This is so not true. Even the Canadian Mint has issued a statement that this is not true. Just another canadian stereotype that people keep perpetuating. Now please excuse me while I go back to watching the hockey game in my igloo while eating bacon dipped in beer that I picked up in my dogsled on my way home after a long day of lumber jacking.
This is the link if anyone wants to check it out , I live in BC and on more than one occasion I have smelt the maple syrup smell , wether the banks put the smell
In or if they were shipped near maple syrup or whatever , me and almost everyone I know here has smelled the deliciousness of the new Canadian bills!