Federal Reserve Board H.10 and G.5 (RXI_N.M.CA) · Canadian dollar per US dollar, monthly average

What is the exchange rate of the Canadian dollar against the US dollar?

The monthly average of Canadian dollar per US dollar was 1.3972 in the month ended , up 1.0% from a year earlier.

Canadian dollar per US dollar, monthly average, not seasonally adjusted, each month

January 1971 to September 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as published

Canadian dollar per US dollar, monthly average, not seasonally adjusted, each month (January 1971 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Canadian dollar per US dollar, monthly average, not seasonally adjusted, each month (September 2016 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Canadian dollar per US dollar, monthly average, not seasonally adjusted, each month (September 2024 to September 2026)

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to , to , to , to .

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .

Canadian dollar per US dollar, monthly average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)

January 1971 to September 2026Ours, from the published values

Canadian dollar per US dollar, monthly average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (January 1971 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Canadian dollar per US dollar, monthly average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (September 2016 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Canadian dollar per US dollar, monthly average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (September 2024 to September 2026)

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to , to , to , to .

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .

Each point is one month of the series as the source publishes it, or a change worked out from those values (ours). The US recessions are shaded. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.

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The newest month beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year, five and ten years earlier. The last ten years are in the table under "The numbers behind the chart".

Canadian dollar per US dollar, monthly average: the newest month beside earlier ones
MeasureLatestThe month beforeA year earlierFive years earlierTen years earlier
Month
Canadian dollar per US dollar, monthly average1.39721.39021.38341.26711.3108
Change over a year+1.0%+0.8%+2.1%−4.2%−1.2%

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Observed .

Right now

The monthly average of Canadian dollar per US dollar was 1.3972 in September 2026, the highest since July 2026.

Over a year it is up 1.0% (ours).

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ChangeOurs

The monthly average of Canadian dollar per US dollar at the start of each period, and the change since then (ours)
PeriodThenChange
One month1.3902 in +0.5%
Three months1.4034 in −0.4%
Twelve months1.3834 in +1.0%
Five years1.2671 in +10.3%
Ten years1.3108 in +6.6%

In historyOurs

The monthly average of Canadian dollar per US dollar of 1.3972 in was higher than in 583 of the 668 other months since , the same in 1 and lower in 84.

Highest since : 1.5997 in . Lowest since : 0.9553 in .

AverageOurs

Average since : 1.23623 (ours, a plain mean of the 669 months).

ComparedOurs

Over a year the monthly average of Canadian dollar per US dollar is up 1.0%, which ranks 9 of the 18 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.

The table sets the monthly average of Canadian dollar per US dollar beside the currencies on the dollar exchange rates page, by the change over a year in each one's newest month.

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Understanding the monthly average of Canadian dollar per US dollar

Where it stands today

The monthly average of Canadian dollar per US dollar was 1.3972 in September 2026.

What does the monthly average of Canadian dollar per US dollar measure?

This is the monthly average of the exchange rate of the Canadian dollar against the US dollar: the amount of Canadian dollar that one US dollar equals. The Federal Reserve Board (the Board) publishes the daily rates in its H.10 release and their monthly averages in its G.5 release. The daily rates are noon buying rates in New York for cable transfers payable in the listed currencies, certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for customs purposes.

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What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, the highest and lowest value since the series begins, and how the change over a year compares with the other lines of the dollar exchange rates page.

