Statistics Canada provides the basket weights for major components, gasoline, and selected aggregates of the Consumer Price Index. The weights are shown in percentage terms for Canada, provinces, and the territories of Whitehorse, Yellowknife, and Iqaluit over the last five years. Data includes weights at basket link month prices and weights at basket reference period prices.
Use Cases
- Analyze regional inflation contributions based on basket weight percentages.
- Compare price period impacts on CPI calculations based on weights at link month versus reference period prices.
- Model national and provincial inflation trends based on the weights of major components and gasoline.
- Assess the economic significance of special aggregates within the CPI basket.
Strengths
- Data is provided by Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency.
- Includes weights for Canada, all provinces, and three territorial capitals.
- Weights are shown in percentage terms for clear interpretation.
- Covers the last five years of the CPI basket.
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 the source.
Provenance
- Source
- Statistics Canada
- Time Range
- Last 5 years of the CPI basket
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-15 12:48:24.243906; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Iqaluit