Table 3
Consumer Price Index and major components
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Relative importance1 | January 2011 | February 2011 | March 2011 | January to February 2011 | February to March 2011 | |
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Seasonally adjusted | ||||||
% | (2002=100) | % change | ||||
All-items | 100.002 | 118.5 | 118.5 | 119.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Food | 17.04 | 124.6 | 124.9 | 126.9 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
Shelter | 26.62 | 124.5 | 124.5 | 124.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Household operations, furnishings and equipment | 11.10 | 109.9 | 109.9 | 110.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Clothing and footwear | 5.36 | 90.3 | 90.3 | 92.2 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
Transportation | 19.88 | 123.9 | 124.3 | 125.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
Health and personal care | 4.73 | 116.0 | 116.4 | 116.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Recreation, education and reading | 12.20 | 105.0 | 105.2 | 105.7 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products | 3.07 | 135.2 | 135.0 | 134.8 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
Special aggregates | ||||||
Core Consumer Price Index3 | 82.71 | 116.4 | 116.3 | 116.9 | -0.1 | 0.5 |
All-items excluding food and energy | 73.57 | 113.9 | 114.1 | 114.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
2005 CPI basket weights at April 2007 prices, Canada, effective May 2007. Detailed weights are available under the Documentation section of survey 2301 (www.statcan.gc.ca/imdb-bmdi/index-eng.htm).
Figures may not add to 100% due to rounding.
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, consult the Bank of Canada website (www.bankofcanada.ca/en/inflation/index.htm).
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