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Consumer Price Index and major components
(1992=100)
  Relative importance1 October 2006 September 2006 October 2005 September to October 2006 October 2005 to October 2006
    Unadjusted
          % change
All-items 100.002 129.7 130.0 128.5 -0.2 0.9
Food 16.89 131.4 130.9 127.7 0.4 2.9
Shelter 26.75 129.9 129.8 126.0 0.1 3.1
Household operations and furnishings 10.58 116.3 116.1 115.7 0.2 0.5
Clothing and footwear 5.37 102.8 103.6 104.5 -0.8 -1.6
Transportation 19.79 150.1 151.6 153.3 -1.0 -2.1
Health and personal care 4.52 122.6 122.5 121.2 0.1 1.2
Recreation, education and reading 11.96 127.5 128.3 128.0 -0.6 -0.4
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 4.13 151.0 150.8 147.9 0.1 2.1
All-items (1986=100)   166.1        
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar expressed in cents, compared to 1992   77.1 76.9 77.8    
Special aggregates            
Goods 48.84 122.2 123.1 123.8 -0.7 -1.3
Services 51.16 137.8 137.5 133.8 0.2 3.0
All-items excluding food and energy 74.27 126.3 126.2 124.1 0.1 1.8
Energy 8.84 160.5 166.9 175.8 -3.8 -8.7
Core CPI3 82.75 129.7 129.6 126.8 0.1 2.3
1.2001 CPI basket weights at June 2004 prices, Canada: Effective July 2004. Detailed weights are available under the Documentation section of survey 2301 (/imdb-bmdi/index-eng.htm).
2.Figures may not add to 100% due to rounding.
3.The measure of the Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) excludes from the all-items CPI the effect of changes in indirect taxes and eight of the most volatile components identified by the Bank of Canada: fruit, fruit preparations and nuts; vegetables and vegetable preparations; mortgage interest costs; natural gas; fuel oil and other fuel; gasoline; inter-city transportation; tobacco products and smokers' supplies. For additional information, please consult the Bank of Canada website (http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/inflation/index.htm).


Consumer Price Index by province, and for Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit1
(1992=100)
  October 2006 September 2006 October 2005 September to October 2006 October 2005 to October 2006
  Unadjusted
        % change
Newfoundland and Labrador 127.7 128.7 126.8 -0.8 0.7
Prince Edward Island 130.3 131.3 131.3 -0.8 -0.8
Nova Scotia 131.9 132.5 131.6 -0.5 0.2
New Brunswick 127.9 129.1 128.5 -0.9 -0.5
Québec 125.3 125.3 124.5 0.0 0.6
Ontario 130.2 130.3 129.4 -0.1 0.6
Manitoba 134.1 133.9 132.3 0.1 1.4
Saskatchewan 135.0 135.3 133.0 -0.2 1.5
Alberta 140.3 141.7 136.2 -1.0 3.0
British Columbia 127.7 127.8 126.3 -0.1 1.1
Whitehorse 125.0 126.1 125.6 -0.9 -0.5
Yellowknife2 124.6 125.4 125.0 -0.6 -0.3
Iqaluit (Dec. 2002=100) 104.2 105.0 103.3 -0.8 0.9
1.View the geographical details for the city of Whitehorse, the city of Yellowknife and the town of Iqaluit.
2.Part of the increase first recorded in the shelter index for Yellowknife for December 2004 inadvertently reflected rent increases that actually occurred earlier. As a result, the change in the shelter index was overstated in December 2004, and was understated in the previous two years. The shelter index series for Yellowknife has been corrected from December 2002. In addition, the Yellowknife All-items CPI and some Yellowknife special aggregate index series have also changed. Data for Canada and all other provinces and territories were not affected.
Date Modified: 2009-08-21

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