Name: Fisher commodity price index, United States dollar terms, Bank of Canada, monthly
Creator: Statistics Canada
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Fisher commodity price index, United States dollar terms, Bank of Canada, monthly — AI AnalysisThe Fisher Commodity Price Index (Statistics Canada, Table 10100132) tracks seven commodity categories in USD terms from January 1972 to February 2026, revealing dramatic long-term price growth across all sectors, with index values ranging from 86.3 to a peak of 2,755.8. Energy and Fish have experieKey Findings

Fish has seen the greatest long-term price appreciation, reaching an index value of 1,982.4 in February 2026 — nearly 20 times the 1972 baseline of 100.

Energy is the most volatile category, recording the highest single value in the entire dataset at 2,755.8 in June 2008 during the global oil price spike, and carrying the highest mean of 817.9 across all categories.

The 'Total, all commodities' index peaked at 919.3 in May 2022, coinciding with the post-pandemic commodity price surge and the inflationary pressures following the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Agriculture is the most stable and lowest-appreciating commodity category, with a mean index of 202.4 and a maximum of 387.2 — far below the highs seen in Energy, Fish, and Metals & Minerals.

Forestry recorded the most statistical outliers of any category (14 total), driven by the pandemic-era lumber boom that pushed its index to 1,023.0 in May 2021 before falling sharply to 621.5 by June 2022.

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