Receive money from Canada.
Getting paid in Canada? Receiving money from your family or friends? Get an CAD balance to receive money from Canada.
Get CAD account details before flying to Canada.
Don’t have time to open an Canadian bank account? With Wise, you can open an CAD balance before leaving home.
Move abroad or go remote and get paid like a local in Canada — receive money (or your salary) in CAD with your own transit number.
The number of currencies you can receive money in depends on your location. Check which currencies you can receive.
*Wise doesn’t accept cash or cheque payments. Read more about which types of transfers you can receive.
Get paid and go, with your Wise account.
Receive money from friends and family in Canada, convert it in your Wise account and spend in the US.
Wise converts at the mid-market rate with no hidden fees.
Depending on the country of residence, you may not be eligible to open an CAD balance. Learn more.
How to receive money from Canada.
Create your Wise account
Sign up to Wise and verify your identity in a few steps. Learn more about what it costs to use Wise.
Choose how to get paid
Pick CAD as the currency you wish to receive to your Wise account. We’ll give you everything you need — including your own transit number.
Share your new CAD account details and get paid like a local
Give friends, family, or your employer, everything they need to pay you. You'll both avoid conversion fees — and you can spend it directly from your Wise account.
Simple ways to receive money from Canada.
Receiving your salary in Canada.
Open a Wise account, get CAD account details with your transit number, and share them with your employer.
Receiving your pension from Canada.
Get your pension paid from Canada, directly to your Wise account.
Receiving money while studying abroad.
Share your CAD account details with your organisation or family, and receive the money from Canada directly into your Wise account.
Wise is safe and secure.
Wise is an authorised Electronic Money Institution independently regulated by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in the USA.
This means we're required by law to keep your money safe by storing it in a low-risk financial institution - in Europe this is in our UK account with Barclays, in the US this is in our US account with Wells Fargo.
We're trusted by 13 million people and counting.
Receiving large amounts of money from Canada.
Receiving large amounts of money from Canada is easy with Wise. Except for USD, there are no limits when receiving money with Wise. Learn more about receiving large amounts with Wise.
After receiving the money, you can convert it to different currencies at the mid-market rate.
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Receiving money from Canada is easy with Wise
We make it simple to receive money from Canada.