Articles of category "Canadian Dollar"

The Canadian dollar is the unit of currency of Canada. One hundred cents add up to one dollar. Canada decided to use Canadian dollars instead of a pound sterling system. People in Canada use Canadian coins and bills. Canadian coins are issued by the Royal Canadian Mint. In French, the currency is also called le dollar; Canadian French slang terms include piastre or piasse.

Inflation in the value of the Canadian dollar has been fairly low. Canadian dollar exchange rates available from financial institutions will differ. Rates are expressed in Canadian dollars, converted from U.S. dollars. The noon Canadian dollar exchange rate is updated by about 12:45 p.m. It's quite often difficult to find reliable and free exchange rate data on the Internet.