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Consumer Price Index and major components
(2002=100)
  Relative importance1 September 2007 September 2008 September 2007 to September 2008
    Unadjusted % change
All-items 100.002 111.9 115.7 3.4
Food 17.04 110.9 117.1 5.6
Shelter 26.62 117.8 123.1 4.5
Household operations and furnishings 11.10 103.7 105.6 1.8
Clothing and footwear 5.36 97.4 96.1 -1.3
Transportation 19.88 116.9 122.4 4.7
Health and personal care 4.73 107.6 109.4 1.7
Recreation, education and reading 12.20 103.4 103.9 0.5
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 3.07 126.6 128.0 1.1
All-items (1992=100)   133.2 137.7 3.4
Special aggregates        
Goods 48.78 107.8 111.5 3.4
Services 51.22 115.9 119.8 3.4
All-items excluding food and energy 73.57 109.7 110.8 1.0
Energy 9.38 136.6 161.5 18.2
Core CPI3 82.71 110.5 112.4 1.7
1.2005 CPI basket weights at April 2007 prices, Canada, effective May 2007. Detailed weights are available under the Documentation section of survey 2301 at (/imdb-bmdi/index-eng.htm).
2.Figures may not add to 100% due to rounding.
3.The measure of 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 cost; natural gas; fuel oil and other fuel; gasoline; inter-city transportation; and tobacco products and smokers' supplies. For additional information on Core CPI, please consult the Bank of Canada website (www.bankofcanada.ca/en/inflation/index.htm).


Consumer Price Index by province, and for Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit
(2002=100)
  Relative importance1 September 2007 September 2008 September 2007 to September 2008
    Unadjusted % change
Canada 100.002 111.9 115.7 3.4
Newfoundland and Labrador 1.27 111.1 116.2 4.6
Prince Edward Island 0.35 114.0 120.3 5.5
Nova Scotia 2.56 112.9 117.6 4.2
New Brunswick 1.97 112.0 114.7 2.4
Quebec 21.05 110.5 114.0 3.2
Ontario 41.22 111.0 115.1 3.7
Manitoba 3.06 111.8 115.2 3.0
Saskatchewan 2.64 113.4 117.3 3.4
Alberta 11.43 119.4 122.8 2.8
British Columbia 14.29 110.5 114.1 3.3
Whitehorse 0.06 110.8 114.8 3.6
Yellowknife 0.08 111.6 117.2 5.0
Iqaluit (Dec. 2002=100) 0.02 109.1 111.9 2.6
1.2005 CPI basket weights at April 2007 prices, Canada, effective May 2007. Detailed weights are available under the Documentation section of survey 2301 at (/imdb-bmdi/index-eng.htm).
2.Figures may not add to 100% due to rounding.


Consumer Price Index and major components
(2002=100)
  Relative importance1 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 July to August 2008 August to September 2008
    Seasonally adjusted
          % change
All-items 100.002 115.3 115.4 115.6 0.1 0.2
Food 17.04 115.9 116.7 117.7 0.7 0.9
Shelter 26.62 123.3 123.8 123.1 0.4 -0.6
Household operations and furnishings 11.10 104.4 104.4 105.3 0.0 0.9
Clothing and footwear 5.36 94.6 93.9 93.6 -0.7 -0.3
Transportation 19.88 125.7 123.1 122.4 -2.1 -0.6
Health and personal care 4.73 108.3 109.4 109.4 1.0 0.0
Recreation, education and reading 12.20 102.3 102.6 102.6 0.3 0.0
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 3.07 127.5 127.6 127.9 0.1 0.2
Special aggregates            
All-items excluding food 82.96 115.1 115.0 115.2 -0.1 0.2
All-items excluding food and energy 73.57 110.4 110.6 110.5 0.2 -0.1
All-items excluding eight of the most volatile components 82.71 110.4 110.7 110.8 0.3 0.1
Core CPI3 82.71 111.7 112.0 112.2 0.3 0.2
1.2005 CPI basket weights at April 2007 prices, Canada, effective May 2007. Detailed weights are available under the Documentation section of survey 2301 at (/imdb-bmdi/index-eng.htm).
2.Figures may not add to 100% due to rounding.
3.The measure of 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 cost; natural gas; fuel oil and other fuel; gasoline; inter-city transportation; and tobacco products and smokers' supplies. For additional information on the Core CPI, please consult the Bank of Canada website (www.bankofcanada.ca/en/inflation/index.htm).
Date Modified: 2009-08-13

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