Canada's Food Price Report

Published by Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph since 2010, every December, Canada's Food Price Report provides a forecast on Canadian food prices and trends for the coming year in Canada.[1][2][3] Created with Canadian researcher Francis Tapon, Sylvain Charlebois is lead author of the report since its inception.

Canada's Food Price Report

The first report was released on December 2, 2009. Both predictive modelling through machine learning and econometrics are used to support the annual forecast. The report was published by the University of Guelph only from 2011 to 2016. The report's market reach is estimated at over 200 million people in 50 countries annually. In 2015, the project was recognized as one of the University of Guelph's most significant research accomplishments over the past 50 years.[4]

The accuracy of the report varies from year to year. Most years, the report's accuracy is anywhere between 80% to 88%.[5][6][7]

In July 2020, it was announced that the University of Saskatchewan and University of British Columbia were joining the group.[8][9] The first report authored by the four universities was released on December 8, 2020.[10][11][12]