{
  "query": {
    "country": "CA",
    "product": "apples",
    "commodity": "apples"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "CAD",
    "unit": "per kg",
    "value": 3.778,
    "measure": "median",
    "median": 3.778,
    "typical_low": 2.68,
    "typical_high": 5.442,
    "min": 2.491,
    "max": 8.627
  },
  "sample_size": 31,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-10-09",
    "to": "2026-10-09"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "posted_price",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "median",
    "reference_period": "2026-10-09",
    "note": "These are wholesalers' asking prices to retail buyers, not what was paid and not shop prices. The range spreads across varieties, grades, origins and package sizes quoted that week; quotes that do not state a package weight are not included."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-23T08:57:33.474Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "ca-aafc-wholesale",
    "name": "AAFC: weekly wholesale prices of fresh fruit and vegetables",
    "publisher": "Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Government of Canada",
    "licence": "Open Government Licence - Canada",
    "licence_url": "https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada",
    "attribution": "Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Weekly Wholesale Prices. Per-kilogram figures are calculated by ProofPrice.",
    "url": "https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/b52424ca-ebb8-4847-808e-d525120b55df"
  },
  "method": "Canada wholesale fresh fruit and vegetables: from the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada weekly file of wholesalers' quoted prices, the newest week. Each quote (a low and a high price for one variety, grade, origin and package at one centre) becomes one price per kilogram: the middle of the low and high price divided by the kilograms in the package. The answer is the median of those quotes with the 10th to 90th percentile, the lowest and the highest, and the number of quotes. They are asking prices, not paid prices.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "Wholesalers quoted apples at a median of C$3.78 per kg (about C$1.71 per lb) in Canada's western wholesale centres (Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Winnipeg) for the week of 2026-10-09, from C$2.68 to C$5.44 per kg across 31 quotes (10th to 90th percentile). Published by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Government of Canada for 2026-10-09.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "commodity": "apples",
    "week": "2026-10-09",
    "price_basis": "asking (quoted) wholesale price, middle of the low and high quote",
    "quotes": 31,
    "sample_is": "quotes (one per variety, grade, origin and package), not sales",
    "cad_per_lb": {
      "median": 1.714,
      "low": 1.216,
      "high": 2.468
    },
    "by_centre": [
      {
        "centre": "Calgary",
        "median_cad_per_kg": 3.778,
        "low_cad_per_kg": 2.679,
        "high_cad_per_kg": 5.439,
        "quotes": 17
      },
      {
        "centre": "Winnipeg",
        "median_cad_per_kg": 3.903,
        "low_cad_per_kg": 3.216,
        "high_cad_per_kg": 5.17,
        "quotes": 14
      }
    ]
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_05342bd0023e21239eaf",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-23T08:57:33.474Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "posted_price",
    "label": "Posted or listed price",
    "meaning": "A price a seller, market or authority publishes in advance (a shelf price, tariff, fee schedule or quoted wholesale price): it is what is asked, not a record of what each customer paid."
  },
  "reliability": "official_with_count",
  "data_as_of": "2026-10-09",
  "data_age_days": 14,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published figure for a group: for a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote.",
    "This is a posted price, not what each customer paid."
  ]
}