Table 2
The Consumer Price Index, major components and special aggregates,1 Canada, seasonally adjusted2

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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, indexes, percentage change and september  2012, calculated using september  2012, october  2012, november  2012, september 2012 to october 2012, october 2012 to november 2012, 2002=100 and % units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  CANSIM vector number Indexes Percentage change
September  2012 October  2012 November  2012 September 2012 to October 2012 October 2012 to November 2012
    2002=100 %
All-items CPI (v41690914) 121.9 122.2 122.0 0.2 -0.2
Food (v41690915) 131.1 131.6 131.7 0.4 0.1
Shelter (v41690916) 127.2 127.6 127.5 0.3 -0.1
Household operations, furnishings
and equipment
(v41690917) 113.1 113.4 113.6 0.3 0.2
Clothing and footwear (v41690918) 91.1 91.1 91.4 0.0 0.3
Transportation (v41690919) 128.5 129.5 128.0 0.8 -1.2
Health and personal care (v41690920) 118.4 118.7 118.7 0.3 0.0
Recreation, education and reading (v41690921) 106.1 105.8 106.3 -0.3 0.5
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco
products
(v41690922) 137.7 137.8 138.3 0.1 0.4
Special aggregates  
All-items CPI excluding food (v41690923) 120.0 120.3 120.2 0.3 -0.1
All-items CPI excluding food
and energy
(v41690924) 116.2 116.3 116.4 0.1 0.1
All-items CPI excluding eight
of the most volatile components (Bank of Canada definition)
(v41690925) 119.3 119.4 119.4 0.1 0.0
Core Consumer Price Index (CPI)
(Bank of Canada definition)  Note 3
(v41690926) 119.8 119.9 119.9 0.1 0.0