2022 by the numbers

6.8%

Consumer price index inflation

4.25%

Policy interest rate at year-end

$119.7

billion—Value of bank notes in circulation as at December 31, 2022 (up from $115.2 billion at the end of 2021)

3.6%

Canada’s real gross domestic product growth as estimated at December 31, 2022

5%

Canada’s unemployment rate as at December 31, 2022

73.83

US cents—Exchange rate for Can$1 as at December 31, 2022

$199.5

billion—Nominal value of marketable bonds issued by the Government of Canada in 2022

$56.0

billion—Reduction in the nominal value of Government of Canada bonds held by the Bank of Canada

100%

Percentage of Bank operations powered by renewable electricity

2,250

Number of employees as at Dec 31, 2022

13

Consecutive years as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers

6

Consecutive years as one of Canada’s Top Family-Friendly Employers

4

Consecutive years as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers

13

Consecutive years as one of the National Capital Region’s Top Employers