Travel Money Index

Your USD goes further in Canada

+1.3% further

$2,000 now goes as far as $2,026.51 did 1 year ago.

$2,000 gets you 2,844 CAD

That is 37 CAD more than the same budget bought 1 year ago, worth about $26.16 today.

CAD per 1 USD Then 1.403 · Today 1.422
1 year ago Today

What the difference covers in Canada

The same $2,000 budget, at typical local prices, compared with 1 year ago.

Stay Estimate

Mid-range hotel

210 CAD a night
$1.96 less a night
Costs you today
$147.69
Cost you 1 year ago
$149.65
Stay Estimate

Four-star hotel

370 CAD a night
$3.45 less a night
Costs you today
$260.22
Cost you 1 year ago
$263.66
Eat Big Mac price

Fast-food meal

8.17 CAD a Big Mac
4 more Big Macs
Costs you today
$5.75
Cost you 1 year ago
$5.82
Eat Estimate

Dinner for two

130 CAD a dinner
$1.21 less a dinner
Costs you today
$91.43
Cost you 1 year ago
$92.64
Do Estimate

Museum entry

32 CAD a ticket
1 more ticket
Costs you today
$22.51
Cost you 1 year ago
$22.80
Do Estimate

Guided day tour

150 CAD a tour
$1.40 less a tour
Costs you today
$105.49
Cost you 1 year ago
$106.89
Get around Estimate

Airport taxi

120 CAD a ride
$1.12 less a ride
Costs you today
$84.39
Cost you 1 year ago
$85.51
Get around Estimate

Intercity bus ticket

100 CAD a ticket
$0.93 less a ticket
Costs you today
$70.33
Cost you 1 year ago
$71.26

Rate history

CAD per 1 USD. A rising line means your money buys more.

1.433 1.389 1.345 October 2025 Today
Rate 1 year ago
A price ofCosts you todayCost you 1 year ago
10 CAD$7.03$7.13
50 CAD$35.16$35.63
500 CAD$351.64$356.30
1,000 CAD$703.28$712.61

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Typical travel prices are estimates from World Bank price levels (International Comparison Program 2021, brought up to 2025) and vary by city and season. Fast-food prices come from The Economist's Big Mac index. The comparison follows exchange rates only and does not include changes in local prices.

Sources: World Bank ICP (CC BY 4.0), The Economist Big Mac index, Frankfurter (central bank rates)