Send Money from Canada to Bangladesh

Measured on the full cost — the transfer fee plus the exchange-rate margin — Remitly is cheapest on this corridor at C$1,000, across the 3 providers we hold checked figures for. Western Union advertises no transfer fee here, which looks cheaper and often is not: a provider with no fee recovers it in the rate, and the margin is usually the larger of the two costs. The cheapest provider also changes with the amount you send, so compare the final sum that arrives in Bangladeshi takas rather than the headline fee.

At C$1,000, Remitly is the cheapest of the 3 providers priced at that amount on this corridor: about C$1.99 all in, or 0.20% of the amount sent. Wise is next at about C$12.27. That is the fee plus the exchange-rate margin that applied to a transfer of that size — priced at C$1,000 specifically, not worked out from a measurement taken at some other amount. It covers a bank transfer; cash pickup and mobile wallet payouts are priced separately. The margins were measured by Wise's comparison service rather than published by the providers themselves, and other providers here may be cheaper and are not priced this way.

Delivery ranges from minutes to a few business days depending on the provider and payout method. Western Union can deliver within minutes when you pay by debit card. Bank-funded and economy transfers typically take one to three business days but usually cost less. Transfers sent outside banking hours or over a weekend may not settle until the next working day.

Across the providers we compare, the available payout methods are bKash, Nagad, bank deposit, cash pickup and mobile wallet. The most widely used options in Bangladesh are bKash and Nagad mobile wallets, plus bank deposit. bKash reaches the majority of Bangladeshi households and typically delivers within minutes. Not every provider supports every method, so check the table above before you commit.

No. Remitly and Western Union offer cash pickup in Bangladesh, so your recipient can collect the funds with valid photo ID and the transfer reference number. That said, bKash and Nagad mobile wallets, plus bank deposit generally cost less than cash collection.

Providers rarely give you the mid-market rate — the reference rate you see on Google or Reuters. Instead they add a margin, typically between 0.4% and 4%, and keep the difference. That margin is often larger than the visible transfer fee, which is why a "no fee" service can still be more expensive overall. For CAD to BDT, compare the quoted rate against the mid-market rate to see the real spread you are paying.

Yes, provided you use a licensed provider. Every service listed on this page is regulated in Canada under FINTRAC, which requires safeguarding of customer funds and identity verification. Send only to people you know personally, keep your transfer reference private, and be sceptical of anyone pressuring you to send money urgently to someone you have not met.

Yes. Each provider sets its own transfer limits, which vary by how much identity verification you have completed and how you pay. Larger transfers may require additional documentation such as proof of source of funds. For transfers above roughly C$10,000, a specialist foreign-exchange broker will often beat an app on rate.

Bangladesh's government pays an incentive of about 2.5 percent on remittances arriving through formal channels, and Remitly shows it on this page as cashback for the recipient. It attaches to the money rather than to the service, so it is worth more than the gap between most of these options — and it is a reason to send through a regulated provider at all. Note which page you are reading, though. Western Union references that same incentive on its Australian Bangladesh page and not on its Canadian one, and its Canadian page publishes no bKash or Nagad wallet either, while its Australian page publishes both. The service genuinely differs by where you send from. That leaves Remitly as the only service here reaching bKash, Nagad or Rocket — the rails most recipients actually use. No Wise fee figures are published here. Its Canadian page did not state the send amount its table referred to.