Table 7
The Consumer Price Index for Canada, major components and special aggregates, not seasonally adjusted, historical data

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The Consumer Price Index for Canada, major components and special aggregates, not seasonally adjusted, historical data
Table summary
The table displays the historical data for the major components and special aggregates of the Consumer Price Index, not seasonally adjusted, for Canada. The row headers provide information for the CANSIM vector numbers, the annual averages for the last 19 years in ascending order, followed by the monthly index numbers for the previous year and the current year. The column headers provide information by major components and special aggregates. The base year for the index is 2002=100.
  Major components Special aggregates
Food Shelter Household operations, furnishings and equipment Clothing and footwear Transportation Health and personal care Recreation, education and reading Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products Goods 1 Services 2 All-items CPI excluding food and energy 3 Energy 3
CANSIM vector number (v41690974) (v41691050) (v41691067) (v41691108) (v41691128) (v41691153) (v41691170) (v41691206) (v41691222) (v41691230) (v41691233) (v41691239)
   2002=100
Annual averages 4  
1994 84.9 89.4 88.9 96.8 80.2 89.7 83.5 68.8 86.8 84.5 86.9 78.6
1995 86.9 90.4 90.6 96.7 84.3 89.6 86.7 68.7 88.4 86.7 88.8 79.6
1996 88.0 90.6 92.5 96.4 87.6 90.1 88.7 70.1 89.9 88.0 90.1 81.9
1997 89.4 90.8 93.7 97.7 90.3 91.7 91.0 72.3 91.2 89.5 91.5 83.9
1998 90.9 91.1 95.1 98.8 89.6 93.6 93.0 74.9 91.4 91.1 92.7 80.5
1999 92.0 92.3 95.8 100.1 92.6 95.4 94.7 76.5 93.1 92.6 94.0 85.0
2000 93.3 95.6 96.7 100.3 97.2 97.0 97.0 79.0 96.0 94.8 95.5 98.8
2001 97.4 99.1 98.6 100.7 97.3 98.9 98.4 85.0 98.4 97.1 97.3 102.0
2002 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
2003 101.7 103.2 100.7 98.2 105.2 101.4 100.8 110.1 101.9 103.6 102.5 107.9
2004 103.8 105.8 101.2 98.0 107.7 102.8 101.1 116.0 103.4 105.9 103.9 115.2
2005 106.4 109.2 101.7 97.6 112.0 104.6 100.8 119.1 105.8 108.2 105.3 126.3
2006 108.9 113.1 102.2 95.8 115.2 105.9 100.6 121.7 107.1 111.1 106.9 132.8
2007 111.8 116.9 103.2 95.7 117.1 107.3 101.8 125.5 108.0 114.8 109.0 135.9
2008 115.7 122.0 104.6 93.8 119.5 108.8 102.2 127.5 109.4 118.7 110.3 149.3
2009 121.4 121.6 107.3 93.4 113.1 112.1 103.1 130.7 107.6 121.2 111.5 129.2
2010 123.1 123.3 108.8 91.6 118.0 115.1 104.0 133.1 109.2 123.7 112.9 137.8
2011 127.7 125.6 110.9 91.9 125.6 117.1 105.3 135.6 112.9 126.7 114.7 154.7
2012 130.8 127.1 113.0 92.0 128.1 118.7 105.9 137.6 114.0 129.3 116.2 157.3
Monthly indexes  
2012  
January 130.2 127.1 112.2 89.3 127.4 118.1 102.6 136.3 113.6 127.8 115.2 155.5
February 130.4 126.9 112.8 91.9 127.8 118.4 103.7 136.6 114.1 128.2 115.6 156.9
March 130.0 126.6 112.7 94.8 129.5 118.3 104.9 137.5 114.8 128.6 116.1 159.5
April 130.1 126.6 112.6 95.3 131.3 118.9 105.4 137.7 115.3 129.1 116.6 161.0
May 130.9 126.7 112.8 93.4 129.9 118.8 106.7 137.7 114.7 129.5 116.7 157.7
June 130.9 127.0 113.1 90.5 127.6 118.9 106.7 137.5 113.5 129.6 116.2 155.7
July 131.7 127.2 113.0 89.1 126.4 118.5 107.2 137.6 113.2 129.7 115.8 156.0
August 131.7 127.4 112.7 89.5 127.5 119.8 107.6 137.8 114.0 129.6 116.0 159.2
September 130.3 127.2 113.2 93.3 128.3 118.5 107.7 137.7 114.2 129.8 116.4 160.6
October 130.5 127.6 113.5 94.7 128.6 118.5 106.6 137.8 114.5 129.8 116.7 159.5
November 131.4 127.5 113.7 92.5 127.3 118.7 106.1 138.3 113.8 129.9 116.7 153.8
December 131.2 127.5 113.2 89.2 125.8 118.6 105.3 138.3 112.6 129.7 116.0 151.9
2013  
January 131.6 127.8 113.5 87.9 126.7 118.5 103.7 138.9 112.9 129.6 115.9 152.8
February 132.9 127.9 114.3 91.4 130.3 118.6 104.7 139.4 115.2 130.1 116.9 160.1
Note(s):
For information on the continuity of the series, see " Data quality, concepts and methodology — Data quality, concepts and methodology — Weights and Linking" at the end of this publication.
See "Data quality, concepts and methodology — Explanatory notes for tables" section.