Table 1
Consumer Price Index and major components, Canada – Not seasonally adjusted

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Consumer Price Index and major components, Canada – Not seasonally adjusted

Table summary
This table displays the results of consumer price index and major components relative importance, october 2010, september 2011, october 2011, september to october 2011 and october 2010 to october 2011, calculated using %, (2002=100) and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Relative importanceNote 1 October 2010 September 2011 October 2011 September to October 2011 October 2010 to October 2011
  % (2002=100) % change
All-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) 100.00Note 2 117.4 120.6 120.8 0.2 2.9
Food 15.99 122.7 128.2 128.0 -0.2 4.3
Shelter 27.49 124.6 125.7 126.5 0.6 1.5
Household operations, furnishings and equipment 11.55 109.3 111.6 111.9 0.3 2.4
Clothing and footwear 5.31 94.9 95.0 96.1 1.2 1.3
Transportation 20.60 118.6 126.3 126.5 0.2 6.7
Health and personal care 4.95 116.0 117.5 117.4 -0.1 1.2
Recreation, education and reading 11.20 105.2 106.9 106.0 -0.8 0.8
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 2.91 134.5 135.9 135.8 -0.1 1.0
Special aggregates            
Core CPINote 3 82.15 116.3 118.4 118.7 0.3 2.1
All-items CPI excluding energy 89.92 115.5 117.8 117.9 0.1 2.1
Energy 10.08 140.5 156.0 156.9 0.6 11.7
Gasoline 5.80 151.8 180.4 179.4 -0.6 18.2
All-items CPI excluding food and energy 73.93 113.9 115.5 115.6 0.1 1.5
Goods 47.80 109.7 113.5 113.9 0.4 3.8
Services 52.20 124.9 127.8 127.7 -0.1 2.2
Note 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).

Note 2.

Figures may not add to 100% as a result of rounding.

Note 3.

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).