CAD to USD — 2008

0.818743USD

for 1 Canadian Dollar on 31 December 2008 · opened the year at 1.0119

19.09% over 2008

European Central Bank reference rate
256 trading days
Reference rate, not an offer

Today: 1 CAD = 0.702044 USD (PayerPay indicative rate, includes our margin)

2008 at a glance

1 CAD in USD
Measure	Rate	When
Opened	1.0119 USD	2 January 2008
Closed	0.818743 USD	31 December 2008
Highest	1.0231 USD	28 February 2008
Lowest	0.774428 USD	5 December 2008
Average	0.944274 USD	256 trading days
Change	-19.09% USD	open to close

Month by month

CAD to USD, 2008▼ 19.09%

1 CAD in USD, month by month, 2008
Month	Open	Close	High	Low	Change
January	1.0119	1.0016	1.0120	0.969304	-1.02%
February	1.0028	1.0183	1.0231	0.983690	+1.54%
March	1.0171	0.974485	1.0231	0.974485	-4.19%
April	0.974548	0.990503	0.998490	0.974548	+1.64%
May	0.983646	1.0082	1.0168	0.983646	+2.50%
June	1.0039	0.988834	1.0039	0.971650	-1.51%
July	0.982070	0.977520	1.0007	0.976255	-0.46%
August	0.974593	0.950032	0.974593	0.935429	-2.52%
September	0.938145	0.956019	0.967045	0.931677	+1.91%
October	0.944273	0.813533	0.944273	0.776421	-13.85%
November	0.835854	0.806783	0.866200	0.780261	-3.48%
December	0.801781	0.818743	0.838410	0.774428	+2.12%

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Common questions

How did CAD to USD change in 2008?

From 1.0119 USD per CAD on 2 January 2008 to 0.818743 on 31 December 2008: -19.09% over the year, with an average of 0.944274 across 256 trading days.

What were the high and low of CAD to USD in 2008?

High: 1.0231 on 28 February 2008. Low: 0.774428 on 5 December 2008.

About these rates

The rates on this page are European Central Bank euro reference rates, converted through the US dollar into a cross rate, one reading per trading day. Days from 28 September 2026 onward come from PayerPay's own daily record. They are reference rates published for information, not an offer to transact — PayerPay's indicative rate today is 1 CAD = 0.702044 USD, and it includes our margin. The final rate for a transfer is confirmed in your order.

Source: European Central Bank. Corrections: support@payerpay.io.

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