In Canada, 39% of households have a mortgage (Statistics Canada 2024). For these households, mortgage payments typically represent their single largest regular expenditure. Ensuring that households ...

We conduct surveys to study how consumer spending responds to higher inflation expectations. Most respondents spend the same, sticking to fixed budget plans or not considering inflation for spending ...

We’re taking steps to better understand the impacts of climate change on the economy and to reduce our environmental footprint.

We’re taking steps to better understand the impacts of climate change on the economy and to reduce our environmental footprint.

We’re taking steps to better understand the impacts of climate change on the economy and to reduce our environmental footprint.

How often does the cashier just hand over the debit machine when you pay for your morning coffee? Some even seem surprised if you give them cash. Last year in Canada, people used cash for only 1 in 3 ...

Do you ever wonder why some things are way more expensive than they were when you were a kid? It’s a sign of something important in our economy—inflation. Inflation is a measure of how much prices for ...

As the central bank and sole issuer of bank notes in Canada, the Bank of Canada needs to stay on top of payment trends. Every four years, we reach out to Canadians to ask them how they pay for things.

Over the years, the Bank of Canada has adjusted the way it sets its key interest rate. Following is a brief history of the key rate from the Bank’s founding in 1935 until the present. The original key ...

We’re taking steps to better understand the impacts of climate change on the economy and to reduce our environmental footprint.

Learn about the publication of, and calculation methodology for, the foreign exchange (FX) rate data on the Bank of Canada’s website. All FX rates are published as the number of Canadian dollars ...