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- Articles and reports: 11-621-M2005030Geography: Canada, Province or territoryDescription:
This study examines the inflation rate experienced by lower- and higher-income households from 1992 to 2004. The reasons for Canada-wide and provincial-level differences in inflation are examined.
Release date: 2005-06-17 - Articles and reports: 11-621-M2005027Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study examines the inflation rate experienced by seniors-only households from 1992 to 2004. Their inflation rate is compared with that of all other households and the official Consumer Price Index.
Release date: 2005-05-17 - 133. City Comparisons of Shelter Costs in Canada: A Hedonic Approach - Open in new window/tab ArchivedArticles and reports: 62F0014M2004017Geography: CanadaDescription: This paper documents the approach used to construct the shelter element of the current spatial index program. The intercity indexes of the retail price differentials program of Prices Division had, until recently, excluded any reference to shelter because of conceptual issues. A rental equivalence approach is used for measuring spatial variations in the costs of shelter services among cities. To control for quality variations across areas, a semi-log separate hedonic regression methodology is used to construct the Laspeyres, Paasche, and Fisher Törnqvist interarea indices.Release date: 2004-04-16
- 134. Different Perspectives on the Rate of Inflation, 1982-2000: The Impact of Homeownership Costs - Open in new window/tab ArchivedArticles and reports: 62F0014M2003016Geography: CanadaDescription: For a long time, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has been the most commonly referenced measure of inflation. However, it is not generally perceived how sensitive the CPI is to the measurement of price change for owned accommodation. The relative importance of the homeownership component in the CPI and the movement of that component are critically dependent on the choice of concept for estimating homeownership costs. However, there is no one concept that is generally agreed upon by official statistical agencies. As part of an ongoing research program into major issues involved in the construction of consumer price indexes, analytical indexes of consumer prices based on different treatments of owned accommodation are updated in this publication for the period 1995 to 2000.
This paper presents seven alternative homeownership series based on four different concepts, including one based on the current concept used in the official CPI. Series are also shown for higher-level aggregates, including indexes at the All-items level. All of these higher-level aggregates differ only in their owned accommodation components, for all aggregates and all other components are based on the official concept.
Release date: 2003-04-10 - Articles and reports: 62F0014M2001015Geography: CanadaDescription: The Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI) applies a version of the user cost approach to measure the cost of home ownership. Because this approach specifically estimates the costs of using owned accommodation and not those faced by tenants, the measure includes a "replacement cost" (or depreciation) component. Depreciation is the only component in the CPI that is not an out-of-pocket expense. Consequently, economists face a unique set of methodological challenges when measuring depreciation.
Between 1949 and 1997, the annual housing depreciation rate used in the CPI was 2%. Statistics Canada adopted the rate from a study that analysed U.S. Federal Housing Administration field appraisal data from 1939.
This study argues that there is evidence that the 2% depreciation rate is too high to continue to use in the future. Consider that: 1) other Canadian studies show an upper bound of 1.7%, with a median estimate of 1.5%; 2) other statistical agencies use lower rates; and 3) every academic study over the past 40 years has arrived at a lower rate. As a consequence of this study and the existing supporting evidence, the depreciation rate in the Canadian CPI was lowered to 1.5% effective January 1998.
Release date: 2001-11-28 - Articles and reports: 62F0014M2001014Geography: CanadaDescription: This paper is the first in a series of reports examining the possible use of scanner data for constructing price indexes. This case study focuses on televisions and compares their price behaviour taken from current surveying methods with alternative measures obtained from massaging electronic data records on all sales by a retailer over a comparable period. Examination of the price index history for televisions shows that the recognition and adjustment for quality change in the sample and the impact of shifts in purchasing patterns have similar impact on the index numbers. The advantages of scanner data - that they record actual sales and current purchasing patterns - have to be set against the difficulty of recognising quality change. This analysis shows that while there are substantial gains from using scanner data in monitoring and adjusting for purchasing pattern changes, it is difficult to account for quality changes without micro-editing the data. The scanner data set raises statistical issues, largely questions of what aggregation across time, outlets and products should be done, that have to be answered before using it in index estimation. Future analysis will be aimed at resolving these issues.Release date: 2001-06-01
- Table: 62-010-XDescription:
The publication highlights current and historical statistics on consumer prices and related price indexes. A comparative index contains retail price differentials for 11 major cities by selected groups of consumer goods and services.
