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1 CAD = 12.1444 ZAR ▼ -0.1000%

High 12.1700

Low 12.1345

Open 12.1571

Prev. Close 12.1562

One Week

+1.59%

12.1700 H · 12.0762 L

One Month

+0.94%

12.3421 H · 11.9530 L

One Year

-4.47%

12.4202 H · 11.5924 L

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Market Analysis: Updated Daily 20 May 2026

What's Driving CAD/ZAR Today

The Canadian Dollar to South African Rand exchange rate is shaped by monetary policy decisions from both central banks, alongside inflation data, economic growth indicators and global risk sentiment. Sterling pairs are particularly sensitive to UK data releases and political developments.

Key drivers to watch include central bank rate decisions, CPI inflation prints, labour market data and trade balance figures. Our editorial team publishes daily commentary on the forces moving the CAD/ZAR rate.

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Daily Canadian Dollar to South African Rand Statistics

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Date	Open	Close	High	Low	Mid
Wed 20 May	12.1571	12.1444	12.1700	12.1345	12.1508
Tue 19 May	12.0606	12.1561	12.1581	12.0762	12.1084
Mon 18 May	12.1300	12.0606	12.1168	12.0973	12.0953
Fri 15 May	12.0148	12.1424	12.1209	12.0446	12.0786
Thu 14 May	11.9684	12.0148	12.0068	11.9869	11.9916
Wed 13 May	12.0599	11.9684	12.0653	11.9978	12.0142
Tue 12 May	12.0151	12.0601	12.0515	12.0507	12.0376
Mon 11 May	11.9788	12.0151	12.0395	11.9862	11.9970
Fri 8 May	12.0870	11.9836	12.0347	11.9840	12.0353
Thu 7 May	12.0226	12.0868	12.0428	11.9530	12.0547
Wed 6 May	12.2400	12.0226	12.1783	12.0471	12.1313
Tue 5 May	12.3283	12.2406	12.3210	12.2412	12.2845
Mon 4 May	12.2581	12.3273	12.3421	12.2051	12.2927
Fri 1 May	12.2748	12.2573	12.3032	12.2357	12.2661
Thu 30 Apr	12.3018	12.2748	12.3124	12.2857	12.2883
Wed 29 Apr	12.0922	12.3018	12.2998	12.0713	12.1970
Tue 28 Apr	12.1376	12.0922	12.1383	12.1214	12.1149
Mon 27 Apr	12.1189	12.1379	12.1386	12.1184	12.1284
Fri 24 Apr	12.1434	12.0925	12.1327	12.0991	12.1180
Thu 23 Apr	12.0447	12.1434	12.1335	12.0558	12.0941
Wed 22 Apr	12.0735	12.0446	12.0810	12.0431	12.0591
Tue 21 Apr	11.9934	12.0740	12.1030	11.9908	12.0337
Mon 20 Apr	11.9550	11.9933	11.9847	11.9546	11.9742
Fri 17 Apr	11.9736	11.9165	12.0118	11.8629	11.9451
Thu 16 Apr	11.9152	11.9736	11.9551	11.9382	11.9444
Wed 15 Apr	11.8703	11.9152	11.9146	11.8860	11.8928
Tue 14 Apr	11.9052	11.8703	11.8934	11.8672	11.8878
Mon 13 Apr	11.9416	11.9042	11.9635	11.9196	11.9229
Fri 10 Apr	11.8510	11.8619	11.8833	11.8415	11.8565
Thu 9 Apr	11.8421	11.8520	11.8882	11.8249	11.8471
Wed 8 Apr	12.1026	11.8421	12.0004	11.8801	11.9724
Tue 7 Apr	12.1198	12.1022	12.1471	12.0839	12.1110
Mon 6 Apr	12.1687	12.1199	12.1567	12.1059	12.1443
Fri 3 Apr	12.1729	12.1748	12.1916	12.1439	12.1739
Thu 2 Apr	12.1218	12.1738	12.2001	12.1442	12.1478
Wed 1 Apr	12.1781	12.1216	12.1224	12.1099	12.1499
Tue 31 Mar	12.3397	12.1781	12.2696	12.2067	12.2589
Mon 30 Mar	12.3409	12.3399	12.3374	12.3204	12.3404
Fri 27 Mar	12.3500	12.3170	12.3770	12.3267	12.3335
Thu 26 Mar	12.2887	12.3492	12.3541	12.2856	12.3190
