Bank of Canada Valet API
by bankofcanada.ca
Currency and finance
Added on November 9th, 2026
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What it does
The Valet API from the Bank of Canada gives its exchange rates and other financial series, for example the latest US dollar rate in Canadian dollars. Requests are GET calls with JSON answers. Free, no key needed, with the Bank of Canada credited as the source. The rates are indicative and not meant as a benchmark for executing trades.
At a glance
- API key
- Not needed · More APIs with no key
- Pricing
- Free, no key needed, with the Bank of Canada credited as the source.
- Commercial use
- Allowed on the free plan
- From the browser
- Yes (CORS)
- Formats
- JSON, XML, CSV
- Interface
- REST, HTTP-GET
- Provider
- bankofcanada.ca
More information: https://www.bankofcanada.ca/valet/docs
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Example request
curl
curl 'https://www.bankofcanada.ca/valet/observations/FXUSDCAD/json?recent=1'JavaScript
const response = await fetch("https://www.bankofcanada.ca/valet/observations/FXUSDCAD/json?recent=1");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);Python
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.bankofcanada.ca/valet/observations/FXUSDCAD/json?recent=1",
timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.