Name: Monthly average foreign exchange rates in Canadian dollars, Bank of Canada
Creator: Statistics Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

Monthly average foreign exchange rates in Canadian dollars, Bank of Canada — AI AnalysisThis Statistics Canada dataset (Table 33100163) tracks monthly average foreign exchange rates in Canadian dollars across 27 currencies from May 1981 to February 2026, encompassing 3,078 valid records over 538 monthly periods. The data is heavily right-skewed, with most currencies trading well below Key Findings

The dataset covers 27 currencies across 538 monthly periods from May 1981 to February 2026, with 3,078 valid records out of 3,176 total — a missing data rate of approximately 3%.

Exchange rate values are extremely right-skewed, with a mean of 14.62 CAD versus a median of just 0.265 CAD and a standard deviation of 34.97, driven by currencies with very high or very low unit denominations.

As of February 2026, the UK pound sterling (1.8533 CAD) and Swiss franc (1.7661 CAD) are the strongest currencies against the Canadian dollar, while the Indonesian rupiah (0.0001 CAD) and Vietnamese dong are the weakest.

75% of all exchange rate observations fall below 1.35 CAD, confirming that the majority of tracked currencies are worth less than one Canadian dollar in unit terms.

The US dollar currently trades at 1.3651 CAD and the euro at 1.6138 CAD, reflecting the dominant role of these currencies in Canadian trade and finance.

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