{
  "query": {
    "country": "CA",
    "product": "hogs",
    "region": "Quebec"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "CAD",
    "unit": "per hundredweight",
    "value": 109.28,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-08-01",
    "to": "2026-08-31"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2026-08",
    "note": "A monthly average price received by farmers for August 2026, in the unit Statistics Canada states (dollars per hundredweight): not a sale, not a futures or export price and not a live price. The hundredweight is Statistics Canada's own unit and is not converted here because the table does not define its weight. Statistics Canada has no newer price for this product and province than August 2026 (the table's newest month is August 2026)."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-18T20:51:32.232Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "ca-farm-prices",
    "name": "Farm product prices, crops and livestock (Statistics Canada table 32-10-0077-01)",
    "publisher": "Statistics Canada",
    "licence": "Statistics Canada Open Licence. \"Subject to this licence, Statistics Canada grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to: use, reproduce, publish, freely distribute, or sell the Information; use, reproduce, publish, freely distribute, or sell Value-added Products; and, sublicence any or all such rights, under terms consistent with this licence.\" Conditions include accurate reproduction, no suggestion that Statistics Canada endorses the user, and the acknowledgment of source notices below.",
    "licence_url": "https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/terms-conditions/open-licence",
    "attribution": "Source: Statistics Canada, Table 32-10-0077-01 Farm product prices, crops and livestock (reference month stated in each answer). Reproduced and distributed on an \"as is\" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 32-10-0077-01 Farm product prices, crops and livestock. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.",
    "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3210007701"
  },
  "method": "Canada (farm-gate prices): Statistics Canada's monthly average price received by farmers for crops and livestock in each province (table 32-10-0077-01). We read the latest months through the Web Data Service and pass on the published average for the product and province, in the unit Statistics Canada states for that series; no range is calculated. It is a monthly average, not a sale and not a futures or export price.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "In Quebec farmers received on average CA$109.28 per hundredweight for hogs in August 2026, as published by Statistics Canada (a monthly average, not a sale or a live price). That is 11.6% lower than a year earlier (CA$123.64 in August 2025). Official average published by Statistics Canada for 2026-08.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "country_name": "Canada",
    "region": {
      "name": "Quebec",
      "wds_member_id": 5
    },
    "product": {
      "definition": "Hogs",
      "asked_for": "hogs"
    },
    "unit": {
      "value_unit": "per hundredweight",
      "published_wording": "Dollars per hundredweight"
    },
    "what_this_is": "Monthly average price received by farmers in the province, published by Statistics Canada. Not a sale, not a futures or export price and not a live price.",
    "reference_month": "2026-08",
    "reference_month_label": "August 2026",
    "change_on_previous_month": {
      "reference_month": "2026-07",
      "value": 108.06,
      "change_percent": 1.1,
      "change_amount": 1.22
    },
    "change_on_year_earlier": {
      "reference_month": "2025-08",
      "value": 123.64,
      "change_percent": -11.6,
      "change_amount": -14.36
    },
    "last_12_months": [
      {
        "month": "2025-09",
        "value": 121.18
      },
      {
        "month": "2025-10",
        "value": 114.11
      },
      {
        "month": "2025-11",
        "value": 106.71
      },
      {
        "month": "2025-12",
        "value": 102.84
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-01",
        "value": 100.51
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-02",
        "value": 100.18
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-03",
        "value": 103.33
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-04",
        "value": 103.7
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-05",
        "value": 102.23
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-06",
        "value": 104.39
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-07",
        "value": 108.06
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-08",
        "value": 109.28
      }
    ],
    "other_provinces_same_month": [
      {
        "region": "Prince Edward Island",
        "value": 109.89
      },
      {
        "region": "Nova Scotia",
        "value": 123.8
      },
      {
        "region": "New Brunswick",
        "value": 120.11
      },
      {
        "region": "Ontario",
        "value": 119.98
      },
      {
        "region": "Manitoba",
        "value": 118.37
      },
      {
        "region": "Saskatchewan",
        "value": 119.23
      },
      {
        "region": "Alberta",
        "value": 120.58
      },
      {
        "region": "British Columbia",
        "value": 125.46
      }
    ],
    "other_definitions": [],
    "dataset": {
      "name": "Farm product prices, crops and livestock",
      "table": "32-10-0077-01",
      "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3210007701",
      "released": "2026-10-09T08:30"
    },
    "attribution_notice": "Source: Statistics Canada, Table 32-10-0077-01 Farm product prices, crops and livestock, August 2026. Reproduced and distributed on an \"as is\" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 32-10-0077-01 Farm product prices, crops and livestock, August 2026. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product."
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_39edd49c6909ab95c8c9",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-18T20:51:32.232Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published average",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  },
  "reliability": "official_median_no_count",
  "data_as_of": "2026-08-31",
  "data_age_days": 48,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published average or median with no record count: use it as a reference point, not as a range of what individuals paid.",
    "For a decision on a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote."
  ]
}