Table 1
Consumer Price Index and major components, Canada – Not seasonally adjusted
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Relative importance¹ | August 2010 | July 2011 | August 2011 | July to August 2011 | August 2010 to August 2011 | |
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% | (2002=100) | % change | ||||
All-items CPI | 100.00² | 116.7 | 120.0 | 120.3 | 0.3 | 3.1 |
Food | 15.99 | 123.5 | 129.0 | 128.9 | -0.1 | 4.4 |
Shelter | 27.49 | 124.0 | 125.9 | 126.2 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
Household operations, furnishings and equipment | 11.55 | 109.0 | 110.7 | 111.2 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
Clothing and footwear | 5.31 | 90.1 | 89.7 | 90.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
Transportation | 20.60 | 117.1 | 125.0 | 125.3 | 0.2 | 7.0 |
Health and personal care | 4.95 | 116.4 | 116.7 | 117.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
Recreation, education and reading | 11.20 | 105.0 | 106.8 | 106.4 | -0.4 | 1.3 |
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products | 2.91 | 134.4 | 136.1 | 136.1 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
Special aggregates | ||||||
Core CPI³ | 82.15 | 115.6 | 117.3 | 117.8 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
All-items CPI excluding energy | 89.92 | 114.9 | 117.0 | 117.2 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
Energy | 10.08 | 139.2 | 157.9 | 157.9 | 0.0 | 13.4 |
Gasoline | 5.80 | 147.4 | 182.5 | 181.0 | -0.8 | 22.8 |
All-items CPI excluding food and energy | 73.93 | 113.0 | 114.3 | 114.7 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
Goods | 47.80 | 109.1 | 112.9 | 113.2 | 0.3 | 3.8 |
Services | 52.20 | 124.3 | 127.1 | 127.3 | 0.2 | 2.4 |
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).
Figures may not add up to 100% as a result of rounding.
The Bank of Canada's core index excludes eight of the Consumer Price Index's most volatile components (fruit, fruit preparations and nuts; vegetables and vegetable preparations; mortgage interest cost; natural gas; fuel oil and other fuels; gasoline; inter-city transportation; and tobacco products and smokers' supplies) as well as the effects of changes in indirect taxes on the remaining components. For additional information on the core CPI, please consult the Bank of Canada website (www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/price-indexes/cpi).
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