Bank of Canada Valet API

Base URL

https://www.bankofcanada.ca/valet

Authentication

No API key required.

Rate limit

No published hard limit; fair use expected.

Pricing

Free official central bank data.

CORS

Enabled — callable directly from browser JavaScript

Official docs

Read the docs

Every request below was executed against the live API on 20 Aug 2026, and the response shown is the real body it returned — not an illustration.

curl 'https://www.bankofcanada.ca/valet/observations/FXUSDCAD/json?recent=1'

const res = await fetch("https://www.bankofcanada.ca/valet/observations/FXUSDCAD/json?recent=1");
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${res.status}`);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

res = requests.get("https://www.bankofcanada.ca/valet/observations/FXUSDCAD/json?recent=1", timeout=20)
res.raise_for_status()
print(res.json())

{
  "terms": {
    "url": "https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/"
  },
  "seriesDetail": {
    "FXUSDCAD": {
      "label": "USD/CAD",
      "description": "Daily average exchange rate: daily value of the US dollar expressed in Canadian dollars, for 1 unit of US dollar",
      "dimension": {
        "key": "d",
        "name": "Date"
      }
    }
  },
  "observations": [
    {
      "d": "2026-08-19",
      "FXUSDCAD": {
        "v": "1.3824"
      }
    }
  ]
}

terms.urlstring

Link to the terms of use.

seriesDetailobject

Metadata for each requested series — label, description, dimensions.

observationsarray

The data points.

observations[].dstring

Observation date.

observations[].<SERIES>.vstring

The value, as a string — parse before use.

• Convert currencies using official Bank of Canada rates for accounting
• Chart Canadian interest rate and bond yield history
• Support Canadian tax and compliance reporting
• Analyse long-run Canadian economic trends

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