Canada wholesale services price index shifts to monthly publication
Canada has made its Wholesale Services Price Index available for August as part of a change to more frequent reporting for the sector. The update reflects a monthly publication schedule introduced in June 2026 and applies to national-level, non-seasonally adjusted data.
Highlights
- Effective June 18, 2026, Statistics Canada will publish the Wholesale Services Price Index (WSPI) monthly instead of quarterly.
- Previously released WSPI data for the prior five months may be revised with each new publication, and data remain not seasonally adjusted.
- Monthly update of WSPI data tables 18-10-0277-01, 18-10-0277-02, and 18-10-0277-03 starts, while tables 18-10-0278-01 and 18-10-0278-02 are archived.
August release and publication changes
As reported by Statistics Canada, the Wholesale Services Price Index, based to 2020=100, measures changes in the price of wholesale services through margin prices rather than wholesale selling prices. Margin price is defined as the difference between the average purchase price and the average selling price of the wholesale product being measured.The agency says the index is available only at the Canada level, and figures are not seasonally adjusted. With each release, data for the previous five months may be revised.
Effective June 18, 2026, the WSPI transitions from a quarterly publication schedule to a monthly one. Statistics Canada says the move is intended to provide more timely and accurate measures of economic performance in the wholesale sector.
Data tables and sector implications
Under the revised schedule, tables 18-10-0277-01, 18-10-0277-02 and 18-10-0277-03 are now updated every month. Tables 18-10-0278-01 and 18-10-0278-02 have been archived.The shift to monthly updates gives businesses, analysts and policymakers more frequent pricing signals from the wholesale sector. That can improve short-term monitoring of operating margins and broader sector conditions, even as users account for the possibility of revisions in the subsequent five months.
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