US Dollar / Canadian Dollar (USDCAD-X)

Currencies · Major · data since 2003-09-17 · last close 2026-08-17

1d
-0.40%
7d
-0.57%
30d
-1.18%
YTD
+1.29%
1y
+0.43%

US Dollar / Canadian Dollar (USDCAD-X) monthly returns (%)

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026-1.51.41.9-1.90.83.1-1.4-1.0····
20251.0-0.3-0.9-3.4-0.1-0.91.1-0.61.20.50.3-2.4
20241.31.3-0.31.00.10.11.1-2.60.13.00.72.5
2023-1.21.4-0.40.60.0-2.60.02.1-0.32.5-1.7-2.6
20220.1-0.0-2.12.6-1.21.8-0.62.24.5-0.5-0.2-0.2
20210.6-1.70.1-2.7-1.62.60.41.31.1-3.23.20.1
20201.11.35.9-2.1-0.7-0.8-1.8-2.52.3-0.5-2.5-1.8
2019-3.50.02.20.20.5-3.20.41.0-0.3-0.50.9-1.6
2018-1.83.50.9-0.40.42.8-1.7-0.30.40.61.22.6
2017-2.80.71.12.2-1.2-3.5-4.11.3-1.53.10.3-2.3
20161.2-3.5-4.2-3.33.9-0.81.7-0.50.51.90.20.3
20158.7-0.91.4-5.23.4-0.14.81.81.4-1.91.63.8
20144.8-0.3-0.7-0.9-1.0-1.62.3-0.52.80.31.32.3
20130.82.1-0.7-0.41.81.7-1.72.3-2.11.61.00.6
2012-1.8-0.90.3-1.65.00.3-3.1-0.9-1.21.9-0.70.1
20110.3-2.5-0.6-2.22.8-0.9-1.83.06.0-4.23.9-1.1
20101.7-1.7-3.40.22.51.9-3.13.0-2.7-0.4-0.8-1.9
20090.93.9-1.0-5.4-8.66.5-7.21.4-2.31.5-2.8-0.1
20080.4-1.43.9-1.7-1.42.60.44.4-0.413.32.5-1.6
20070.9-0.4-1.4-3.9-3.6-0.50.2-1.0-5.7-4.95.7-0.3
2006-2.0-0.22.7-4.3-1.41.31.4-2.31.10.41.82.0
20053.3-0.5-2.04.0-0.3-2.3-1.4-1.6-2.21.7-1.4-0.4
20042.00.8-1.94.7-0.6-2.1-0.1-1.4-3.9-3.5-2.41.1
2003········-1.2-2.5-1.3-0.3
Avg0.60.10.0-1.0-0.00.2-0.60.4-0.10.40.5-0.1

Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).

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Seasonality — average by calendar month

MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg+0.6%+0.1%+0.0%-1.0%-0.0%+0.2%-0.6%+0.4%-0.1%+0.4%+0.5%-0.1%
Win rate70%/2343%/2343%/2335%/2343%/2348%/2348%/2350%/2248%/2357%/2361%/2343%/23

Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.

Risk & extremes

Max drawdown
-34.2%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±2.5%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
49%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+13.35%
2008-10
Worst month
-8.61%
2009-05
Longest streaks
5▲ / 7▼
Consecutive up / down months

Drawdown & rolling returns

-31%-15%0%

Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.

About US Dollar / Canadian Dollar

US Dollar / Canadian Dollar, tracked here from its first session onward — every monthly, quarterly and weekly return on record since 2003, with no gaps filled in and nothing smoothed. Since 2003 it has ground out +4% overall — not every story is a rocket.

Did you know?

  • Its best month on record was October 2008 at +13.35%; its worst, May 2009 at -8.61%.
  • It has closed January in the green 16 out of 23 times — past performance, future shrug.

Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.