Edmonton Retail Food Price Indices by Category, Monthly from 2009

Monthly retail price indices for food categories in Edmonton, Canada, with a base index of 100 set for January 2009. The dataset is published by the Government of Alberta and includes the most recent annual average index. It was last updated on the platform in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze food price inflation trends based on monthly price indices.
• Compare cost changes across different food categories based on the category-level indices.
• Calculate the cost of living or consumer price index components based on retail food price data.
• Model economic impacts of food price volatility based on time-series index data.

Strengths

• Data is published by a government authority (Government of Alberta).
• Provides a long-term monthly time series with a consistent base period (Jan 2009=100).
• Includes the most recent annual average index for summary analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta

Time Range

Monthly data from at least January 2009 onward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 07:04:01.045640; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada