The Canadian Consumer Price Index reference paper.: CS62-553/2019E-PDF

"This Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI) Reference Paper provides an overview of 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"--Preface.

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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]
Later edition The Canadian Consumer Price Index reference paper. 2023
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.
Issued also in HTML.
Title from cover.
Includes bibliographic references.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, February 27, 2019.
©2019
Description 1 online resource (83 pages)
ISBN 9780660293349
Catalogue number
  • CS62-553/2019E-PDF
Subject terms Price indexes
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