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Statistics Canada Releases Q2 2026 For‑Hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index
WHY IT MATTERS
The index provides a timely benchmark for freight cost trends, enabling shippers and carriers to adjust pricing and budgeting decisions in response to recent market movements.
What happened
Statistics Canada has published the For‑Hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index for the second quarter of 2026, using a 2021 base year of 100. The index tracks price changes in freight services provided by motor carriers, offering a benchmark for industry cost trends.
While the release does not include the index value in this brief, the availability of the data allows analysts, shippers, and carriers to assess recent price movements, compare them to previous periods, and incorporate the information into cost‑management and pricing strategies.
The index is part of the agency’s ongoing monitoring of transportation cost dynamics across Canada.
PRIMARY SOURCES
For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index, second quarter 2026
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