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Canadian dollar to West African CFA franc
What a Canadian dollar is worth in CFA francs today, both ways, with the everyday amounts worked out. This is the mid-market reference rate: the benchmark to hold a transfer quote against, not the rate a transfer service will give you.
The rate, both ways
reference rate, 28 Sept 2026, 00:02 UTCAt the reference rate above. Type in either box.
Everyday amounts
at the reference rate| CAD | XOF |
|---|---|
| 20 | 8,144 |
| 50 | 20,361 |
| 100 | 40,722 |
| 200 | 81,445 |
| 500 | 203,612 |
| 1,000 | 407,225 |
| XOF | CAD |
|---|---|
| 5,000 | 12.28 |
| 10,000 | 24.56 |
| 50,000 | 122.78 |
| 100,000 | 245.56 |
| 500,000 | 1,228 |
| 1,000,000 | 2,456 |
Before you send
The rate above is the mid-market rate: the midpoint between the prices at which banks buy and sell each currency. No transfer service pays it exactly. Each takes a margin on the rate, and many add a fee on top.
So compare services by what arrives, not by the fee: how many CFA francs the recipient gets for the same number of dollars. A transfer advertised as free usually makes its money on the rate.
For example, 200 CAD at the reference rate is 81,445 XOF. A service offering 79,002 XOF for the same 200 dollars is keeping about 3% of it.
Since January
against the US dollarA Canadian dollar buys about as many CFA francs as it did in January.
Against the US dollar since January, the Canadian dollar has weakened 3.4%, and the euro, and with it the West African CFA franc, has weakened 3.3%.
The two moves are close enough that the difference is smaller than the two series can reliably measure.
About the West African CFA franc
Legal tender in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
It is pegged to the euro at 655.957 francs per euro, a parity fixed since the euro's launch in 1999. So a Canadian dollar buys more francs exactly when it buys more euros: this rate is the Canadian dollar's euro rate multiplied by 655.957, and it moves only when that does.
The Central African CFA franc (XAF), used in Cameroon and five other countries, has the same peg and so exactly the same value. It is still a different currency, issued by a different central bank, and its notes are not legal tender in West Africa.
Djeli also follows the stock exchange that trades in CFA francs: the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières. BRVM →