Canada: Foreign exchange reserves
(measure: billion U.S. Dollar, source: Bank of Canada)
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Foreign exchange reserves, billion currency units in Canada, September, 2020:
For that indicator, we provide data for Canada from January 1960 to September 2020. The average value for Canada during that period was 24.64 billion U.S. Dollar with a minimum of 1.68 billion U.S. Dollar in June 1962 and a maximum of 90.4 billion U.S. Dollar in July 2020.
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Measure: billion U.S. Dollar
Source: Bank of Canada
Source: Bank of Canada
Definition: Foreign exchange reserves consist of foreign currency, deposits denominated in foreign
currency, Monetary Gold, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) and Reserve position in the
International Monetary Fund (IMF). Foreign exchange reserves are held by monetary authorities
to finance trade imbalances, check the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations and address
other issues under the purview of the central bank.