{
  "query": {
    "country": "CA",
    "item": "bread",
    "region": "Ontario"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "CAD",
    "unit": "per 675 grams",
    "value": 3.27,
    "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": "An average for August 2026 that Statistics Canada derives from transaction data supplied by Canadian grocery retailers, for one standard size of the product: not the price in one shop and not a live price. Statistics Canada cautions that these average prices may not be fully comparable from one month to another, because the composition of a product category changes, and should not be used as a representative measure of pure price change through time. Data are subject to revision."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-14T21:31:38.247Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "ca-statcan-prices",
    "name": "Monthly average retail prices for selected products (Statistics Canada table 18-10-0245-01)",
    "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 18-10-0245-01 Monthly average retail prices for selected products (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 18-10-0245-01 Monthly average retail prices for selected products. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.",
    "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1810024501"
  },
  "method": "Canada (groceries): Statistics Canada's monthly average retail price of 110 selected products (table 18-10-0245-01), derived from transaction data supplied by Canadian grocery retailers, for Canada, the provinces, Whitehorse and Yellowknife. We read the latest 14 months through the Web Data Service and pass on the published average for the product, region and month; the changes on the previous month and on a year earlier are calculated by ProofPrice from two published averages. No range is calculated. Statistics Canada cautions that these averages may not be fully comparable from month to month.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "In Ontario the average retail price of \"White bread, 675 grams\" was CA$3.27 in August 2026, as published by Statistics Canada from grocery retailers' transaction data (not a live or single-shop price). That is 8.6% higher than a year earlier (CA$3.01 in August 2025); Statistics Canada cautions that these averages are not fully comparable over time. 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": "Ontario",
      "wds_member_id": 6
    },
    "item": {
      "code": "56",
      "definition": "White bread, 675 grams",
      "unit": "per 675 grams",
      "asked_for": "bread"
    },
    "what_this_is": "Monthly average retail price for a standard size of the product, derived by Statistics Canada from transaction data supplied by Canadian grocery retailers. Not a receipt, not one shop's price and not a live price.",
    "reference_month": "2026-08",
    "reference_month_label": "August 2026",
    "change_on_previous_month": {
      "reference_month": "2026-07",
      "value": 3.23,
      "change_percent": 1.2,
      "change_amount": 0.04
    },
    "change_on_year_earlier": {
      "reference_month": "2025-08",
      "value": 3.01,
      "change_percent": 8.6,
      "change_amount": 0.26
    },
    "last_12_months": [
      {
        "month": "2025-09",
        "value": 3.04
      },
      {
        "month": "2025-10",
        "value": 3.12
      },
      {
        "month": "2025-11",
        "value": 3.16
      },
      {
        "month": "2025-12",
        "value": 3.16
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-01",
        "value": 3.17
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-02",
        "value": 3.22
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-03",
        "value": 3.26
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-04",
        "value": 3.22
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-05",
        "value": 3.25
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-06",
        "value": 3.27
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-07",
        "value": 3.23
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-08",
        "value": 3.27
      }
    ],
    "other_regions_same_month": [
      {
        "region": "Canada",
        "value": 3.63
      },
      {
        "region": "Newfoundland and Labrador",
        "value": 4.19
      },
      {
        "region": "Prince Edward Island",
        "value": 3.79
      },
      {
        "region": "Nova Scotia",
        "value": 3.68
      },
      {
        "region": "New Brunswick",
        "value": 3.8
      },
      {
        "region": "Quebec",
        "value": 3.97
      },
      {
        "region": "Manitoba",
        "value": 3.55
      },
      {
        "region": "Saskatchewan",
        "value": 3.62
      },
      {
        "region": "Alberta",
        "value": 3.61
      },
      {
        "region": "British Columbia",
        "value": 4.04
      },
      {
        "region": "Whitehorse, Yukon",
        "value": 3.69
      },
      {
        "region": "Yellowknife, Northwest Territories",
        "value": 4.38
      }
    ],
    "other_definitions": [
      {
        "item": "pita",
        "definition": "Flatbread and pita, 500 grams",
        "unit": "per 500 grams"
      },
      {
        "item": "crackers",
        "definition": "Crackers and crisp breads, 200 grams",
        "unit": "per 200 grams"
      }
    ],
    "statcan_caution": "Statistics Canada cautions that these average prices may not be fully comparable from one month to another, because the composition of a product category changes, and should not be used as a representative measure of pure price change through time. Data are subject to revision.",
    "dataset": {
      "name": "Monthly average retail prices for selected products",
      "table": "18-10-0245-01",
      "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1810024501",
      "released": "2026-10-07T08:30"
    },
    "attribution_notice": "Source: Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0245-01 Monthly average retail prices for selected products, August 2026. Reproduced and distributed on an \"as is\" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0245-01 Monthly average retail prices for selected products, August 2026. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product."
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_dc1ec0fd0f150e6dba15",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-14T21:31:38.248Z",
  "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."
  }
}