Selected benchmark bond yields
The daily yields for a set of benchmark government bonds. These yields serve as reference rates for Canadian dollar-denominated fixed income securities and are used to assess market conditions and inform monetary policy decisions.
Source: Bank of Canada Valet45,011 rowsUpdated: 9/21/2026
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Quality
100
Attribution
Bank of Canada (Valet web service)
Schema
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| date | string | Date of the observation, as published by the Bank of Canada (the observation's 'd' field). |
| series_id | string | Valet series name (for example 'BD.CDN.2YR.DQ.YLD'); the unique identifier of the series in the Bank of Canada Valet API. |
| series_label | string | Human-readable series label published by the Bank of Canada in the series detail. |
| value | float | Observed value for the series and date (the 'v' field of the Valet observation record). Units follow the series definition in the dataset description. Missing observations are null. |
Sample rows
| date | series_id | series_label | value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-01-02 | BD.CDN.10YR.DQ.YLD | Benchmark bond yield: 10 year | 5.28 |
| 2001-01-03 | BD.CDN.10YR.DQ.YLD | Benchmark bond yield: 10 year | 5.43 |
| 2001-01-04 | BD.CDN.10YR.DQ.YLD | Benchmark bond yield: 10 year | 5.39 |
| 2001-01-05 | BD.CDN.10YR.DQ.YLD | Benchmark bond yield: 10 year | 5.32 |
| 2001-01-08 | BD.CDN.10YR.DQ.YLD | Benchmark bond yield: 10 year | 5.35 |
Use with an LLM
Point any LLM at the metadata endpoint — the documentation above is machine-readable too (JSON-LD + Croissant).
cURL
curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/boc_valet/boc_benchmark_bond_yields" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'Python
import requests
ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/boc_valet/boc_benchmark_bond_yields").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")
# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
print(row)API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/boc_valet/boc_benchmark_bond_yields
Tip: fetch /llms.txt for the full machine-readable catalog.