Table 3
Consumer Price Index and major components

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Consumer Price Index and major components
  Relative importance¹ March 2011 April 2011 May 2011 March to April 2011 April to May 2011
  Seasonally adjusted²
  % (2002=100) % change
All-items CPI 100.00³ 119.4 119.7 119.9 0.3 0.2
Food 15.99 126.9 126.7 127.3 -0.2 0.5
Shelter 27.49 124.6 125.2 125.2 0.5 0.0
Household operations, furnishings and equipment 11.55 110.3 109.5 110.2 -0.7 0.6
Clothing and footwear 5.31 92.2 91.2 93.0 -1.1 2.0
Transportation 20.60 125.2 126.4 126.6 1.0 0.2
Health and personal care 4.95 116.9 117.1 117.1 0.2 0.0
Recreation, education and reading 11.20 105.6 105.6 105.6 0.0 0.0
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 2.91 134.8 135.0 135.7 0.1 0.5
Special aggregates            
Core CPI4 82.15 116.9 117.2 117.4 0.3 0.2
All-items CPI excluding food and energy 73.93 114.3 114.4 114.8 0.1 0.3
1.
2009 CPI basket weights at April 2011 prices, Canada, effective May 2011. Detailed weights are available under the Documentation section of survey 2301 (www.statcan.gc.ca/imdb-bmdi/index-eng.htm).
2.
Each month, the previous month's seasonally adjusted index is subject to revision. On an annual basis, the seasonally adjusted values for the last three years are revised with the January data release. Since these revisions can lead to changes in both the levels and movements of the indexes, users employing the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for indexation purposes are advised to use the unadjusted indexes.
3.
Figures may not add to 100% as a result of rounding.
4.
The measure of Core 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).