Lowvyn Research
Canadian Electronics Price Index
Median prices, volatility, and real-deal share for electronics across Amazon Canada, Best Buy Canada, Canada Computers, Canadian Tire and 3 more. Computed weekly from Lowvyn's daily price tracking corpus.
Updated · Sample: 111,678 products · 40 categories
Methodology
Aggregations are computed from active items in Lowvyn's catalogue with current price > $0. Median is preferred over mean to avoid distortion from outliers. Volatility is the average coefficient of variation across each item's last 90 days of price history; categories with fewer than 5 qualifying items are omitted. Deal verdicts come from Lowvyn's price-history scoring (see /scoring).
- Total products
- 111,678
- Categories
- 40
- Window
- 90d
- Retailers
- 7
Real deals right now: 8,996 of 111,678 (8%)
Lowvyn flags a product as a "real deal" when its current price is at least 5% below its own historical average across the last 90 days of tracking. Unlike retailer "sale" badges, this comparison uses the product's actual price history, not a vendor-supplied list price.
Median price by category
What you should expect to pay (in CAD) for the typical product in each electronics category Lowvyn covers. Min and max columns show the full price range Lowvyn has seen across active products.
| Category | Items | Median | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC Peripherals | 14,999 | $50.99 | $5.00 | $4594.99 |
| PC Components | 10,893 | $251.90 | $5.59 | $9994.80 |
| Windows Laptops | 6,990 | $1550.17 | $6.92 | $9999.99 |
| Headphones | 5,675 | $86.00 | $5.00 | $3999.00 |
| Monitors | 5,464 | $346.70 | $5.95 | $8522.03 |
| Storage | 5,029 | $134.99 | $5.33 | $9999.00 |
| Video Games | 4,690 | $63.24 | $5.74 | $2199.00 |
| Chargers & Cables | 3,682 | $28.25 | $5.00 | $1806.99 |
| TVs | 3,302 | $898.00 | $6.99 | $9999.99 |
| Desktop Computers | 3,261 | $1700.00 | $10.92 | $9999.99 |
Most volatile categories
Coefficient of variation (CV) measures how much prices swing relative to their average. Higher CV means more frequent and larger price drops, so deal-hunting pays off more. Categories with fewer than 5 qualifying products are omitted to keep the leaderboard honest.
| Category | CV | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Drones | 15.0% | 173 |
| Headphones | 12.3% | 2,846 |
| Security Cameras | 10.8% | 776 |
| Printers & Scanners | 10.7% | 343 |
| Bluetooth Speakers | 10.1% | 652 |
Sample by retailer
Distribution of tracked products across Canadian retailers. Lowvyn actively scrapes each; uneven sample sizes reflect the relative size of each retailer's electronics catalogue.
Common questions
Where does the Canadian Electronics Price Index get its data?+
Lowvyn tracks daily prices on 111,678 electronics across 7 Canadian retailers (Amazon Canada, Best Buy Canada, Canada Computers, Canadian Tire and 3 more). The index is computed from active products with current price > $0; medians are used instead of means to avoid distortion from outliers. Data was last refreshed on September 28, 2026.
What share of electronics on Lowvyn are currently real deals?+
8,996 of 111,678 tracked products (8%) are flagged as real deals as of September 28, 2026, meaning the current price is at least 5% below the product's own historical average. This is computed from each product's full price history, not from retailer "sale" badges.
Which electronics categories have the most price volatility?+
The top three most volatile categories are: Drones (15.0% coefficient of variation, n=173); Headphones (12.3% coefficient of variation, n=2846); Security Cameras (10.8% coefficient of variation, n=776). Higher volatility means more frequent and larger price swings, so deal-hunting pays off more in those categories.
How is this index different from a retailer's own pricing report?+
Lowvyn cross-references prices across 7 Canadian retailers (Amazon Canada, Best Buy Canada, Canada Computers, Canadian Tire and 3 more) using the same underlying SKUs, scores every product against its own historical price (not a vendor-supplied 'list price'), and uses median rather than mean to avoid outlier distortion. The methodology is published in full and recomputed weekly.
Can I cite the Canadian Electronics Price Index?+
Yes. Cite as: "Lowvyn Canadian Electronics Price Index, September 28, 2026, https://lowvyn.com/research/price-index/electronics". The underlying data is also available via the public REST API at /api/public/research/price-index/electronics.