Chart 3
Consumer prices increase in seven of eight major components

All-items Consumer Price Index Food Shelter Household operations, furnishings and equipment Clothing and footwear Transportation Health and personal care Recreation, education and reading Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products -2 0 2 4 12-month % change March 2016March 2016 April 2016April 2016
Source(s):
CANSIM table 326-0020.

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Consumer prices increase in seven of eight major components, 12-month % change
  March 2016 April 2016
All-items Consumer Price Index 1.3 1.7
Food 3.6 3.2
Shelter 1.1 1.4
Household operations, furnishings and equipment 1.7 1.6
Clothing and footwear -0.4 -0.2
Transportation -1.0 0.9
Health and personal care 1.6 1.7
Recreation, education and reading 2.0 2.4
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 3.6 3.4
Source(s):
CANSIM table 326-0020.
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