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bankofcanada.policy_rate

mock data$0.001 / call

Bank of Canada Policy & Prime Rate

Get Bank of Canada overnight target rate and prime lending rate history from the Valet API. overnight_rate_pct (series V39079): the Bank of Canada target for the overnight rate — its primary monetary policy instrument. prime_rate_pct (series V80691311): the prime lending rate set by financial institutions as a function of the overnight rate. Rate changes occur on scheduled Bank of Canada announcement dates (approximately 8 times per year). Returns the 10 most-recent observations by default; use start_date/end_date for historical ranges going back to 1994. Essential for Canadian mortgage, loan, and bond analysis. Source: Bank of Canada, www.bankofcanada.ca — open data, attribution required.

Financeprovider: Bankofcanada#bankofcanada#finance

Input schema

recent

Number of most-recent observations to return (default 10). Rate changes occur on scheduled BoC announcement dates (roughly 8 times per year). Ignored when start_date or end_date is provided.

integer
end_date

End date for historical range in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. "2026-06-22"). Defaults to the most recent available date.

string
start_date

Start date for historical range in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. "2020-01-01"). Overnight rate history goes back to 1994.

string

Call via REST

curl -X POST https://unifyapi.pro/api/call/bankofcanada.policy_rate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer uak_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"recent":0,"end_date":"<end_date>","start_date":"<start_date>"}'

Try it

Paste a UnifyAPI key (create one in the dashboard) and run a real call.