Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Canadian Dollar (CAD)
- Symbol
- $ — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- $123,456.78
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- 1 USD = 1.4038 CAD (boc, 2026-07-16)
Tax
- 0% — zero rated
Payment methods in Canada
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 card
- 02 apple pay
- 03 google pay
- 04 paypal
- 05 klarna
- 06 afterpay
- 07 affirm
- 08 amazon pay
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard, amex, interac, discover, diners, jcb. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- en-CA
- Also used
- fr-CA
- Official languages
- English, French
- Regional
- Inuktitut, Inuktitut (Latin), Plains Cree, Chipewyan, Slave, Dogrib, Gwichʼin
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- YYYY-MM-DD
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +1
- Mobile format
- +1 (XXX) XXX-XXXX
- Digits
- 10
Canada: common questions
What currency does Canada use?
Canada uses the Canadian Dollar (CAD), symbol $. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as $123,456.78.
How many decimal places does CAD have?
CAD has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the GST rate in Canada?
The standard GST rate in Canada is 5.00%. Prices are displayed tax-exclusive — the tax is added at checkout.
What payment methods are used in Canada?
The methods that matter in Canada, in rough order of use: card, apple pay, google pay, paypal, klarna, afterpay, affirm, amazon pay.
What is the dialling code for Canada?
Canada's country calling code is +1. Mobile numbers are formatted +1 (XXX) XXX-XXXX (10 digits after the country code).
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