4. The fee is adjusted on 1 January of each year based on the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada, for the period ending on 30 September of the preceding year. The adjusted fee is reduced to the nearest dollar if it contains a fraction of a dollar less than $0.50; it is increased to the nearest dollar if it contains a fraction of a dollar equal to or greater than $0.50.
The result of the annual adjustment is published every year in the Gazette officielle du Québec.