Every year, StatsCan tweaks how it calculates inflation. What to know about this year’s changes

Every year, StatsCan tweaks how it calculates inflation. What to know about this year’s changes

Whenever you pass through the cash register at a grocery store, the price of everything in your shopping cart — from discounted chicken to strawberries on promotion — is collected by the retailer and sent to Statistics Canada. That’s just one of several ways the data agency tracks the spending reflected in its consumer price index, or CPI: Canada’s most comprehensive … Read more