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  • 1. Technical Guide for the Telecommunications Services Producer Price Indexes
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0014M2025008
    Description: This technical guide describes the methodological details for the  Telecommunications Services Producer Price Indexes (TSPPI). The document includes information about the purpose of the index, index coverage, data source and availability, pricing methodology, and limitations.
    Release date: 2025-12-17
  • 2. The Guide to the Post Index
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0072G
    Description: The Post Indexes are a collection of spatial price indexes for Government of Canada staff posted abroad that compare the cost of purchasing a fixed basket of goods and services between the post locations and Ottawa. These indexes are constructed as part of Foreign Service Directive 55.
    Release date: 2025-11-25
  • 3. Technical Guide for the Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Price Index, 2025
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0014M2025006
    Description: This technical guide describes the methodological details for the Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Price Index (AESPI) from 2024 onward. The document includes information about the purpose of the index, data sources, and index estimation and aggregation.
    Release date: 2025-10-24
  • 4. Technical Guide for the Accounting Services Price Index, 2025
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0014M2025007
    Description: This technical guide describes the methodological details for the Accounting Services Price Index (ASPI) from 2024 onward. The document includes information about the purpose of the index, data sources, and index estimation and aggregation.
    Release date: 2025-10-24
  • 5. 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
  • 6. Technical Guide for the Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Price Index
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0014M2020013
    Description: This technical guide describes the methodological details for the Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Price Index (AESPI). The document includes information about the purpose of the index, data sources, and index estimation and aggregation.
    Release date: 2020-09-01
  • 7. Technical Guide for the Accounting Services Price Index (ASPI)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0014M2020007
    Description: This technical guide describes the methodological details for the Accounting Services Price Index (ASPI). The document includes information about the purpose of the index, data sources, and index estimation and aggregation.
    Release date: 2020-05-21
  • 8. A Historical Timeline of Canadian Producer Price Statistics Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0014M2018001
    Description:

    This interactive historical timeline was created to showcase the key milestones in the history of Canadian producer price statistics. This historical timeline contains answers to questions such as: Who collected Canada’s first statistics? What do Canadian producer price indexes measure?

    Release date: 2018-01-31
  • 9. Challenges Associated with Using Scanner Data for the Consumer Price Index Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11-522-X201700014751
    Description:

    Practically all major retailers use scanners to record the information on their transactions with clients (consumers). These data normally include the product code, a brief description, the price and the quantity sold. This is an extremely relevant data source for statistical programs such as Statistics Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), one of Canada’s most important economic indicators. Using scanner data could improve the quality of the CPI by increasing the number of prices used in calculations, expanding geographic coverage and including the quantities sold, among other things, while lowering data collection costs. However, using these data presents many challenges. An examination of scanner data from a first retailer revealed a high rate of change in product identification codes over a one-year period. The effects of these changes pose challenges from a product classification and estimate quality perspective. This article focuses on the issues associated with acquiring, classifying and examining these data to assess their quality for use in the CPI.

    Release date: 2016-03-24
  • 10. Guide to the Income and Expenditure Accounts
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-017-X
    Description: This guide focuses on the Income and Expenditure Accounts. It provides an overview, an outline of the concepts and definitions, an explanation of the sources of information and statistical methods, a glossary of terms, and a broad compilation of other facts about the accounts.
    Release date: 2008-06-30
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation (70)

Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation (70) (0 to 10 of 70 results)

