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June 2023

This is to advise you of the renewed validity of Post Indexes calculated for the purpose of the Post Living Allowance applicable to Canadian Government expatriate personnel or persons under contract. All users must consult with Statistics Canada to ensure that the appropriate index is used.

The Guide to the Post Index, which was revised in June 2010, remains available.

In consultation with Treasury Board Secretariat, the following post indexes have been frozen from the date specified in table 1 below until reliable economic data is available for these locations.

Table 1
Frozen Indexes
Table summary
This table displays the results of Frozen Indexes. The information is grouped by Country (appearing as row headers), Post, Military Code, Post Index and Date (appearing as column headers).
Country Post Military Code Post Index Date
Russia Moscow RU02 99 From June 2023
Russia Moscow Note ...: not applicable 99 From June 2023
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi AR10 123 From June 2023
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Note ...: not applicable 123 From June 2023
... not applicable

Other Post Index adjustments are based on our continuing monthly reviews. These adjustments are based on shifts in the value of the respective currencies used at the post relative to the Canadian dollar. Comparative changes in consumer prices at posts and in Ottawa since the last survey at either location are also taken into account.

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