The Canadian Consumer Price Index Reference Paper
Appendix B – General information on the CPI major components

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Appendix B – General information on the CPI major components
Table summary
This table displays the results of Appendix B – General information on the CPI major components. The information is grouped by CPI major component (appearing as row headers), Basket weight, Number of elementary aggregates, Number of represen-tative products, Proportion of services and Quality adjustment methods, calculated using % units of measure (appearing as column headers).
CPI major component Basket weightAppendix B Note 1 Number of elementary aggregates Number of representative products Proportion of servicesAppendix B Note 2 Quality adjustment methods
% %
Food and non-alcoholic beverages 16.48 139 173 31.37 Quantity adjustment, overall mean imputation, expert judgment
Shelter 27.36 43 23 87.93 Expert judgement
Household operations, furnishings and equipment 12.80 77 148 59.72 Overall mean imputation, quantity adjustment, expert judgment, hedonic adjustment
Clothing and footwear 5.17 114 151 3.18 Expert judgment, overall mean imputation, 50/50
Transportation 19.95 118 230 42.78 Options costing method, overall mean imputation, expert judgment
Health and personal care 4.79 40 54 42.96 Overall mean imputation, expert judgment
Recreation, education and reading 10.24 86 301 72.44 Overall mean imputation, hedonic adjustment, expert judgment
Alcoholic beverages, tobacco products and recreational cannabis 3.21 28 58 20.61 Quantity adjustment, overall mean imputation, expert judgment
Total 100.00 645 1,138 55.71
Note 1

The basket weight (in %) refers to the introduction of the 2017 basket, at the link month. Figures may not add up to 100% as a result of rounding.

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Note 2

The proportion of services refers to the total basket weight of the elementary aggregates that correspond to services.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Consumer Prices Division.


Table of contents

Main page
Chapter 1 – Introduction to the Canadian Consumer Price Index
Chapter 2 – Availability and Uses
Chapter 3 – Scope of the Index
Chapter 4 – Classifications
Chapter 5 – Sample Strategy and Price Collection
Chapter 6 – Calculation of the Consumer Price Index
Chapter 7 – Quality Change and Adjustment
Chapter 8 – Weights and Basket Updates
Chapter 9 – Reliability and Uncertainty
Chapter 10 – Treatment of Owned Accommodation and Seasonal Products
Chapter 11 – History
Glossary
Appendix A – Common Price Index Formulae
Appendix B – General information on the CPI major components
Appendix C – Detailed Chronology of Basket Updates and Changes to the Consumer Price Index
References

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