The third quarter 2005 issue of publication 62-007-X Capital Expenditure Price Statistics is the first to be produced in electronic format.

Analysis contained in this publication now also refers to selected construction material series found in table 2-1 , Industrial Product Price Indexes, by Commodity. These indexes give an indication of factory gate price movement for those manufacturers who specialize in producing construction materials.

With the release of the May 2003 New Housing Price Index (NHPI) (table 5 ), Statistics Canada converted the time base of these indexes from 1992=100 to 1997=100.

The new 1997=100 NHPI series is available retroactively from January 1981 in CANSIM table 327-0005 but has different databank numbers. The 1992=100 based NHPI continues to appear in table 327-0005, however, the 1992=100 based index has not been updated after April 2003. Since the 1997=100 index has been mathematically rebased between January 1981 and April 2003, the index movement over this period is the same for the1992=100 and 1997=100 series. To assist users, rebasing factors which will help users link the new series to the old are found in Appendix I .

In the 1997=100 NHPI series, the methodology used for aggregating individual price quotes to metropolitan area, regional and national level indexes has changed. Other areas of index methodology did not change.

All series in this publication are now identified by ‘v’ number. For ‘D‘ or ‘P‘ number concordance please refer to appendices.

For more information contact the Client Services Unit, Prices Division (tel: (613) 951-9606; or toll free at 1 866 230-2248; fax (613) 951-1539; email: infounit@statcan.gc.ca) .

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