1 CAD to ZAR | Canadian Dollar to Rand

Learn how to get the best Canadian Dollar exchange rate before exchanging your money

The Canadian Dollar is the official Canadian Dollar currency. CAD/ZAR represents the value of Canadian Dollar money in Rand money and it is called the 'exchange rate' or 'forex rate'. This exchange rate from Canadian Dollar to Rand is today at 12.970.

As an example, suppose you are from Cape Town or Cape City South Africa and you travel to Ottawa Canada. There, you need to get 1000 Canadian Dollars ( $) at a Ottawa bank to pay your hotel. In this case you would pay 12.970 * 1000 = 12,969.608 Rands (R). But, in practice, you will pay more (or perhaps much more) to get the same amount of your foreign currency due to the margin for the money conversion services costs like: commissions, credit card surcharges, ATM fees and other expenses. If, for example, you are using a credit card, this margin will typically be around 2 to 3 percent. We recommend that you choose the best place to make your money exchange because there can be a large difference between forex rates you will get.

In the example above for a 1000 Canadian Dollars amount, the result of the money conversion is 13,229.001 ZAR for a 2% margin or 13,358.697 ZAR for a 3% margin.

Some Internet based foreign currency exchange agencies add 10 percent or even more. So, if you make the same calculations above, there will be a difference of about 1,296.961 ZAR depending on which forex bank or agency you choose to exchange your money. So, that's why we advise you to seek the best place to get the best fx rates for your upcoming money transfer/exchange. The only way to know what is the best exchange rate is to know what the current rate is. You can easily accomplish this by using periodically our currency converter above to get an idea of what forex rate to expect.

Note: If you use our currency converter, you only need to choose the amount of margin in its drop-down list and have an estimate of how much you will pay to get the desired amount.

By the way: there are some notations for this currency pair like CAD-ZAR or CADZAR among others. The currency symbol for Canadian Dollar is ($) while the currency symbol for Rand is (R). Note also that the Canada country code is CAN or CA. The South Africa country code is ZAF or ZA