For 2009 Average Exchange Rates, See This Page.
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For foreign income, dividends and interest that you report on your Canadian tax return forms, you must report it in Canadian Dollars.
Anything you see on this page in red is quoted from the Canadian Revenue Agency/CRA website from the "Line 121..." and "Line 104..." links.Line 121 - Foreign interest and dividends <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <!-- CONTENT TITLE ENDS | FIN DU TITRE DU CONTENU -->
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="Main Content" -->If you receive interest or dividend income from another country, you have to report this income in Canadian dollars. Use the exchange rate that was in effect on the day you received the income. If you received the income at different times during the year, use the average annual exchange rate. The average monthly rate as well as the daily rate are available by accessing the Bank of Canada web site.
If you paid foreign taxes on your interest or dividend income, you may be able to claim a foreign tax credit when you calculate your federal and provincial or territorial taxes (see line 405). Do not subtract the taxes from your income when you report it.
And for Foreign Income:
Line 104 - Foreign employment income <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <!-- CONTENT TITLE ENDS | FIN DU TITRE DU CONTENU -->
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="Main Content" -->Foreign employment income is income earned outside Canada from a foreign employer. Report this income in Canadian dollars. Use the exchange rate that was in effect on the day you received the income or, if the amount was paid at various times throughout the year, you can use our average annual rate.
Note
U.S. wages reported on a U.S. W-2 slip may be reduced by such contributions to a "401(k), 457 or 403(b) plan, US Medicare and Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA)". These contributions are not deductible on your Canadian return and must be added to your employment income at line 104.
If you paid foreign taxes on foreign income you received, do not reduce the amount you report by the amount of tax the foreign country withheld. However, you may be able to claim a foreign tax credit when you calculate your federal and provincial or territorial taxes. See line 405 - Federal foreign tax credit, for details.
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AVERAGE 2007 Exchange rates from the CRA:
from: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/rc4152/README.html
Well, actually, they're Bank of Canada rates, the CRA just copies them.
Country (monetary unit) | Exchange rate | Country (monetary unit) | Exchange rate |
---|---|---|---|
Argentina (peso) | 0.3420 | Morocco (dirham) | 0.1310 |
Australia (dollar) | 0.8982 | Netherlands Antilles (guilder) | 0.6038 |
Bahamas (dollar) | 1.0748 | New Zealand (dollar) | 0.7892 |
Brazil (new real) | 0.5513 | Norway (krone) | 0.1832 |
Burma [Myanmar] (kyat) | 0.1931 | Pakistan (rupee) | 0.01769 |
Chile (peso) | 0.002055 | Panama (balboa) | 1.0748 |
China (renminbi) | 0.1412 | Peru (new sol) | 0.3432 |
Colombia (peso) | 0.000518 | Philippines (peso) | 0.02328 |
Croatia (kuna) | 0.2002 | Poland (zloty) | 0.3883 |
Czech Republic (koruna) | 0.05293 | Romania (nouveau leu) | 0.4153 |
Denmark (krone) | 0.1972 | Russia (rouble) | 0.04198 |
East Caribbean (dollar) | 0.4029 | Serbia (dinar) | 0.01800 |
European Monetary Union (euro) | 1.4691 | Singapore (dollar) | 0.7126 |
Fiji (dollar) | 0.6680 | Slovakia (koruna) | 0.04350 |
Communauté Financière Africaine (franc) C.F.A. | 0.002240 | South Africa (rand) | 0.1523 |
Communauté Française du Pacifique (franc) C.F.P. | 0.01231 | South Korea (won) | 0.001156 |
Ghana (cedi) | 1.0689 | Sri Lanka (rupee) | 0.009727 |
Guatemala (quetzal) | 0.1400 | Sweden (krona) | 0.1589 |
Honduras (lempira) | 0.05688 | Switzerland (franc) | 0.8946 |
Hong Kong (dollar) | 0.137744 | Taiwan (new Taiwan dollar) | 0.03271 |
Hungary (forint) | 0.005848 | Thailand (baht) | 0.03323 |
Iceland (krona) | 0.01677 | Trinidad and Tobago (dollar) | 0.1708 |
India (rupee) | 0.02605 | Tunisia (dinar) | 0.8392 |
Indonesia (rupiah) | 0.000118 | Turkey (lira) | 0.8221 |
Israel (shekel) | 0.2614 | United Arab Emirates (dirham) | 0.2700 |
Jamaica (dollar) | 0.01561 | United Kingdom (pound) | 2.14865378 |
Japan (yen) | 0.009121 | United States (dollar) | 1.07478127 |
Malaysia (ringgit) | 0.3125 | Venezuela (bolivar) | 0.000501 |
Mexico (peso) | 0.09832 | Vietnam (dong) | 0.000067 |
If you are NOT using the average exchange rates for filing your annual Canadian income tax forms, then take a look at the Bank of Canada's page at:
Bank of Canada Daily Exchange Rates for 56 Currencies
excange euros to cad
This is not a comment, it is a question as I need some help. I received some euros from a heritance and I do not know what is best to do as the excange rate here at the bank is low, for a 20 000 they will give me some 1000 less than the currency excange rate I found on the internet . I wonder for a biger ammount what will that be? I will lose a lot from my money the way I see. Where to change and overall how to handle this so that I can use this money. I opened an euro account at the TD bank for now and this is all. Please help me with some information :)
PS I live in Montreal Qc.
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