Long-term interest rate (per cent) - Canada - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Canada, the long-term interest rate stood at 3.42 per cent in June 2026, compared to 3.54 in May.
Sample. There are 858 records overall in the monthly series shown in the chart above. The series covers the time range stretching from January 1955 to June 2026.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: the interest rate recorded a minimum of 0.52 per cent in July 2020; it peaked at 17.00 in September 1981; it had an average value of 6.09.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 3.518333 |
| 2026-05-31 | 3.5415 |
| 2026-06-30 | 3.42 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long-term interest rate |
| Country | Canada |
| Economic concept | Interest rate |
| Data type | Annual interest rate |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | OECD |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Redistributable with citation |
| Other information | Long-term interest rates generally refer to government bonds maturing in ten years. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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