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Chapter 1 – Introduction to the Canadian Consumer Price Index

  • Availability and Uses
  • Scope of the Index
  • Classifications
  • Sample Strategy
  • Price Collection
  • Calculation of the Consumer Price Index
  • Quality Change and Adjustment
  • Weights and Basket Updates
  • Reliability and Uncertainty
  • Treatment of Owned Accommodation
  • Seasonal Products
  • History of the Canadian Consumer Price Index

Chapter 2 – Availability and Uses

  • Availability of Information
  • Interpreting Percentage Changes
  • Contributions to Price Change
  • Rounding in the Consumer Price Index
  • Uses of the Consumer Price Index

Chapter 3 – Scope of the Index

  • Population Coverage
  • Geographical Coverage
  • Product Coverage
  • Prices used in the Consumer Price Index
  • Time Represented in the Consumer Price Index

Chapter 4 – Classifications

Chapter 5 – Sample Strategy and Price Collection

  • General Sampling Approach
  • Specific Sampling Approaches

Chapter 6 – Calculation of the Consumer Price Index

  • Calculation of Elementary Indices (lower level)
  • The Standard Approach for Calculating Elementary Price Indices
  • Other Methods for Calculating Elementary Price Indices
  • Calculation of the Consumer Price Index Above Elementary Indices (upper level)

Chapter 7 – Quality Change and Adjustment

Chapter 8 – Weights and Basket Updates

  • Meaning and Construction of the Consumer Price Index Weights
  • Updating the Consumer Price Index Basket
  • Chain-linking Indices Across Baskets
  • Contributions to Index Percentage Change Across Baskets
  • Rebasing an Index

Chapter 9 – Reliability and Uncertainty

  • Error at the Lower Level of Consumer Price Index Calculation
  • Error at the Upper Level of Consumer Price Index Calculation

Chapter 10 – Treatment of Owned Accommodation and Seasonal Products

  • Concepts Surrounding the Treatment of Owned Accommodation
  • Treatment of Owned Accommodation in the Consumer Price Index
  • Treatment of Seasonal Products
  • Seasonal Adjustment of Price Indices

Chapter 11 – History

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