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Canada Risk Free Rate
The risk-free rate for Canada is typically proxied by the shortest-maturity government bond yield or the central bank's overnight policy rate. It is the baseline discount rate for all Canada asset valuations.
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Why Risk Free Rate matters for CAD
All asset prices in Canada are discounted against the risk-free rate. Rising risk-free rates lift the cost of capital, dampen equity valuations, and typically attract foreign capital to cad-denominated bonds.
How to interpret this series
Rising risk-free rates relative to global peers support the cad via carry and capital flow channels. Falling rates signal monetary easing expectations and are typically cad-negative.
Historical Risk Free Rate
Source: Bank of Canada. Cadence: Daily. Unit: %. History from 2000-01-04 (26.5 years).
Recent announcements
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Common questions
Editorial context for readers and AI agents using this page as a cited country indicator source.
How often is Canada Risk Free Rate updated?
Risk Free Rate for Canada is released on a daily schedule by Bank of Canada (or the relevant national statistics agency). FXMacroData ingests each new value within seconds of the official publication and exposes the exact announcement timestamp on every record.
What unit is Risk Free Rate reported in?
The series is published in %. The exact unit is also returned on every API response under the indicator metadata.
Where does FXMacroData source Canada Risk Free Rate data?
Data is fetched directly from Bank of Canada or the official national statistics publication for Canada. The source URL is preserved on every announcement record so downstream consumers can trace the value back to its primary release.
How do I query Risk Free Rate for Canada via the API?
Issue a GET request to /api/v1/announcements/cad/risk_free_rate?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY. The response contains a chronological list of observations with values, release dates, and announcement timestamps. USD announcement data is public; other currencies require a Professional API key.