Changing CAD to USD in Canada: the cheapest way, and what the rest cost you

CAD → USD

The spread takes 0 CAD at Royal Bank of Canada.

Measured against 1.4140 CAD per USD, the reference these banks price from.

Every figure is read from a bank's own published board, or derived from a margin it discloses — named in the evidence column, never inferred. We do not rank by any commercial relationship; the order below is the rate, and nothing else.

Which method costs least

This is the choice worth the most money, and the one most comparisons skip. Cash desks sit several points above card and transfer rates in every country we measure.

MethodCheapest hereCosts youHow we know
Buy banknotes at a branch
The bank's own banknote board — the widest spread of the three, everywhere we measure.
Royal Bank of Canada 0 CAD read from www.rbcbanqueroyale.com
Transfer / account conversion
What the bank converts at when the money moves between accounts.
Tangerine 7.32 CAD read from www.tangerine.ca

Cash withdrawals at an ATM are left out on purpose: they carry a per-withdrawal fee we do not collect, so listing them beside the others would flatter them.

Every bank's cash / banknotes rate

If you have to use a branch anyway, this is the order to try them in — 6 banks, cheapest first. The dearest takes 28.9% more than the cheapest.

BankBuys USDSells USDCosts you
Royal Bank of Canada own board 0.9949 1.0519 0 CAD
Read from the board this bank publishes at www.rbcbanqueroyale.com.
ATB Financial own board 1.3841 1.4449 10.69 CAD
Read from the board this bank publishes at www.atb.com.
Coast Capital Savings own board 1.3790 1.4490 12.08 CAD
Read from the board this bank publishes at www.coastcapitalsavings.com.
Scotiabank own board 1.3735 1.4505 12.58 CAD
Read from the board this bank publishes at dmtsms.scotiabank.com.
Desjardins own board 1.3760 1.4524 13.22 CAD
Read from the board this bank publishes at www.desjardins.com.
National Bank of Canada own board 1.3680 1.4600 15.75 CAD
Read from the board this bank publishes at www.nbc.ca.
2026-08-11 2026-09-25 1.4600 1.0519
Cheapest (green), median (dashed) and dearest (red) selling rate on each day — 34 days on which at least two banks published, 2026-08-11 to 2026-09-25. This is why we can say who stays cheapest, not just who is cheapest today.

Every bank's transfers rate

If you have to use a branch anyway, this is the order to try them in — 4 banks, cheapest first. The dearest takes 1.3% more than the cheapest.

BankBuys USDSells USDCosts you
Tangerine own board 1.3900 1.4350 7.32 CAD
Read from the board this bank publishes at www.tangerine.ca.
National Bank of Canada own board 1.3810 1.4470 11.40 CAD
Read from the board this bank publishes at www.nbc.ca.
Desjardins own board 1.3787 1.4495 12.25 CAD
Read from the board this bank publishes at www.desjardins.com.
TD Canada Trust own board 1.3741 1.4531 13.45 CAD
Read from the board this bank publishes at ix0.apps.td.com.
2026-08-11 2026-09-25 1.4531 1.3960
Cheapest (green), median (dashed) and dearest (red) selling rate on each day — 34 days on which at least two banks published, 2026-08-11 to 2026-09-25. This is why we can say who stays cheapest, not just who is cheapest today.

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Rates are CAD per 1 USD; "costs you" is the part of your amount the spread absorbs, against 1.4140, the reference these banks price from. Collection began 2026-06-24. Indicative information for comparison, not financial advice. What each country's rates are officially anchored to is on the references page. Generated 2026-09-25.