Table 2
The Consumer Price Index, major components and special aggregates,1 Canada, seasonally adjusted

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The Consumer Price Index, major components and special aggregates, Canada, seasonally adjusted


Table summary
This table displays the results of the consumer price index cansim vector number, relative importance , indexes, percentage change and august  2011, calculated using august  2011, september  2011, october  2011, august 2011 to september 2011, september 2011 to october 2011,  %, 2002=100 and % units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  CANSIM vector number Relative importance  Note 2 Indexes Percentage change
August  2011 September  2011 October  2011 August 2011 to September 2011 September 2011 to October 2011
     % 2002=100 %
All-items CPI (v41690914) 100.0 120.0 120.5 120.9 0.4 0.3
Food (v41690915) 16.0 128.7 129.0 129.3 0.2 0.2
Shelter (v41690916) 27.5 126.2 125.7 126.5 -0.4 0.6
Household operations, furnishings
and equipment		 (v41690917) 11.6 111.3 111.5 111.8 0.2 0.3
Clothing and footwear (v41690918) 5.3 91.7 92.7 92.7 1.1 0.0
Transportation (v41690919) 20.6 124.7 126.3 127.9 1.3 1.3
Health and personal care (v41690920) 5.0 117.2 117.3 117.5 0.1 0.2
Recreation, education and reading (v41690921) 11.2 105.4 105.4 105.2 0.0 -0.2
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco
products		 (v41690922) 2.9 136.1 135.9 135.8 -0.1 -0.1
Special aggregates  
All-items CPI excluding food (v41690923) 84.0 118.3 118.7 119.2 0.3 0.4
All-items CPI excluding food
and energy		 (v41690924) 73.9 114.8 115.2 115.3 0.3 0.1
All-items CPI excluding eight
of the most volatile components (Bank of Canada definition)		 (v41690925) 82.2 117.2 117.6 117.9 0.3 0.3
Core Consumer Price Index (CPI)
(Bank of Canada definition)  Note 3		 (v41690926) 82.2 117.9 118.3 118.5 0.3 0.2
Note(s):
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