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 (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -1.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | -1.9 | 0.8 | 3.1 | -1.4 | -1.0 | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 1.0 | -0.3 | -0.9 | -3.4 | -0.1 | -0.9 | 1.1 | -0.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -2.4 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 1.3 | -0.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | -2.6 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | -1.2 | 1.4 | -0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | -2.6 | 0.0 | 2.1 | -0.3 | 2.5 | -1.7 | -2.6 |
| 2022 | 0.1 | -0.0 | -2.1 | 2.6 | -1.2 | 1.8 | -0.6 | 2.2 | 4.5 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -0.2 |
| 2021 | 0.6 | -1.7 | 0.1 | -2.7 | -1.6 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | -3.2 | 3.2 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 5.9 | -2.1 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -1.8 | -2.5 | 2.3 | -0.5 | -2.5 | -1.8 |
| 2019 | -3.5 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | -3.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | -0.3 | -0.5 | 0.9 | -1.6 |
| 2018 | -1.8 | 3.5 | 0.9 | -0.4 | 0.4 | 2.8 | -1.7 | -0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| 2017 | -2.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 | -1.2 | -3.5 | -4.1 | 1.3 | -1.5 | 3.1 | 0.3 | -2.3 |
| 2016 | 1.2 | -3.5 | -4.2 | -3.3 | 3.9 | -0.8 | 1.7 | -0.5 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| 2015 | 8.7 | -0.9 | 1.4 | -5.2 | 3.4 | -0.1 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 1.4 | -1.9 | 1.6 | 3.8 |
| 2014 | 4.8 | -0.3 | -0.7 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -1.6 | 2.3 | -0.5 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| 2013 | 0.8 | 2.1 | -0.7 | -0.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 | -1.7 | 2.3 | -2.1 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| 2012 | -1.8 | -0.9 | 0.3 | -1.6 | 5.0 | 0.3 | -3.1 | -0.9 | -1.2 | 1.9 | -0.7 | 0.1 |
| 2011 | 0.3 | -2.5 | -0.6 | -2.2 | 2.8 | -0.9 | -1.8 | 3.0 | 6.0 | -4.2 | 3.9 | -1.1 |
| 2010 | 1.7 | -1.7 | -3.4 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 1.9 | -3.1 | 3.0 | -2.7 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -1.9 |
| 2009 | 0.9 | 3.9 | -1.0 | -5.4 | -8.6 | 6.5 | -7.2 | 1.4 | -2.3 | 1.5 | -2.8 | -0.1 |
| 2008 | 0.4 | -1.4 | 3.9 | -1.7 | -1.4 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 4.4 | -0.4 | 13.3 | 2.5 | -1.6 |
| 2007 | 0.9 | -0.4 | -1.4 | -3.9 | -3.6 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -1.0 | -5.7 | -4.9 | 5.7 | -0.3 |
| 2006 | -2.0 | -0.2 | 2.7 | -4.3 | -1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | -2.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| 2005 | 3.3 | -0.5 | -2.0 | 4.0 | -0.3 | -2.3 | -1.4 | -1.6 | -2.2 | 1.7 | -1.4 | -0.4 |
| 2004 | 2.0 | 0.8 | -1.9 | 4.7 | -0.6 | -2.1 | -0.1 | -1.4 | -3.9 | -3.5 | -2.4 | 1.1 |
| 2003 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | -1.2 | -2.5 | -1.3 | -0.3 |
| 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 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 rate | 70%/23 | 43%/23 | 43%/23 | 35%/23 | 43%/23 | 48%/23 | 48%/23 | 50%/22 | 48%/23 | 57%/23 | 61%/23 | 43%/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
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.