Purchasing Power Parities for Consumption and Household Income Across the Canadian Provinces and Territories

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Description: Regional economic disparities have been increasing in many high-income countries, leading to increased interest in the measurement of sub-country inequality. This paper provides new evidence on economic differences between the Canadian provinces and territories by developing regional purchasing power parities (PPPs) for Canada, which can be used to adjust for price levels while making interregional comparisons. Then, it uses these PPPs to create two price-adjusted measures of household disposable income per capita, analyzing differences in real income across the provinces and territories.
no: 58
Issue Number: 2025003
Frequency: Occasional
Author(s): Landry, Brandon; Macdonald, Ryan; Tarassoff, Peter; Watt, Jenny
Main Product: Analytical Studies: Methods and References
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HTML July 31, 2025
  • Correction: August 14, 2025

    In the “3.1 Provincial purchasing power parities for consumption” section, the fourth sentence of the second paragraph was updated from “Overall, both private and public consumption are the most expensive in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Nunavut.” to “Overall, private consumption is the most expensive in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Nunavut. Public consumption is the most expensive in Ontario, Alberta, and the territories.” The values in the last row of Table 3 (“Public”) were updated to show the correct values.
PDF July 31, 2025
  • Correction: August 14, 2025

    In the “3.1 Provincial purchasing power parities for consumption” section, the fourth sentence of the second paragraph was updated from “Overall, both private and public consumption are the most expensive in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Nunavut.” to “Overall, private consumption is the most expensive in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Nunavut. Public consumption is the most expensive in Ontario, Alberta, and the territories.” The values in the last row of Table 3 (“Public”) were updated to show the correct values.

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  • August 14, 2025 - (HTML)

    In the “3.1 Provincial purchasing power parities for consumption” section, the fourth sentence of the second paragraph was updated from “Overall, both private and public consumption are the most expensive in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Nunavut.” to “Overall, private consumption is the most expensive in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Nunavut. Public consumption is the most expensive in Ontario, Alberta, and the territories.” The values in the last row of Table 3 (“Public”) were updated to show the correct values.

  • August 14, 2025 - (PDF)

    In the “3.1 Provincial purchasing power parities for consumption” section, the fourth sentence of the second paragraph was updated from “Overall, both private and public consumption are the most expensive in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Nunavut.” to “Overall, private consumption is the most expensive in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Nunavut. Public consumption is the most expensive in Ontario, Alberta, and the territories.” The values in the last row of Table 3 (“Public”) were updated to show the correct values.

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