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  • 51. Methodological Supplement for the Monthly Average Retail Prices Table
    Articles and reports: 62F0014M2022007
    Description:

    This document describes the methodology and data source for the monthly average retail prices table. This supplement also explains the difference between the Consumer Price Index and average retail prices in context of inflation.

    Release date: 2022-05-04
  • 52. Monthly average retail prices for food and other selected products
    Table: 18-10-0002-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: 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
  • 53. The Journey of Statistics Canada Data: Why it Matters to You Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022016
    Description:

    This infographic explains the steps involved in collecting data for all Statistics Canada household and business surveys. The responses are compiled, analyzed and used to make important decisions and are kept strictly confidential.

    Release date: 2022-02-28
  • 54. Do producer prices predict consumer prices?
    Articles and reports: 62F0014M2022001
    Description:

    There has been a persistent curiosity about the predictability of consumer price inflation by looking at the pass-through effect of prices from earlier stages of production. The theory is that the prices of consumer items, particularly goods, respond to cost pressures from the inputs to production. This paper examines in particular a limited portion of the value chain, namely the predictive power of producer prices of goods as measured by the Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) on consumer prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

    Release date: 2022-02-11
  • 55. Consumer Price Index and Inflation Perceptions in Canada: Can measurement approaches or behavioural factors explain the gap?
    Articles and reports: 62F0014M2021017
    Description:

    Decisions by economic agents, such as firms and consumers, depend on their views about inflation. Consumers’ views of inflation, are systematically higher than inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), and more so for certain demographic groups. While measurement factors can explain part of this gap, behavioral factors appear to play a larger role. This article examines these factors to explain the gap between CPI’s inflation and inflation perceptions in Canada.

    Release date: 2022-01-19
  • 56. Consumer Price Index: 2021 in Review Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022004
    Description:

    This infographic details the annual average consumer inflation in Canada and the regions in 2021 while also examining the noteworthy average commodity movements of the year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Release date: 2022-01-19
  • 57. Adjusted Price Index and Monthly Adjusted Consumer Expenditure Basket Weights
    Articles and reports: 62F0014M2021016
    Description:

    Using various sources of expenditure data, Statistics Canada, in partnership with the Bank of Canada, has estimated monthly adjusted consumer expenditure weights that reflect shifts in consumption patterns as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves. 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 cover all goods and services in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), and provide snapshot estimates of expenditure weights for June, July, August and September 2021. These estimates can provide insight into the impact of COVID-19 on the headline CPI.

    Release date: 2021-11-10
  • 58. The Representative Products of the Consumer Price Index Archived
    Articles and reports: 62F0014M2021015
    Description:

    This list consists of the representative products for which prices are collected and used in the calculation of Consumer Price Index as of June 2021.

    Release date: 2021-08-30
  • 59. Canada's Beef Supply Chain: Interactive Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2021021
    Description:

    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
  • 60. Analysis of the beef supply chain
    Articles and reports: 18-001-X2021002
    Description:

    The study aims to identify the key nodes and flows in the beef supply chain, and present statistics to provide a better understanding of Canada's beef supply chain. This report is accompanied by a dashboard, which provides data visualizations for the beef supply chain.

    The study highlights the overall framework of beef supply chains in Canada using various Statistic Canada data sources to identify entities involved in the commodity's supply chain including production, processing, distribution, consumption, retail sales, and pricing; as well as international and interprovincial trade that occurs at various points in the supply chain. In addition to this, the financial structure of beef farms and the level of employment in the industry are also examined in the study.

    Release date: 2021-07-29
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  • 21. Consumer Price Index (CPI) statistics, measures of core inflation and other related statistics - Bank of Canada definitions
    Table: 18-10-0256-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: This table contains 11 series, with data from 1949 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). Data are presented for the current month and previous four months. Users can select other time periods that are of interest to them.
    Release date: 2024-09-17
  • 22. Consumer Price Index (CPI) statistics, measures of core inflation - Bank of Canada definitions, year-over-year percent change
    Table: 18-10-0256-02
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Consumer Price Index (CPI) statistics, measures of core inflation, Bank of Canada definitions, year-over-year percent change.
    Release date: 2024-09-17
  • 23. Basket weights of the Consumer Price Index, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit
    Table: 18-10-0007-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census subdivision
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: 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: 2024-06-18
  • 24. Basket weights of the All-items Consumer Price Index by geography, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit
    Table: 18-10-0007-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census subdivision
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: 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: 2024-06-18
  • 25. Education Indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program
    Table: 81-582-X
    Description: 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 tables, fact sheets, reports and a methodological handbook. They present indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time.

    The Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (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: 2024-03-28
  • 26. Consumer Price Index, annual average, not seasonally adjusted
    Table: 18-10-0005-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census subdivision, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: 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: 2024-01-16
  • 27. Sources of funds for expenditures on research and development (R&D) in the higher education sector
    Table: 27-10-0363-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: 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: 2023-10-13
  • 28. Experimental indexes of economic activity in the provinces and territories
    Table: 36-10-0633-01
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    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
  • 29. Monthly adjusted consumer expenditure basket weights
    Table: 18-10-0264-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    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
  • 30. Adjusted price index, monthly percentage change
    Table: 18-10-0271-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    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
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  • 1. Consumer Price Index August 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20242613665
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-09-17
  • 2. Updated Methodology for the Compilation of the Cellular Services Price Index
    Articles and reports: 62F0014M2024005
    Description: 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
  • 3. Prices Analytical Series
    Journals and periodicals: 62F0014M
    Geography: Canada
    Description: 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: 2024-08-20
  • 4. An Analysis of the 2024 Consumer Price Index Basket Update, Based on 2023 Expenditures
    Articles and reports: 62F0014M2024004
    Description: 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
  • 5. From Shelf to Statistic: An Overview of Food Price Measurement in the Consumer Price Index
    Articles and reports: 62F0014M2024003
    Description: 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
  • 6. Evaluating different approaches to measuring owned accommodation in the Consumer Price Index
    Articles and reports: 62F0014M2024002
    Description: 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
  • 7. The Canadian Consumer Price Index Enhancement Timeline
    Articles and reports: 62F0014M2023008
    Description: 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
  • 8. Consumer Price Index: Annual review 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20240169305
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-01-16
  • 9. Shelter in the Canadian CPI: An overview, 2023 update
    Articles and reports: 62F0014M2023007
    Description: This article is an overview of the treatment of Shelter in the Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI). It describes the concepts and methodologies related to the construction of that component and briefly discusses considerations to be taken into account when using the estimates.
    Release date: 2023-12-19
  • 10. The rise in prices for wheat-based food products, 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023062
    Description: This infographic details the food supply chain by focusing on the price movements for wheat-based food products in 2023 and the costs to move food products from producers to consumers. Since March 2022, some costs along the supply chain have declined while others remained elevated. Prices for bread, pasta and cereal at the grocery store continued to increase in 2023 but at a slower pace compared with 2022.
    Release date: 2023-11-17
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Reference (2) ((2 results))

  • 1. The Canadian Consumer Price Index Reference Paper
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62-553-X
    Description:

    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
  • 2. Your Guide to the Consumer Price Index Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62-557-X
    Description:

    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
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