Release date: 1999-08-03 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62-557-XDescription:
This publication was prepared for the general public interested in obtaining a brief non-technical introduction the Consumer Price Index (CPI). It poses and answers some of the more frequently asked questions relating to the construction, interpretation and use of this index.
Release date: 1998-04-01 - 139. How Inflation and Income Tax Affect the Return on a Safe Investment - Open in new window/tab ArchivedArticles and reports: 62F0014M1996001Geography: CanadaDescription: For decades, Canadians have been living in an inflationary environment. Everyone remembers that at some point in the past, consumer goods and services cost less. Even young people know that a candy bar cost less five or ten years ago than it does now. Thus the purchasing power of the Canadian dollar has gradually declined over the years.
Even though everyone knows that things cost more now than in the past, there are situations in which this seems to be forgotten. The purpose of this article is to present a situation that shows the illusion of wealth that fairly long-term inflation can foster. We begin by looking at how inflation and income tax affect a retired person's interest income for a given year. Then we look at the effects of inflation and income tax on interest income over a longer period. When taxation is not factored in, the situation is one of investing inside a registered retirement savings plan.
Release date: 1997-05-05
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- Table: 18-10-0271-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
1-month change in the Adjusted price index based on monthly adjusted consumer expenditure basket weights created by Statistics Canada, in partnership with the Bank of Canada. The Adjusted price index has been updated to incorporate the 2020 basket weights and is now based on a Similarity-linked Fisher price index formula. The expenditure data covers all goods and services in the Consumer Price Index.
Release date: 2022-05-09 - Table: 18-10-0002-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Monthly average retail prices for food, household supplies, personal care items, cigarettes and gasoline. Prices are presented for the current month and previous four months. Prices are in Canadian current dollars.Release date: 2022-03-16
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2021021Description: This dashboard highlights the overall framework of beef value chains in Canada, and identify entities production, processing, distribution, consumption, retail sales, and pricing; as well international trade of goods.
The dashboard uses various Statistic Canada data sources including the Canadian International Merchandise Trade database, the Biannual Livestock Survey, the Farm Cash Receipts, the Farm Product Price Index, Farm Product Price Survey, the Consumer Price Index, the Industrial Product Price Index, the Wholesale Services Price Index, and the Retail Services Price Index. The sources provide data ranging from 2007 to 2020.
This dashboard is accompanied by a report, which examines the beef supply chain more comprehensively and includes additional data sources.
Release date: 2021-07-29 - Table: 18-10-0263-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Adjusted price index based on monthly adjusted consumer expenditure basket weights created by Statistics Canada, in partnership with the Bank of Canada. The data cover the majority of consumer goods and services. These estimates reflect expenditures during the pandemic and concurrent physical distancing, providing insight into the impact of COVID-19 on the headline Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Release date: 2021-04-12 - Table: 18-10-0003-01Geography: Census subdivision, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area partFrequency: AnnualDescription:
Annual indexes of price differences between 15 cities in all provinces and territories, as of October of the previous year, for a selection of products (goods and services) from the Consumer Price Index (CPI) purchased by consumers in each of the 15 cities. The combined city average index is 100.
Release date: 2020-12-16 - 36. Housing Market Indicators - Open in new window/tab ArchivedData Visualization: 71-607-X2018014Description: This web application provides access to key housing market indicators for Canada, by province and by census metropolitan area. This dynamic application allows users to view geographical rankings for each housing market indicator and to create useful reports as well as interactive maps and charts for comparative analysis. All data in this application are updated with each monthly indicator release. Links to The Daily texts and data tables are also provided.Release date: 2018-12-13
- 37. The Consumer Price Index - Open in new window/tab ArchivedTable: 62-001-XGeography: Canada, Province or territory, Census agglomerationDescription: This monthly release of the The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Canada, the provinces, Whitehorse and Yellowknife, provides a descriptive summary of retail price movements, inflation rates and the factors underlying them. The CPI also contains the following tabular information: latest price index movements for the eight major components; price index changes on one and 12-month bases for an extensive number of components and groups; historical monthly information; and price indices reclassified according to categories of goods and services.Release date: 2018-05-18
- Table: 18-10-0009-01Frequency: AnnualDescription:
This table contains 2002 series, with data for years 1914 - 2006 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-03-19. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (30 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; St. John's; Newfoundland and Labrador ...), Commodities and commodity groups (279 items: All-items; Food; Food purchased from stores ...).
