Canada: plugs, voltage, currency, time & travel facts

Plugs and voltage

Canada uses Types A and B sockets. Mains supply is 120 V at 60 Hz.

At 120 V, devices from 220–240 V countries that are not dual-voltage will run weakly or not at all. Chargers labelled “100–240V” work fine with just a plug adapter.

Adapter guides: from United States · from United Kingdom · from Australia · from India · from France · from China · from Ireland · from Mexico

Money

$ Canadian Dollar CAD

Reference rates, 2026-10-30 (ECB)
1 USD	1.40 CAD
1 EUR	1.56 CAD
1 GBP	1.87 CAD
1 JPY	0.008883 CAD

Canadian Dollar: where it's used and rates

Price level 90 (US = 100, 2025)

Everyday household prices in Canada are about 90% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: dearer than the median country (50). All countries

Language

Englishofficial87%
Frenchofficial29%

Also official in some regions: Inuktitut, Plains Cree, Chipewyan, Slave, Dogrib, Gwichʼin.

Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).

Time

Canada spans 5 time offsets right now:

– UTC−7 observes DST America / Edmonton, America / Cambridge Bay, America / Inuvik…
– UTC−6 observes DST America / Winnipeg, America / Resolute, America / Rankin Inlet…
– UTC−5 observes DST America / Toronto, America / Iqaluit, America / Atikokan
– UTC−4 observes DST America / Halifax, America / Glace Bay, America / Moncton…
– UTC−3:30 observes DST America / St Johns

The capital is on UTC−5 (America/Toronto).

Driving

Traffic in Canada drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.

Public holidays in the next 12 months

5 national public holidays from 2 November 2026. Banks, offices and many shops close; regional holidays are not shown. Dates marked “estimated” follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.