Architectural, engineering and related services price index (AESPI) data categorized by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Statistics Canada publishes this quarterly time series starting from the first quarter of 2013, with an index base period of 2018=100. The table includes data for the most recent reference period and the last four periods.
Use Cases
- Modeling inflation in professional service sectors based on the quarterly price index.
- Analyzing cost trends in architectural and engineering services based on NAICS classifications.
- Forecasting construction industry input costs based on historical quarterly index data.
- Benchmarking service prices across different industry segments based on the reported index values.
Strengths
- Quarterly data available from Q1 2013, providing over a decade of time-series data.
- Index values are standardized with a clear base period (2018=100).
- Data is published by Statistics Canada, a national statistical office.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its source, covering only Canada.
Provenance
- Source
- Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
- Time Range
- From Q1 2013 onward
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-14 12:48:48.980194; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Canada