Table 3
Consumer Price Index and major components

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Consumer Price Index and major components
  Relative importance1 February 2011 March 2011 April 2011 February to March 2011 March to April 2011
  Seasonally adjusted
  % (2002=100) % change
All-items 100.002 118.5 119.4 119.7 0.8 0.3
Food 17.04 124.9 126.9 126.7 1.6 -0.2
Shelter 26.62 124.5 124.6 125.2 0.1 0.5
Household operations, furnishings and equipment 11.10 109.9 110.3 109.5 0.4 -0.7
Clothing and footwear 5.36 90.3 92.2 90.6 2.1 -1.7
Transportation 19.88 124.3 125.2 126.5 0.7 1.0
Health and personal care 4.73 116.4 116.9 117.2 0.4 0.3
Recreation, education and reading 12.20 105.2 105.6 105.6 0.4 0.0
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 3.07 135.0 134.8 135.0 -0.1 0.1
Special aggregates            
Core CPI3 82.71 116.3 116.9 117.1 0.5 0.2
All-items excluding food and energy 73.57 114.1 114.3 114.3 0.2 0.0
1.
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).
2.
Figures may not add to 100% as a result of 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, consult the Bank of Canada website (www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/price-indexes/cpi/).