Wed 25 Mar	12.3267	12.2898	12.3012	12.2634	12.3083
Tue 24 Mar	12.2547	12.3257	12.4090	12.2799	12.2902
Mon 23 Mar	12.3991	12.2535	12.4202	12.2947	12.3263
Fri 20 Mar	12.1989	12.3880	12.3618	12.2945	12.2935
Thu 19 Mar	12.3742	12.1990	12.3076	12.3074	12.2866
Wed 18 Mar	12.1720	12.3743	12.2947	12.1719	12.2732
Tue 17 Mar	12.1843	12.1722	12.2055	12.1994	12.1783
Mon 16 Mar	12.3563	12.1844	12.2943	12.2270	12.2704
Fri 13 Mar	12.3158	12.3503	12.3429	12.2738	12.3331
Thu 12 Mar	12.1298	12.3159	12.3000	12.1560	12.2229
Wed 11 Mar	11.9929	12.1295	12.1298	11.9957	12.0612
Tue 10 Mar	11.9881	11.9938	12.0751	11.9470	11.9910
Mon 9 Mar	12.2432	11.9881	12.3227	12.1466	12.1157
Fri 6 Mar	12.1783	12.2032	12.2783	12.1776	12.1908
Thu 5 Mar	11.9771	12.1782	12.2136	12.0035	12.0777
Wed 4 Mar	12.0841	11.9763	12.0895	11.9648	12.0302
Tue 3 Mar	11.7746	12.0843	12.1253	11.8362	11.9295
Mon 2 Mar	11.8106	11.7735	11.7850	11.7718	11.7921
Fri 27 Feb	11.6505	11.6816	11.6608	11.6599	11.6661
Thu 26 Feb	11.5885	11.6502	11.6542	11.6451	11.6194
Wed 25 Feb	11.6615	11.5887	11.6274	11.5924	11.6251
Tue 24 Feb	11.6979	11.6623	11.6668	11.6625	11.6801
Mon 23 Feb	11.7485	11.6984	11.7220	11.6914	11.7235
Fri 20 Feb	11.8028	11.7226	11.7776	11.7377	11.7627
Thu 19 Feb	11.7304	11.8019	11.8115	11.7596	11.7662
Wed 18 Feb	11.7507	11.7303	11.7549	11.7191	11.7405
Tue 17 Feb	11.7221	11.7503	11.7499	11.7475	11.7362
Mon 16 Feb	11.7190	11.7221	11.7274	11.6818	11.7206
Fri 13 Feb	11.7296	11.7075	11.7642	11.7165	11.7186
Thu 12 Feb	11.6863	11.7296	11.7166	11.6775	11.7080
Wed 11 Feb	11.7630	11.6864	11.7160	11.7072	11.7247
Tue 10 Feb	11.7284	11.7633	11.7600	11.7516	11.7459
Mon 9 Feb	11.7343	11.7284	11.7598	11.7214	11.7314
Fri 6 Feb	11.8975	11.7295	11.9169	11.7573	11.8135
Thu 5 Feb	11.7649	11.8974	11.8250	11.8115	11.8312
Wed 4 Feb	11.7063	11.7647	11.7518	11.6983	11.7355
Tue 3 Feb	11.7592	11.7062	11.7614	11.6794	11.7327
Mon 2 Feb	11.8484	11.7593	11.9115	11.7498	11.8039
Fri 30 Jan	11.6645	11.8531	11.8949	11.7006	11.7588
Thu 29 Jan	11.6313	11.6645	11.6974	11.6252	11.6479
Wed 28 Jan	11.6852	11.6318	11.6964	11.6667	11.6585
Tue 27 Jan	11.7056	11.6843	11.7255	11.6984	11.6950
Mon 26 Jan	11.7376	11.7054	11.7165	11.6969	11.7215
Fri 23 Jan	11.6989	11.7578	11.7805	11.6737	11.7284
Thu 22 Jan	11.7579	11.6990	11.7426	11.6988	11.7285
Wed 21 Jan	11.8675	11.7580	11.8769	11.7757	11.8128
Tue 20 Jan	11.8117	11.8675	11.9064	11.8425	11.8396
Mon 19 Jan	11.8372	11.8117	11.8546	11.8240	11.8245
Fri 16 Jan	11.7606	11.7892	11.8160	11.7647	11.7749
Thu 15 Jan	11.8170	11.7607	11.8085	11.7596	11.7889
Wed 14 Jan	11.8069	11.8170	11.8178	11.7942	11.8120
Tue 13 Jan	11.8125	11.8069	11.8524	11.8110	11.8097
Mon 12 Jan	11.8616	11.8124	11.8341	11.8288	11.8370
Fri 9 Jan	11.9207	11.8503	11.9311	11.8799	11.8855
Thu 8 Jan	11.8706	11.9209	11.9038	11.9010	11.8958
Wed 7 Jan	11.8397	11.8706	11.9013	11.8666	11.8552
Tue 6 Jan	11.8837	11.8397	11.8835	11.8657	11.8617
Mon 5 Jan	11.9978	11.8836	11.9709	11.9044	11.9407
Fri 2 Jan	12.0757	12.0135	12.0537	12.0340	12.0446
Thu 1 Jan	12.0751	12.0751	12.0751	12.0751	12.0751

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