Tamworth Hours are a usuryfree time currency initiated by Tom J. Kennedy and issued into circulation 13.11.2004. They were issued on behalf of the participating time-traders who live in the village of Tamworth, in rural eastern Ontario, CANADA in the Township of Stone Mills and/or beyond its borders. Approximately 80 'time-traders' are currently participating with this Tamworth Hours project.

Many participating time-traders are willingly accepting other local currencies at par with Tamworth Hours as this action helps to build a larger, loyal database of community-minded consumers.

There are about 50 other local currency projects active in Canada. We currently have examples of the Salt Spring Island and Toronto Dollars shown on this site as well as the venerable Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC) money, which is not strictly a local currency since it is intended to be used on their stores only but has some similarities to a local currency. I had a report from Italy that CTC money was used for a local purchase and exchanged at par with the Canadian dollar!