Release date: 2017-04-20 - 39. Consumer Price Index (CPI), seasonally adjusted movement, 2001 basket content - Open in new window/tab ArchivedTable: 18-10-0018-01Frequency: MonthlyDescription:
This table contains 13 series, with data for years 1978 - 2007 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-03-19. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Commodities and commodity groups (13 items: All-items; Food; Shelter; Household operations and furnishings ...).
Release date: 2017-04-20 - Table: 18-10-0019-01Frequency: MonthlyDescription:
This table contains 13 series, with data for years 1978 - 2007 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-03-19. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Commodities and commodity groups (13 items: All-items; Household operations and furnishings; Food; Shelter ...).
Release date: 2017-04-20
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- Stats in brief: 11-001-X20261103665Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2026-04-20
- Journals and periodicals: 62F0014MGeography: CanadaDescription: The Prices Analytical Series provides research and analysis pertaining to price indices. The Analytical series is intended to stimulate discussion on a variety of topics related to the analysis of the evolution of prices through time or space.Release date: 2026-03-20
- Articles and reports: 62F0014M2025002Description: Statistics Canada is enhancing the Consumer Price Index (CPI) by better leveraging existing data to update the methodology to estimate price indexes for passenger vehicle insurance and homeowners’ home insurance. This paper presents an updated estimation methodology that uses hedonic quality adjustment applied to brokerage quote data. This approach estimates the price change of insurance premiums while holding price-influencing characteristics constant.Release date: 2025-04-15
- Articles and reports: 11-621-M2025003Description: This study delves into the contributing claims and cost factors that have impacted the premiums consumers pay for auto insurance and the financial pressures insurers face. The engine type, brand name, and location of the vehicle have contributed, in addition to the overall rising cost of repairs, parts, and the vehicles themselves. Coverage types, and provincial regulation have also impacted both insurers and consumers alike, disproportionally impacting certain provinces. Claims severity impacted by the aforementioned as well as thefts and extreme weather, have contributed to the fact that owning a vehicle and insuring a vehicle has become more costly since 2020.Release date: 2025-04-02
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025016Description: This infographic looks at the frequency of "shrinkflation" occurring in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), specifically in the food component between 2021 and 2023. "Shrinkflation" refers to the practice of selling a smaller quantity of a product at the same price as the larger size previously offered. Any change in the quality or quantity of a product or service is taken into account in the calculation of the CPI.Release date: 2025-02-18
- Articles and reports: 62F0014M2024005Description: As part of its modernization initiative, Statistics Canada has been working with major Canadian wireless services providers (WSPs) to obtain transaction data for wireless plans. This document details the methodology used to incorporate transaction data in the cellular services price index (CSPI). The result is a “hybrid” index that combines the transaction data from participating WSPs with web collected data from the remaining WSPs in the sample.Release date: 2024-08-20
- Articles and reports: 62F0014M2024004Description: This paper describes the composition of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket and the changes introduced with the 2024 basket update, based on 2023 expenditure weights.Release date: 2024-06-18
- Articles and reports: 62F0014M2024003Description: This technical paper describes the collection of food price data and the methodologies that are used to provide Canadians with accurate and timely food inflation data in both the CPI and the monthly average retail prices table.Release date: 2024-05-21
- Articles and reports: 62F0014M2024002Description: In collaboration with the Bank of Canada, this research paper focuses on constructing analytical price index series for Canada, using the main owned accommodation measurement concepts proposed by the International Consumer Price Index Manual and adopted by other countries. This analysis explores these alternative treatments of owned accommodation in the Canadian context, examining their impact on the all-items Consumer Price Index. Additionally, it provides an explanation for the gap between perceived inflation and estimated inflation.Release date: 2024-03-28
- Articles and reports: 62F0014M2023008Description: An interactive timeline of the modernization of the CPI and related programs with dates, links, and summary of key developments.Release date: 2024-02-20
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62-553-XDescription:
This Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI) Reference Paper provides an overview the Canadian CPI. It is intended for a varied audience, ranging from users interested in general information to those requiring more technical or theoretical details. As such, it explains all the important aspects of the Canadian CPI: uses and interpretations, scope, classifications, sample strategy, price collection, index calculation, quality change, weights, basket updates, reliability and uncertainty, special cases and treatments and history.
Release date: 2023-02-20 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62-557-XDescription:
This publication was prepared for the general public interested in obtaining a brief non-technical introduction the Consumer Price Index (CPI). It poses and answers some of the more frequently asked questions relating to the construction, interpretation and use of this index.
Release date: 1998-04-01