Government of Canada long-term bond yield
The benchmark yield on Government of Canada bonds with the longest maturities (about 30 years).
Daily (business days), delayed Observed 2026-11-05 · retrieved 2026-11-07 · Source: Bank of Canada · Not a live quote.
Government of Canada long-term bond yield over time
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Government of Canada long-term bond yield
%. Percent per year.
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Latest values: Government of Canada long-term bond yield 4.02 (2026-11-05).
Quotation convention. Percent per year.
What this indicator is and why it is watched
What it measures
The benchmark yield on Government of Canada bonds with the longest maturities (about 30 years).
Why it is watched
It reflects the return investors require for lending to the government for decades.
How it connects to the wider economy
Context, not a claim of cause.
Long yields are influenced by inflation expectations and by the supply of and demand for long bonds.
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How the data are produced
- Publisher
- Bank of Canada
- Dataset
- BD.CDN.LONG.DQ.YLD
- Frequency
- Daily
- Unit
- %
- Observations
- 4,205 (long history)
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-07
- Series id
ca23_long
Benchmark yields are the central bank or Treasury estimate for a bond of fixed maturity, not the yield on one specific bond. Daily, Bank of Canada.
Source: Bank of Canada, Benchmark bond yield, long-term (BD.CDN.LONG.DQ.YLD). Content reused under the Bank of Canada terms (https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/); changes: values unchanged.
Licence conditions: see source terms: https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/; attribution required.
Missing observations are left missing and are never interpolated. Statistical agencies can revise published values; the observation date and retrieval date above identify the version shown. Methodology and sources.
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