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South African Rand (ZAR) to Canadian Dollar (CAD)

Convert South African rand to Canadian dollars at the live mid-market rate. Reverse: CAD to ZAR

1 South African Rand =

0.08514 CAD +0.01% today

1 ZAR = 0.0851414 CAD · 1 CAD = 11.7452 ZAR

Mid-market rate, updated 00:01 UTC. Paid plans update as often as every 60 seconds. Get ZAR→CAD rates via API

ZAR to CAD over the last year

0.080.08250.0850.0875Nov ’25Jan ’26Mar ’26May ’26Jul ’26Sep ’26
52-week high
0.087681
52-week low
0.079985
52-week average
0.083837
Change over the year
+5.43%

Conversion tables

ZAR to CAD
ZAR CAD
1 ZAR 0.08514 CAD
10 ZAR 0.8514 CAD
100 ZAR 8.51 CAD
1,000 ZAR 85.14 CAD
10,000 ZAR 851.41 CAD
50,000 ZAR 4,257.07 CAD
100,000 ZAR 8,514.14 CAD
CAD to ZAR
CAD ZAR
1 CAD 11.75 ZAR
10 CAD 117.45 ZAR
100 CAD 1,174.52 ZAR
1,000 CAD 11,745.17 ZAR
10,000 CAD 117,451.70 ZAR
50,000 CAD 587,258.48 ZAR
100,000 CAD 1,174,516.96 ZAR

Official ZAR/CAD rates

For accounting, tax and customs, rules usually name an official rate: the one a central bank publishes once a day. These banks publish one for this pair.

Get ZAR→CAD rates via API

The live rate, the rate on any past day or a whole range, for CAD and 170+ other currencies, as JSON. Free plan included. See the exchange rate API.

Get a free API key API documentation 
curl https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/latest \
  -G -d base_currency=ZAR -d currencies=CAD \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

# the rate on a past day
curl https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/historical \
  -G -d base_currency=ZAR -d currencies=CAD \
  -d date=2025-10-02 \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

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Questions about ZAR to CAD

How much is 1 ZAR in CAD?

1 South African Rand is 0.0851414 Canadian dollars at the mid-market rate of 2 October 2026, 00:01 UTC, and 1 CAD is 11.7452 ZAR.

What was the ZAR to CAD rate over the last year?

Over the last 52 weeks 1 ZAR ranged from 0.0799855 to 0.0876809 CAD, 0.0838366 CAD on average.

Which exchange rate is this?

The mid-market rate: the midpoint between what currency markets pay and ask for ZAR/CAD, without the margin a bank or card issuer adds, so the rate you are charged is usually a little worse. For accounting and tax, where an official rate is usually required, use the central bank rates below.