How extreme weather affects food prices in Canada

How extreme weather affects food prices in Canada

Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada’s food supply chain, putting pressure on prices all the way to the grocery store shelf, say experts. “Anytime you have major weather-related events, it tends to increase costs,” said Frank Scali, vice-president of industry affairs at Food, Health & … Read more

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