Statistics Canada's Residential Renovation Price Indexes (RRPI) track costs by project group and individual project type. Quarterly data are available from the first quarter of 2017, with the index base period set to 2023=100. The table presents data for the most recent reference period and the last four periods.
Use Cases
- Model inflation in the residential renovation sector based on quarterly price index data.
- Compare cost trends between different project types, such as kitchen versus bathroom renovations.
- Forecast future renovation costs using the established time-series data starting in 2017.
- Benchmark contractor pricing against national index trends for specific project groups.
Strengths
- Data is produced by Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency.
- Quarterly time-series data is available from Q1 2017.
- Indexes are provided at both aggregated project group and individual project type levels.
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 open_canada.
Provenance
- Source
- Statistics Canada
- Time Range
- Q1 2017 onward
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-12 12:48:49.823105.
- Geography
- Canada