Chain Fisher volume index

In May 2001, the quarterly Income and Expenditure Accounts adopted the Fisher index formula, chained quarterly, as the official measure of real expenditure-based Gross Domestic Product. There are two reasons for the adoption of this particular formula: it produces the most accurate measure of quarter to quarter growth in GDP and its components; and, the change brings the Canadian measure in line with the US quarterly Income and Product Accounts which also use the chain Fisher formula to measure real GDP

• Methodology document

• Formulas

• Presentation by Karen Wilson (May 2001)

• CANSIM matricies and databank indentifiers