  • 1. Technical Guide for the Telecommunications Services Producer Price Indexes
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0014M2025008
    Description: This technical guide describes the methodological details for the  Telecommunications Services Producer Price Indexes (TSPPI). The document includes information about the purpose of the index, index coverage, data source and availability, pricing methodology, and limitations.
    Release date: 2025-12-17
  • 2. The Guide to the Post Index
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0072G
    Description: The Post Indexes are a collection of spatial price indexes for Government of Canada staff posted abroad that compare the cost of purchasing a fixed basket of goods and services between the post locations and Ottawa. These indexes are constructed as part of Foreign Service Directive 55.
    Release date: 2025-11-25
  • 3. Technical Guide for the Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Price Index, 2025
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0014M2025006
    Description: This technical guide describes the methodological details for the Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Price Index (AESPI) from 2024 onward. The document includes information about the purpose of the index, data sources, and index estimation and aggregation.
    Release date: 2025-10-24
  • 4. Technical Guide for the Accounting Services Price Index, 2025
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0014M2025007
    Description: This technical guide describes the methodological details for the Accounting Services Price Index (ASPI) from 2024 onward. The document includes information about the purpose of the index, data sources, and index estimation and aggregation.
    Release date: 2025-10-24
  • 5. 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
  • 6. Technical Guide for the Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Price Index
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0014M2020013
    Description: This technical guide describes the methodological details for the Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Price Index (AESPI). The document includes information about the purpose of the index, data sources, and index estimation and aggregation.
    Release date: 2020-09-01
  • 7. Technical Guide for the Accounting Services Price Index (ASPI)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0014M2020007
    Description: This technical guide describes the methodological details for the Accounting Services Price Index (ASPI). The document includes information about the purpose of the index, data sources, and index estimation and aggregation.
    Release date: 2020-05-21
  • 8. A Historical Timeline of Canadian Producer Price Statistics Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0014M2018001
    Description:

    This interactive historical timeline was created to showcase the key milestones in the history of Canadian producer price statistics. This historical timeline contains answers to questions such as: Who collected Canada’s first statistics? What do Canadian producer price indexes measure?

    Release date: 2018-01-31
  • 9. Challenges Associated with Using Scanner Data for the Consumer Price Index Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11-522-X201700014751
    Description:

    Practically all major retailers use scanners to record the information on their transactions with clients (consumers). These data normally include the product code, a brief description, the price and the quantity sold. This is an extremely relevant data source for statistical programs such as Statistics Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), one of Canada’s most important economic indicators. Using scanner data could improve the quality of the CPI by increasing the number of prices used in calculations, expanding geographic coverage and including the quantities sold, among other things, while lowering data collection costs. However, using these data presents many challenges. An examination of scanner data from a first retailer revealed a high rate of change in product identification codes over a one-year period. The effects of these changes pose challenges from a product classification and estimate quality perspective. This article focuses on the issues associated with acquiring, classifying and examining these data to assess their quality for use in the CPI.

    Release date: 2016-03-24
  • 10. Guide to the Income and Expenditure Accounts
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-017-X
    Description: This guide focuses on the Income and Expenditure Accounts. It provides an overview, an outline of the concepts and definitions, an explanation of the sources of information and statistical methods, a glossary of terms, and a broad compilation of other facts about the accounts.
    Release date: 2008-06-30
Notices and consultations (3)

Notices and consultations (3) ((3 results))

  • 1. Chain Fisher methodology Archived
    Notices and consultations: 13-605-X20020048523
    Description:

    The Provincial Economic Accounts will adopt the Fisher Volume Index, chained annually, as the official measure of real expenditure-based GDP. This change will be incorporated into the affected series back to 1981.

    Release date: 2002-11-07
  • 2. Chain Fisher volume index: Trade data Archived
    Notices and consultations: 13-605-X20020048524
    Description:

    As of November 7, 2002 the Provincial Economic Accounts estimates will incorporate a change related to trade.

    Release date: 2002-11-07
  • 3. Changing the CPI to a new official time base (1992=100) Archived
    Notices and consultations: 62-010-X19970023422
    Description:

    The current official time base of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is 1986=100. This time base was first used when the CPI for June 1990 was released. Statistics Canada is about to convert all price index series to the time base 1992=100. As a result, all constant dollar series will be converted to 1992 dollars. The CPI will shift to the new time base when the CPI for January 1998 is released on February 27th, 1998.

    Release date: 1997-11-17

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