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Bank of England Canadian Dollar rate

1 GBP = 1.8770 CAD +0.24%

Published Monday, 28 September 2026 as the daily spot exchange rates against sterling, observed at 16:00 London time.

1 CAD = 0.532765 GBP

GBP to CAD over the last year

1.8251.851.8751.90Nov ’25Jan ’26Mar ’26May ’26Jul ’26Sep ’26
52-week high
1.9000
52-week low
1.8180
52-week average
1.8610
Change over the year
+0.45%

Yearly averages

The mean of each year’s publications, 1 GBP in CAD. Open a year for every daily rate and the monthly averages.

YearAverageHighLowPublications
2026 1.8631 1.9000 1.8180 187
2025 1.8420 1.8859 1.7513 253
2024 1.7509 1.8192 1.6808 254
2023 1.6779 1.7256 1.6107 251
2022 1.6074 1.7335 1.4707 250
2021 1.7245 1.7769 1.6727 253
2020 1.7200 1.7816 1.6709 254
2019 1.6937 1.7725 1.5976 253
2018 1.7293 1.8367 1.6638 253
2017 1.6716 1.7747 1.5867 252
2016 1.7948 2.0778 1.5984 253
2015 1.9552 2.0847 1.7831 253
2014 1.8188 1.8587 1.7467 253
2013 1.6120 1.7639 1.5265 253
2012 1.5839 1.6196 1.5491 252
2011 1.5862 1.6368 1.5281 251
2010 1.5925 1.7268 1.4886 253
2009 1.7800 1.9151 1.6329 253
2008 1.9621 2.0557 1.7672 254
2007 2.1467 2.3476 1.9275 253
2006 2.0900 2.2770 1.9769 252
2005 2.2048 2.3974 2.0041 252
2004 2.3831 2.5240 2.1990 254
2003 2.2877 2.5196 2.1709 253
2002 2.3609 2.5427 2.2320 252
2001 2.2299 2.3371 2.0827 253
2000 2.2491 2.4013 2.0818 252
1999 2.4040 2.5342 2.2863 252
1998 2.4596 2.6554 2.2985 253
1997 2.2680 2.4089 2.1550 253
1996 2.1293 2.3472 2.0383 254
1995 2.1666 2.3261 2.0643 252
1994 2.0934 2.2265 1.9509 252
1993 1.9374 2.0461 1.7770 253
1992 2.1316 2.4102 1.9008 254
1991 2.0262 2.3151 1.8343 253
1990 2.0830 2.3034 1.8733 253
1989 1.9399 2.1744 1.8126 252
1988 2.1898 2.4353 2.0146 253
1987 2.1723 2.4525 2.0126 253
1986 2.0382 2.1448 1.9340 253
1985 1.7723 2.0686 1.4559 253
1984 1.7288 1.8779 1.5303 253
1983 1.8678 1.9979 1.7723 252
1982 2.1573 2.2851 1.9534 253
1981 2.4268 2.8852 2.1285 252
1980 2.7204 2.9005 2.5531 254
1979 2.4867 2.7207 2.3300 253
1978 2.1902 2.4560 2.0033 252
1977 1.8581 2.0996 1.7113 252
1976 1.8302 2.0565 1.5967 255
1975 2.1832 2.4398 1.9843 254

This rate via API

The Bank of England CAD rate for any day since 2 January 1975, or every publication in a range of up to a year, as JSON or CSV.

Get a free API key API documentation 
curl https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/official \
  -G -d source=boe -d base_currency=GBP \
  -d currencies=CAD -d date=2026-09-28 \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

# every publication of 2026
curl https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/official/range \
  -G -d source=boe -d currencies=CAD \
  -d date_from=2026-01-01 -d date_to=2026-12-31 \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

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Questions about this rate

What is the Bank of England CAD rate today?

On 28 September 2026 the Bank of England published 1 GBP = 1.877 CAD (1 CAD = 0.532765 GBP).

What was the average CAD rate in 2026?

The average of the 187 publications in 2026 is 1 GBP = 1.86306 CAD, the simple mean of the daily rates.

Is this the rate I must use for tax or accounting?

That depends on your jurisdiction. Many rules name a specific bank and day, for example the rate published on the business day before the transaction. Use the date lookup in the API to get exactly the publication your rule asks for.