2023 by the numbers


3.9%

Consumer price index inflation

5.00%

Policy interest rate at year-end

8

Number of Governing Council deliberation summaries published

$119.4

billion—Value of bank notes in circulation as at December 31, 2023

1.0%

Canada’s average annual real gross domestic product growth as estimated at December 31, 2023

75.61

US cents—Exchange rate for Can$1 as at December 31, 2023

$179.8

billion—Nominal value of marketable bonds issued by the Government of Canada in 2023

$281.1

billion—Nominal value of Government of Canada bonds held by the Bank of Canada, a reduction of $88.4 billion since December 31, 2022

7

parts per million (ppm)—Counterfeiting rate in Canada as at December 31, 2023

89,423

Number of Canadians who participated in the Bank’s public consultations on a Digital Canadian Dollar

2,350

Number of employees as at December 31, 2023

14

Consecutive years as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers

85

Percentage of employees who would recommend the Bank as a great place to work

Social media followers at year-end


2,570

Facebook

3,601

Instagram

250,050

X (formerly known as Twitter)

166,774

LinkedIn