Real effective exchange rate (index; narrow definition; 27 economies) - Canada - BIS - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Real effective exchange rates (Bank for International Settlements)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Canada, the real effective exchange rate (relative to a basket of 27 trading partners' currencies) was 95.30 (index) in July 2025, versus 95.41 in the previous month. This constitutes a decrease of 0.12 percent.
Sample. There are 739 data points overall in the monthly time series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the time span extending from January 1964 to July 2025.
History. Have a look at some summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: the effective exchange rate achieved a maximum of 141.76 in July 1976; it reached its minimum of 85.39 in November 2001; it had an average value of 114.28.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index (an increase indicates an appreciation vis à vis a basket of foreign currencies) |
|---|---|
| 2025-05-31 | 94.79 |
| 2025-06-30 | 95.41 |
| 2025-07-31 | 95.3 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Real effective exchange rate (narrow definition: 27 economies) |
| Country | Canada |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Exchange rate |
| Deflation method | Real |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | Index (2020 = 100) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Index (an increase indicates an appreciation vis à vis a basket of foreign currencies) |
| Source | Bank for International Settlements |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Unrestricted use subject to certain conditions |
| Measure type | Geometric trade-weighted average of bilateral exchange rates, with relative adjustments for consumer prices |