# Canada Central Bank Policy Rate – Apr 16, 2025: 2.75

> Canonical page: https://fxmacrodata.com/canada/policy-rate/announcements/cad_policy_rate_2025-04-16
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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Status | Released |
| Actual | 2.75 |
| Previous | 2.75 |
| Forecast | -- |
| Surprise | -- |
| Reference period | 2025-04-16 |
| Release time (local) | Estimated 2025-04-16 09:45 America/Toronto |
| Release time (UTC) | Estimated 2025-04-16 13:45 UTC |
| Release ID | cad_policy_rate_2025-04-16 |

Canada Central Bank Policy Rate came in at 2.75 on Apr 16, 2025, compared with 2.75 previously. See the full release history, chart, Bank of Canada context, and API access for this series.

## Recent release history

| Release date | Actual | Previous | Forecast |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-02 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.25 |
| 2026-07-15 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.25 |
| 2026-06-10 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.25 |
| 2026-04-29 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.25 |
| 2026-03-18 | 2.25 | 2.25 | -- |
| 2026-01-28 | 2.25 | 2.25 | -- |
| 2025-12-10 | 2.25 | 2.25 | -- |
| 2025-10-29 | 2.25 | 2.5 | -- |
| 2025-09-17 | 2.5 | 2.75 | -- |
| 2025-07-30 | 2.75 | 2.75 | -- |
| 2025-06-04 | 2.75 | 2.75 | -- |
| 2025-04-16 | 2.75 | 2.75 | -- |

## API access

```
GET https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/cad/policy_rate
X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY
```

The endpoint returns the full announcement history for this series, including point-in-time release timestamps.

## Related

- Previous release: https://fxmacrodata.com/canada/policy-rate/announcements/cad_policy_rate_2025-03-12
- Next release: https://fxmacrodata.com/canada/policy-rate/announcements/cad_policy_rate_2025-06-04
- Full series and chart: https://fxmacrodata.com/canada/policy-rate
- Machine-readable surfaces index: https://fxmacrodata.com/llms.txt