Finance, Forex and Investments

Can you get a better exchange rate if you are exchanging large amounts of money?

I am selling my house in Canada, however I live here in America. When I purchased my home I had to wire funds from my bank here to my canadian bank account and I had to take whatever the exchange rate was at the time. However someone once told me that if you exchange hundreds of thousands of dollars you should be able to get a better exchange rate than the typical one the bank sets. Does anyone know this to be true? Or have any advice on how I would go about finding out? Thanks.

Public Comments

1. I don't think there are any "fire sales" on money.