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RC4152 Revision 10 
 
Canada Revenue Agency 
 
Average Exchange Rates for 2009 
 
This table provides the 2008 average exchange rates for the following 
currencies. It will help you to convert the amounts in the Old Age Security 
Return of Income to Canadian dollars. 
 
Country (monetary unit) and Exchange rate 
 
Argentina (peso) 0.3037 
Australia (dollar) 0.8969 
Bahamas (dollar) 1.1420 
Brazil (new real) 0.5738 
Burma [Myanmar] (kyat) 0.2065 
Chile (peso) 0.002043 
China (renminbi) 0.1672 
Colombia (peso) 0.000531 
Croatia (kuna) 0.2160 
Czech Republic (koruna) 0.05998 
Denmark (krone) 0.2129 
East Caribbean (dollar) 0.4293 
European Monetary Union (euro) 1.5855 
Fiji (dollar) 0.5887 
Communauté Financière Africaine (franc) C.F.A. 0.002417 
Communauté Française du Pacifique (franc) C.F.P. 0.01329 
Ghana (cedi) 0.7999 
Guatemala (quetzal) 0.1405 
Honduras (lempira) 0.06045 
Hong Kong (dollar) 0.147321 
Hungary (forint) 0.005657 
Iceland (krona) 0.009261 
India (rupee) 0.02360 
Indonesia (rupiah) 0.000110 
Israel (shekel) 0.2903 
Jamaica (dollar) 0.01306 
Japan (yen) 0.01220 
Malaysia (ringgit) 0.3236 
Mexico (peso) 0.08448 
Morocco (dirham) 0.1409 
Netherlands Antilles (guilder) 0.6474 
New Zealand (dollar) 0.7193 
Norway (krone) 0.1815 
Pakistan (rupee) 0.01402 
Panama (balboa) 1.1420 
Peru (new sol) 0.3788 
Philippines (peso) 0.02401 
Poland (zloty) 0.3667 
Romania (nouveau leu) 0.3741 
Russia (rouble) 0.03595 
Serbia (dinar) 0.01687 
Singapore (dollar) 0.7842 
South Africa (rand) 0.1362 
South Korea (won) 0.000895 
Sri Lanka (rupee) 0.009932 
Sweden (krona) 0.1493 
Switzerland (franc) 1.0505 
Taiwan (new Taiwan dollar) 0.03453 
Thailand (baht) 0.03322 
Trinidad and Tobago (dollar) 0.1832 
Tunisia (dinar) 0.8448 
Turkey (lira) 0.7333 
United Arab Emirates (dirham) 0.3109 
United Kingdom (pound) 1.78035578 
United States (dollar) 1.14197729 
Venezuela (bolivar) 0.5318 
Vietnam (dong) 0.000064 
 
Example 
Mr. White is a resident of Sweden. He received 40,000 kronas in interest from 
a savings account at a bank in Sweden. Using the chart above, Mr. White has 
to do the following calculation to report his foreign income in Canadian 
dollars. 
 
40,000 kronas multiplied by 0.1493 exchange rate for Sweden = 5,972.00 
Canadian dollars