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Table 9-10
The Consumer Price Index, major components, selected sub-groups and special aggregates, provinces, Whitehorse and Yellowknife, not seasonally adjusted — British Columbia

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British Columbia
  CANSIM vector number Indexes Percentage change December 2008 from
December  2008 November  2008 December  2007 November  2008 December  2007
    2002=100
All-items (v41692462) 111.4 112.3 110.1 -0.8 1.2
Special aggregates  
All-items excluding food (v41692587) 110.3 111.6 110.2 -1.2 0.1
All-items excluding food and energy (v41692588) 109.7 110.1 108.4 -0.4 1.2
All-items excluding energy (v41692593) 110.9 111.2 108.6 -0.3 2.1
All-items excluding gasoline (v41693265) 111.2 111.5 108.8 -0.3 2.2
Energy 1 (v41692594) 116.2 126.5 129.6 -8.1 -10.3
All-items (1992=100) (v41713427) 131.2 132.4 129.8 -0.9 1.1
Food (v41692463) 116.4 116.1 109.5 0.3 6.3
Food purchased from stores (v41692464) 116.4 115.9 107.6 0.4 8.2
Meat 2 (v41692465) 114.9 114.0 107.6 0.8 6.8
Dairy products 2 (v41692475) 121.5 120.8 113.6 0.6 7.0
Bakery and cereal products (excluding infant food) 2 (v41692480) 130.0 130.5 116.8 -0.4 11.3
Fresh fruit 2 (v41692484) 114.6 112.8 101.3 1.6 13.1
Fresh vegetables 2 (v41692487) 111.4 108.4 92.0 2.8 21.1
Food purchased from restaurants (v41692494) 116.7 116.6 113.3 0.1 3.0
Shelter (v41692495) 114.6 114.9 112.5 -0.3 1.9
Rented accommodation (v41692496) 107.1 106.9 104.9 0.2 2.1
Owned accommodation (v41692498) 116.4 116.8 115.1 -0.3 1.1
Replacement cost (v41692499) 123.3 125.9 128.7 -2.1 -4.2
Homeowners' home and mortgage insurance (v41692501) 145.6 148.6 149.7 -2.0 -2.7
Homeowners' maintenance and repairs (v41692502) 111.6 108.8 109.5 2.6 1.9
Water, fuel and electricity (v41692503) 120.1 121.3 114.7 -1.0 4.7
Electricity (v41692504) 109.8 109.8 109.4 0.0 0.4
Natural gas (v41692506) 126.8 126.8 114.3 0.0 10.9
Fuel oil and other fuels (v41692507) 174.8 210.7 194.7 -17.0 -10.2
Household operations, furnishings and equipment (v41692508) 103.9 104.1 102.7 -0.2 1.2
Household operations (v41692509) 109.2 109.1 106.4 0.1 2.6
Telephone services (v41692511) 101.8 101.8 101.9 0.0 -0.1
Internet access services (v41693226) 94.0 94.0 96.7 0.0 -2.8
Household furnishings and equipment (v41692516) 94.5 95.1 95.7 -0.6 -1.3
Clothing and footwear (v41692523) 96.2 101.4 98.2 -5.1 -2.0
Women's clothing (v41692525) 88.0 95.6 93.4 -7.9 -5.8
Men's clothing (v41692526) 92.8 98.6 95.0 -5.9 -2.3
Footwear (v41692528) 100.4 105.3 100.4 -4.7 0.0
Transportation (v41692531) 110.9 114.0 115.6 -2.7 -4.1
Private transportation (v41692532) 109.2 113.3 115.6 -3.6 -5.5
Purchase and leasing of passenger vehicles (v41692534) 93.8 94.4 97.4 -0.6 -3.7
Gasoline (v41692537) 117.5 136.3 147.9 -13.8 -20.6
Passenger vehicle insurance premiums 3 (v41692540) 125.2 125.2 119.0 0.0 5.2
Public transportation (v41692542) 124.1 120.1 115.9 3.3 7.1
Health and personal care (v41692547) 109.0 110.0 106.5 -0.9 2.3
Health care (v41692548) 114.7 115.0 111.3 -0.3 3.1
Personal care (v41692554) 102.4 104.1 100.9 -1.6 1.5
Recreation, education and reading (v41692557) 109.0 109.4 108.0 -0.4 0.9
Recreation (v41692558) 97.4 98.0 97.1 -0.6 0.3
Education and reading (v41692566) 146.5 146.2 142.8 0.2 2.6
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products (v41692570) 120.9 120.7 119.4 0.2 1.3
Alcoholic beverages (v41692571) 111.6 111.5 109.9 0.1 1.5
Tobacco products and smokers' supplies (v41692577) 131.8 131.4 130.8 0.3 0.8