The Canadian Consumer Price Index reference paper .: CS62-553/2015E-PDF

This Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI) Reference Paper provides an overview the Canadian CPI. It is intended for a varied audience, ranging from users interested in general information to those requiring more technical or theoretical details. As such, it explains all the important aspects of the Canadian CPI: uses and interpretations, scope, classifications, sample strategy, price collection, index calculation, quality change, weights, basket updates, reliability and uncertainty, special cases and treatments and history.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Statistics Canada.
Title The Canadian Consumer Price Index reference paper .
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Le document de référence de l’Indice des prix à la consommation canadien.
“Release date: December 18, 2015.”
“The paper was written by Radu Chiru, Ning Huang, Mathieu Lequain, Phillip Smith and Amanda Wright …"--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada, 2015.
Author / Contributor Chiru, Radu.
Description 91 p. : tables.
ISBN 978-0-660-03817-9
Catalogue number
  • CS62-553/2015E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number Catalogue no. 62-553-X
Subject terms Price indexes
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