Into Canadian dollars
West African CFA franc to Canadian dollar
What the sums people ask about in CFA francs, from 10,000 to 1 million, are worth in Canadian dollars at the mid-market reference rate. It is the benchmark, not the rate a bureau or a transfer service will give you.
The amounts, in Canadian dollars
10,000 CFA francs in Canadian dollars
24.53 CAD at the reference rate of 30 Sept 2026
50,000 CFA francs in Canadian dollars
122.66 CAD at the reference rate of 30 Sept 2026
100,000 CFA francs in Canadian dollars
245.32 CAD at the reference rate of 30 Sept 2026
500,000 CFA francs in Canadian dollars
1,227 CAD at the reference rate of 30 Sept 2026
1 million CFA francs in Canadian dollars
2,453 CAD at the reference rate of 30 Sept 2026
The rate, both ways
reference rate, 30 Sept 2026At the reference rate above. Type in either box.
Before you change money
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 changing CFA francs into dollars, at a bureau or through a transfer service, you will get fewer dollars than this page shows. Compare offers by the dollars that arrive, not by the fee.
The other way: Canadian dollar to West African CFA franc (CAD/XOF) →
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.
Other rates from Canada
- Canadian dollar to Guinean franc (CAD/GNF)
- Canadian dollar to West African CFA franc (CAD/XOF)
- Canadian dollar to Central African CFA franc (CAD/XAF)
- Canadian dollar to Nigerian naira (CAD/NGN)
- Canadian dollar to Ghanaian cedi (CAD/GHS)
And the other way, into Canadian dollars
- Guinean franc to Canadian dollar (GNF/CAD)
- Central African CFA franc to Canadian dollar (XAF/CAD)
- Nigerian naira to Canadian dollar (NGN/CAD)
Or the currency converter, which holds every rate the site carries.