Canada vs France: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates over time
- Canada
- France
How they compare
Canada currently reports 1.37 National currency per US dollar against 0.8511 National currency per US dollar in France, a difference of 0.5189 National currency per US dollar.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.6 times France's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 26th and France ranks 28th of 43 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.9848 National currency per US dollar | 0.588 National currency per US dollar | 0.3967 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 1960s | 1.07 National currency per US dollar | 0.7621 National currency per US dollar | 0.3036 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 1970s | 1.05 National currency per US dollar | 0.7211 National currency per US dollar | 0.3256 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 1980s | 1.26 National currency per US dollar | 1.01 National currency per US dollar | 0.2522 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 1990s | 1.35 National currency per US dollar | 0.8436 National currency per US dollar | 0.5016 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 2000s | 1.28 National currency per US dollar | 0.8388 National currency per US dollar | 0.4369 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 2010s | 1.19 National currency per US dollar | 0.8292 National currency per US dollar | 0.3589 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 2020s | 1.34 National currency per US dollar | 0.8923 National currency per US dollar | 0.452 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates, Canada or France?
- Canada, at 1.37 National currency per US dollar against 0.8511 National currency per US dollar in France as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates between Canada and France?
- 0.5189 National currency per US dollar, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and France?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Canada and France rank globally for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates?
- Canada ranks 26th and France ranks 28th of 43 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates, end of period. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This table shows annual Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), household final consumption expenditure and actual individual consumption. It also shows exchange rates (annual averages and end of period), sourced from the International Monetary Fund's database on International Financial Statistics. Final consumption expenditure is the expenditure of resident households on consumption goods or services, while individual consumption is the sum of household consumption plus the individual (not collective) consumption of the non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) and General Government sectors. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE4 dataset. For further information on (PPPs) please check the following link: Purchasing Power Parities and more precisely FAQ 2: Purchasing power parities OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org