Canada, stock charts: how to get them for free?

Whether it comes to a single stock from Canada, a stock index or the entire market of Canada, it is good to have a reliable, standard chart solution you can always turn to.

If it is free - meaning really free, so free without any restrictions while no registration is required, like Chartoasis Chili - it is even better! Let's see how you can make a chart for stocks like BOMBARDIER INC CLASS'B'S/VTG or HORIZONS BETAPRO NYMEX .

Example stock chart from Canada (BOMBARDIER INC CLASS'B'S/VTG) created with the free software Chartoasis Chili

Example stock chart from Canada (BOMBARDIER INC CLASS'B'S/VTG) created with the free software Chartoasis Chili.

Step1: getting the data

Support for stocks from Canada

Canada's stocks supported Chartoasis Chili
Stock Exchange: TMX
Most up-to-date, free market data source:
- Yahoo! Finance (Data download help for Canada's stocks)

For stock charts from Canada we suggest downloading market data from Yahoo! Finance. (If you are not familiar with dowloading data, visit this link, and a guide will explain how to do that exactly.)


Step2: getting the chart

  1. Open Chartoasis Chili. It runs from a browser, there is no need to install anything.
  2. Load data using the file loading button:
    Chartoasis Chili file loading link

Step3 (optional): fine tuning the chart

You may want to change a couple things on the chart.
  • You can rename the equity on the chart (equity name is derived from the file name by default).
  • If data does not appear properly, you can re-import it using the "Importing wizard" button.
  • You can change the chart type and the color of the chart (eg.: area chart, line chart, candlesticks).

You can also make a full technical analysis with Chartoasis Chili, see details here.

Hint: if you want to compare multiple stocks' performance, download each data file, and load them to different tabs, then visit the "Comparison chart" tab.

Stock examples from Canada

Stocks below can be analyzed with our chart software, but these are just examples - our chart application supports all stocks from Canada.

Stock name Quick link Download
guide
BOMBARDIER INC CLASS'B'S/VTG BOMBARDIER INC CLASS'B'S/VTG:
Historical data (Yahoo! Finance)
Data download
help
HORIZONS BETAPRO NYMEX HORIZONS BETAPRO NYMEX:
Historical data (Yahoo! Finance)
Data download
help
MANULIFE FINL CORP COM NPV MANULIFE FINL CORP COM NPV:
Historical data (Yahoo! Finance)
Data download
help
SUNCOR ENERGY INC SUNCOR ENERGY INC:
Historical data (Yahoo! Finance)
Data download
help
Uranium One Inc Uranium One Inc:
Historical data (Yahoo! Finance)
Data download
help