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- Articles and reports: 62F0014M2020004Description: An analysis of trends in Canadian consumer demand and sales using transaction data for grocery products amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Release date: 2020-04-08
- Articles and reports: 62F0014M2020003Description: This paper describes the change to the method of collection and sample enhancements for the clothing and footwear component of the Consumer Price Index.Release date: 2020-02-19
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020005Description:
This infographic details the annual average consumer inflation in Canada and the regions in 2019 while also examining the noteworthy average commodity movements of the year.
Release date: 2020-01-22 - 94. Enhancements to the Air Transportation Index in the Consumer Price Index - Open in new window/tab ArchivedArticles and reports: 62F0014M2020001Description: This paper describes the changes in the methodology for measuring the air transportation index.Release date: 2020-01-22
- 95. E-commerce and the Consumer Price Index: Measuring Inflation in a Digital Economy - Open in new window/tab ArchivedArticles and reports: 62F0014M2019008Description: The rise of the digital economy presents new challenges to the measurement of price change, driven by the increasing popularity of online shopping and the availability of new consumer goods and services. Consumption patterns as well as the behaviour of online prices, compared to those collected in-store, must be considered in the context of consumer price inflation.
This analytical article explores the impact of e-commerce on the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) and discusses how price collection and methods are evolving in the context of an increasingly digitalized retail landscape.
Release date: 2019-09-27 - Articles and reports: 62F0014M2019004Description: This paper describes a measure of inflation as experienced by seniors in Canada for the period of January 2013 to August 2018. It defines a senior population, examines their spending behavior, and describes the construction of a Senior Price Index (SPI). An analysis by geography and by major consumer basket components is provided, as well as a comparison with the official Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI).Release date: 2019-06-20
- 97. New approach for estimating the Telephone Services Index of the Consumer Price Index - Open in new window/tab ArchivedArticles and reports: 62F0014M2019003Description: This paper describes the changes in the methodology for estimating the telephone services index.Release date: 2019-04-30
- 98. An Analysis of the 2019 Consumer Price Index Basket Update, Based on 2017 Expenditures - Open in new window/tab ArchivedArticles and reports: 62F0014M2019001Description: This paper describes the composition of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket and the changes introduced with the 2019 basket update, based on 2017 expenditure weights.Release date: 2019-02-27
- 99. New approach for estimating the rent component of the Consumer Price Index - Open in new window/tab ArchivedArticles and reports: 62F0014M2019002Description: This paper describes a new methodology that Statistics Canada has adopted to measure the rent index.Release date: 2019-02-27
- 18-22-0001Description: This online lecture provides an introduction to Statistics Canada’s definition and production of the Consumer Price Index, which measures the rate at which prices of goods and services purchased by Canadian consumers change, on average, over a specified period of time.Release date: 2018-12-28
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- Table: 18-10-0245-02Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Population centreFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Monthly average retail prices for selected food products, for Canada and provinces. Prices are presented for the current month and the previous four months. Prices are based on transaction data from Canadian retailers, and are presented in Canadian current dollars.Release date: 2026-04-01
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024005Description: This interactive dashboard provides access to current and historical average price data for selected food products in a dynamic and customizable format. The price data is available for Canada and the provinces. Prices are based on transaction data from Canadian retailers, and are presented in Canadian current dollars. This web-based application is updated monthly, as soon as the data for the latest reference month is released in The Daily.Release date: 2026-04-01
- Table: 18-10-0259-01Frequency: MonthlyDescription: Historical (real-time) releases of the measures of core inflation, with data from 1989 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). Data are presented for the current release and previous four releases. Users can select other releases that are of interest to them.Release date: 2026-03-30
- Table: 81-582-XDescription: The Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP) draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, and labour market outcomes. PCEIP products include data tables, fact sheets, an interactive dashboard, a data explorer, and a handbook. They present indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, and include year over year comparisons. The PCEIP is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.Release date: 2026-03-25
- Table: 18-10-0005-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census subdivision, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area partFrequency: AnnualDescription: Annual indexes for major components and special aggregates of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), for Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit. Data are presented for the last five years. The base year for the index is 2002=100.Release date: 2026-01-19
- Table: 27-10-0363-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription: Sources of funds for expenditures on research and development (R&D) in the higher education sector. This table is included in Section D: Postsecondary education: Research and development of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). PCEIP draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, education finance and labour market outcomes. The program presents indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time. PCEIP is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.Release date: 2025-10-24
- Table: 18-10-0007-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census subdivisionFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Basket weights of major components, gasoline, and selected special aggregates of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket, for Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit, last 5 years of the CPI basket. Includes price period of the weights as either weights at basket link month prices or weights at basket reference period prices. Weights are shown in percentage terms.Release date: 2025-06-17
- Table: 18-10-0007-02Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census subdivisionFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Basket weights of the all-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket, for Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit, last 5 years of the CIP basket. Includes price period of the weights as either weights at basket link month prices or weights at basket reference period prices. Weights are shown in percentage terms.Release date: 2025-06-17
- 29. Experimental indexes of economic activity in the provinces and territories - Open in new window/tabTable: 36-10-0633-01Geography: Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
This table contains experimental indexes of monthly provincial and territorial economic activity from January, 2002 to the present. The indexes are seasonally adjusted.
Release date: 2023-01-16 - Table: 18-10-0264-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Statistics Canada, in partnership with the Bank of Canada, explores alternative and timely sources of expenditure data to estimate basket weights that reflect shifting consumption patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data cover the majority of consumer goods and services.
Release date: 2022-05-09
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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