implying that demand in Newfoundland and Labrador is now zero, and there is no need to have them in the province any longer.
So I am thinking that, when $10 bills are being deposited in banks, they're sending them back, and permanently discontinuing ordering them due to zero demand - for my province, that is. I still see plenty of $10s at my local Sobeys supermarket, but most of them are the MacDonald variety - it seems like, unlike the rest of Canada, there has been heavy exposure of MacDonald tens in my province, or maybe Atlantic Canada in general.
If this "permanently discontinued ordering them" rumor is true, then I bet that, by next spring or summer, $10 bills will become scarce like the long-defunct 50ยข coin was. I think the possible zero demand in my province was likely driven by mass inflation this year.
I don't buy the MacDonald's likeness issue being the reason for withdrawing the Frontiers issue $10 note, as the BoC confirmed that he will appear on one of the two largest denominations of banknotes in the future. But I bet, whatever denomination he appears on next will likely see a significant drop in the number in circulation because many Canadians of all generations have disparaged him based on his past policies and practices.
Considering the train theme on the back of the Frontiers $10, it's possible that the $10 bill in my province (and maybe most of Atlantic Canada) may soon literally reach the end of the line.