Under the authority of the Statistics Act, Statistics Canada is hereby requesting the following information which will be used solely for statistical and research purposes and will be protected in accordance with the provisions of the Statistics Act and any other applicable law. This is a mandatory request for data.
Consumer price indexes
Insurance rate data
What information is being requested?
Statistics Canada is requesting data on passenger vehicle and homeowners' insurance rates, with variables including company name, province/territory, line of business (automotive or property), type of insurance (private passenger vehicles, commercial passenger vehicles, homeowners, tenants, condominium, etc.) coverage, total premiums, units written (number of active policies), and rate changes, aggregated at a provincial level.
What personal information is included in this request?
The data requested does not contain any personal information.
What years of data will be requested?
Monthly data (as of May 2018) is being requested on an ongoing basis.
From whom will the information be requested?
This information will be requested from the largest Canadian insurance providers, and their subsidiaries, for all provinces and territories, based on coverage requirements.
Why is this information being requested?
Statistics Canada is requesting insurance rate data to be used in key statistical programs to create a high-quality measure of price change for insurance rates in Canada. This can be done by improving data quality, timeliness and coverage through insurance rate data while reducing business response burden. Data, at this level of aggregation, is necessary for Statistics Canada to produce indexes that accurately reflect price change in the insurance industry. These economic indicators are regularly used by policy makers, researchers, and industry stakeholders.
Statistics Canada may also use the information for other statistical and research purposes.
Why were these organizations selected as data providers?
The organizations selected represent a significant portion of insurance providers within the insurance sector in Canada.
When will this information be requested?
This information is requested as of January 2018 on a monthly basis.
What Statistics Canada programs will primarily use these data?
When was this request published?
June 8, 2023
Telecommunication and internet services data
What information is being requested?
Statistics Canada is requesting data on telecommunication and internet service plans, with variables including province/territory, brand, plan ID, plan type, monthly recurring charge, subscription type, plan details, plan availability, type of customer, and number of subscribers.
What personal information is included in this request?
The data requested does not contain any personal information.
What years of data will be requested?
Monthly data (as of October 2021) is being requested on an ongoing basis. Historical data from April 2020 to July 2021 is also being requested.
From whom will the information be requested?
This information will be requested from telecommunication and internet service providers.
Why is this information being requested?
Statistics Canada is requesting telecommunication and internet services data to be used in key statistical programs to create a high-quality measure of price change for consumer, business, and wholesale telecommunication services in Canada. This can be done by improving data quality, timeliness and coverage through plan-level transaction data while reducing business response burden. Data, at this level of detail, is necessary for Statistics Canada to produce indexes that accurately reflect price change in the telecommunications industry. These economic indicators are regularly used by policy makers, researchers, and industry stakeholders.
Statistics Canada may also use the information for other statistical and research purposes.
Why were these organizations selected as data providers?
These companies were selected as they represent a significant portion of telecommunications providers within the telecommunications sector in Canada. Statistics Canada requires data from these data providers to streamline data collection methods in order to lighten the administrative burden of Canadian businesses, while producing important statistical information for Canadians.
When will this information be requested?
This information will be requested on a monthly basis.
What Statistics Canada programs will primarily use these data?
When was this request published?
June 8, 2023
Aggregated collection of High Frequency Expenditure Network (HFEN) data
What information is being requested?
Statistics Canada is requesting fully anonymized, model-implied, aggregated data, commonly referred to as high-frequency expenditure network data. This data reflects consumer spending for the majority of consumer goods and services and has been acquired by the Bank of Canada from multiple Payment System Providers. The data are highly aggregated to categories of products and services and by type of store.
What personal information is included in this request?
Personal identifiable information will not be included in this request.
What years of data will be requested?
Monthly data as of January 2020 to October 19, 2022 is being requested.
From whom will the information be requested?
This information will be requested from the Bank of Canada.
Why is this information being requested?
Statistics Canada is requesting this information to measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and post-pandemic recovery on consumer inflation, for data validation and confrontation with expenditure weights in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), as part of its experimental Adjusted Price Index.
Statistics Canada may also use the information for other statistical and research purposes.