The numbers behind the chart

What was the monthly average of Canadian dollar per US dollar in each month?The last ten years, 120 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Jan 1971
Canadian dollar per US dollar, monthly average, not seasonally adjusted, by month, newest first (Canadian dollar per US dollar; the change ours)
MonthValueChange over a year
1.3972+1.0%
1.3902+0.8%
1.4105+3.0%
1.4034+2.7%
1.3717−1.1%
1.3754−1.6%
1.3720−4.4%
1.3648−4.6%
1.3771−4.3%
1.3795−3.2%
1.4056+0.6%
1.3988+1.7%
1.3834+2.1%
1.3797+1.0%
1.3691−0.2%
1.3668−0.3%
1.3867+1.5%
1.3981+2.2%
1.4356+6.1%
1.4299+5.9%
1.4389+7.2%
1.4247+6.2%
1.3973+1.9%
1.3757+0.3%
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Canadian dollar per US dollar, monthly average, not seasonally adjusted, by month, newest first (Canadian dollar per US dollar; the change ours) (continued)
MonthValueChange over a year
1.3546+0.1%
1.3655+1.3%
1.3714+3.8%
1.3705+3.2%
1.3667+1.1%
1.3674+1.4%
1.3536−1.1%
1.3500+0.3%
1.34230.0%
1.3416−1.2%
1.3707+1.9%
1.3712+0.2%
1.3531+1.4%
1.3478+4.3%
1.3211+2.1%
1.3286+3.8%
1.3517+5.1%
1.3484+6.8%
1.3683+8.1%
1.3454+5.8%
1.3422+6.3%
1.3585+6.1%
1.3457+7.1%
1.3689+10.1%
1.3339+5.3%
1.2917+2.5%
1.2936+3.2%
1.2804+4.8%
1.2859+6.1%
1.2628+1.1%
1.2660+0.7%
1.2711+0.1%
1.2622−0.8%
1.2800−0.1%
1.2567−3.9%
1.2434−5.9%
1.2671−4.2%
1.2599−4.8%
1.2530−7.2%
1.2220−9.8%
1.2125−13.2%
1.2494−11.1%
1.2569−10.0%
1.2696−4.4%
1.2725−2.8%
1.2809−2.7%
1.3073−1.2%
1.3218+0.2%
1.3230−0.1%
1.3229−0.3%
1.3497+3.0%
1.3552+2.0%
1.3972+3.8%
1.4048+5.0%
1.3960+4.4%
1.3286+0.6%
1.3089−1.6%
1.3169−2.0%
1.3237+0.2%
1.3189+1.4%
1.3241+1.6%
1.3273+1.8%
1.3105−0.2%
1.3289+1.2%
1.3460+4.6%
1.3378+5.1%
1.3371+3.4%
1.3209+4.9%
1.3300+7.0%
1.3436+5.2%
1.3205+3.4%
1.3004+3.1%
1.3034+6.1%
1.3042+3.4%
1.3133+3.5%
1.3125−1.3%
1.2866−5.4%
1.2732−5.2%
1.2933−3.4%
1.2588−4.0%
1.2429−5.7%
1.2769−4.3%
1.2773−4.9%
1.2607−4.9%
1.2279−6.3%
1.2608−3.0%
1.2690−2.8%
1.3295+3.1%
1.3606+5.1%
1.3437+4.8%
1.3387+1.2%
1.3109−5.0%
1.3183−7.2%
1.3339−2.7%
1.3434+1.2%
1.3251+1.4%
How does it compare with the currencies on the dollar exchange rates page?Ranked by the change over a year
Canadian dollar per US dollar, monthly average beside the currencies on the dollar exchange rates page, newest month of each, by the change over a year (ours); equal changes share a rank
SeriesMonthValueChange over a yearRank
Sri Lankan rupee329.4748+9.1%1
Indian rupee95.5124+8.1%2
Japanese yen156.4171+5.8%3
Taiwan dollar31.7381+4.5%4
Swedish krona9.7754+4.3%5
Thai baht33.2329+4.0%6
Swiss franc0.8199+3.0%7
Danish krone6.4979+2.2%8
Canadian dollar (this page)1.3972+1.0%9
Hong Kong dollar7.8434+0.8%10
Singapore dollar1.2729−0.9%11
South Korean won1,359.2090−2.4%12
Malaysian ringgit4.0692−3.3%13
Brazilian real5.1433−4.1%14
Norwegian krone9.3913−5.5%15
Chinese yuan6.7084−5.8%16
Mexican peso17.2695−6.5%17
South African rand16.2221−6.9%18

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What this number cannot tell you

  • These are the Board's own rates, certified for customs purposes. They are not prices from an exchange, a bank or a dealer.
  • A month's value is the monthly average of the daily rates that the Board's G.5 release publishes. The Board prints the rates to four decimal places, and this page prints them as published.
  • The rate is the amount of Canadian dollar for one US dollar, so a higher number is more Canadian dollar for one dollar.
  • The changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values are ours, worked out from the values the Board publishes; a change is in percent.

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How to cite this

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, H.10 Foreign Exchange Rates, Canadian dollar per US dollar, monthly average, through September 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What is the exchange rate of the Canadian dollar against the US dollar?", https://500metrics.com/dollar-exchange-rates/canadian-dollar.

Can the data be downloaded?dollar-exchange-rates-canadian-dollar.csv

Download the full history as CSV: 669 rows, to , 13,052 bytes.

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Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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