Canadian Electronics Price Report — April 2026
Our first independent monthly price report on Canadian electronics. How prices are actually moving across tens of thousands of products tracked daily at Canada Computers and Newegg Canada.
Each month we publish a report on how Canadian electronics prices are actually moving, using real price data from our basket of products tracked every four hours across Canada Computers and Newegg Canada. No vendor-supplied MSRPs and no PR spin — just the prices real shoppers see.
The Big Picture
Across our full basket, average electronics prices are holding steady over the last 30 days, with an overall change of -0.1% since we started tracking the current basket. This is an independent Canadian electronics index, not derived from StatCan CPI, and it reflects only products sold online to Canadian consumers.
In plain terms: there is no broad electronics inflation in Canada right now. Prices are softening in some categories and firming in others, but the overall picture is flat. That matters because the public narrative often assumes everything is getting more expensive. The data disagrees.
Categories getting cheaper
These categories are down on average compared to when our tracking stabilized. Softening here is usually driven by healthy supply, end-of-generation clearance, or competitive retailer pricing:
- Printers: -1.8% (102 products tracked)
- Laptops: -1.6% (1,712 products tracked)
- Motherboards: -1.3% (3,084 products tracked)
- CPUs: -1.2% (994 products tracked)
- Graphics cards: -0.9% (2,443 products tracked)
Categories getting more expensive
These categories are up compared to our baseline. Movement here typically reflects tight supply, model refreshes at higher price points, or exchange rate pressure on imported goods:
- External storage: +7.0% (575 products tracked)
- TVs: +3.1% (115 products tracked)
- NAS: +3.0% (52 products tracked)
- Headphones: +1.7% (1,320 products tracked)
- Gaming consoles: +1.6% (253 products tracked)
Which retailers are cutting prices
We tracked price movement at each retailer this month. A product counts as "price cut" if it dropped 5% or more, and "price hike" if it rose that much. Everything in between is considered stable. Here is what each retailer did:
- Canada Computers: 88 products cut (29%), 93 raised (31%), 119 held steady
- Newegg Canada: 33 products cut (28%), 37 raised (31%), 48 held steady
The retailer with the highest share of active price cuts is the one most worth watching for deals this month. Hikes are not necessarily a bad sign — they often just mean a retailer is restocking newer, higher-SKU inventory.
What this means if you're buying
If you're buying anything in the categories trending down, you are in a buyer's market. Historical lows are easier to hit right now than they were a month ago. For categories trending up, the usual advice applies: set a price alert on the specific product you want, watch the history chart, and only buy when the current price is within about 10% of the lowest price we have tracked.
Methodology
Our Price Index uses a fixed basket of products that were actively tracked in the last three days. Each product's daily price is its last known scraped value, carried forward on days it was not rechecked. Category averages require at least 10 products per category per day. Retailer activity counts require at least five tracked price points per product over the 30-day window, exclude products priced under $20, and cap moves at plus or minus 70% to exclude data errors. We intentionally do not publish a top-drops table in this edition because our category assignment system is being cleaned up and some products are currently tagged in the wrong category. That cleanup is the subject of our next engineering cycle; individual-product tables will return in the May report.
You can explore the full Price Index and drill into any category on our Price Index page, or set a price alert on any product to get emailed when it drops.