Why were these organizations selected as data providers?
The Bank of Canada was selected as the data provider, as they have established an aggregated collection of high-frequency expenditure network data (HFEN data) gathered from multiple Payment System Providers, which would allow Statistics Canada to study consumer inflation during the COVID-19 pandemic and post- pandemic recovery on consumer inflation.
When will this information be requested?
This information will be requested monthly, three (3) weeks following the end of the reference month, until October 19, 2022, when the Memorandum of Understanding with the Bank of Canada terminates.
What Statistics Canada programs will primarily use these data?
- Consumer Price Index
- Adjusted Price Index
- Monthly Retail Trade Survey
- System of National Accounts
- Canadian Tourism Activity Tracker
- Gasoline and Other Petroleum Fuels Sold Program
- National Travel Survey
- Survey of Household Spending
When was this request published?
October 19, 2021
Retailer Point of Sale data (also known as scanner data or transactional data)
What information is being requested?
Statistics Canada is requesting store-level data by type of product, including the universal product code, stock keeping unit, item description, total sale price before and after tax, total quantities sold, sale/promotion elements, and brand/manufacturing details. The information requested from pharmacies and drug stores does not include prescription drugs.
What personal information is included in this request?
The data requested does not contain any personal information.
What years of data will be requested?
Weekly data (as of January 2020) is being requested on an ongoing basis.
Two years of historical data may be requested.
From whom will the information be requested?
This information will be requested from:
- home and auto supply stores
- home centres
- grocery stores
- department stores
- other general merchandise stores
- pharmacies and drug stores (over the counter products only purchased at front of store)
Why is this information being requested?
Statistics Canada is requesting this information to calculate and publish statistics for the Consumer Price Index and the Retail Trade Program. Point-of-sales data, also known as scanner or transactional data, serves the purposes of reducing business-response burden, while also improving data quality through better coverage and timeliness.
These economic indicators are regularly used by policy makers, researchers, and industry stakeholders.
Statistics Canada may also use the information for other statistical and research purposes.
Why were these organizations selected as data providers?
These data providers were selected as they represent a significant portion of retail sales within the retail and wholesale sectors in Canada. Statistics Canada requires data from these retailers in order to produce accurate estimates.
When will this information be requested?
Beginning in July 2021, this information will be requested on a weekly basis. Information from pharmacies and drug stores will be requested on a weekly basis beginning in August 2022. Two years of historical data may be requested.
What Statistics Canada programs will primarily use these data?
When was this request published?
August 4, 2022
Producer price indexes
Freight Rail Waybill Traffic Data
What information is being requested?
Statistics Canada is requesting detailed information about rail freight movements in Canada, such as data on the volume of freight, the types of goods transported, the equipment used, the distance covered within Canada (origin and destination cities), and the revenue generated from freight services within Canada provided by the Canadian railway companies from Transport Canada.
What personal information is included in this request?
This request does not contain any personal information.
What years of data will be requested?
Monthly data as of January 2018 (ongoing) will be requested. Subsequent monthly data are requested to be sent twice a year.
From whom will the information be requested?
This information is being requested from Transport Canada.
Why is this information being requested?
Statistics Canada requires this information to conduct an internal analysis with threefold objectives. First, to gain a better understanding of price trends within the freight rail industry; second, to validate the Freight Rail Services Price Index (FRSPI) that Statistics Canada produces and releases to the public on a monthly basis; and third, to perform a feasibility evaluation aimed at assessing the potential to enhance the FRSPI, which in turn may benefit Canadian businesses and researchers to make informed decisions regarding resource allocation, market focus, timing for using freight rail services, and other strategic considerations.
Why were these organizations selected as data providers?
Transport Canada collects and maintains detailed and up-to-date data on Canadian freight rail services. These data are essential for internal analysis, data consolidation, and for potential to construct a comprehensive price index within this sector. It is the only known source for these data.
When will this information be requested?
May 2024 and onward.
What Statistics Canada programs will primarily use these data?
Freight Rail Service Price Index FRSPI: will make use of the data being requested, however the use of data is strictly internal only, and the data will not be used in the production of FRSPI.
When was this request published?
May 14, 2024