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) stood at 94.34 (index) in August 2025, compared to 95.30 in July. This represents a reduction of 1.01 percent.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 740 data points in total. The period covered by the series goes from January 1964 to August 2025.
History. Have a look at some statistics we computed on the entire sample: the effective exchange rate hit a trough of 85.39 in November 2001; it reached a maximum of 141.76 in July 1976; it had a mean of 114.25.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index (an increase indicates an appreciation vis à vis a basket of foreign currencies) |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 95.41 |
| 2025-07-31 | 95.3 |
| 2025-08-31 | 94.34 |
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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 |
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