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Table 1 Consumer Price Index and major components, Canada1 (2002=100)

Consumer Price Index and major components, Canada1 (2002=100)
  Relative importance2 June 2008 June 2009 May 2008 to May 2009 June 2008 to June 2009
    Unadjusted % change
All-items 100.003 115.4 115.1 0.1 -0.3
Food 17.04 115.8 122.2 6.4 5.5
Shelter 26.62 122.3 121.3 -0.2 -0.8
Household operations and furnishings 11.10 104.3 107.3 3.2 2.9
Clothing and footwear 5.36 92.5 91.3 1.0 -1.3
Transportation 19.88 125.8 116.1 -8.2 -7.7
Health and personal care 4.73 108.7 112.8 3.2 3.8
Recreation, education and reading 12.20 102.9 103.8 0.9 0.9
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 3.07 127.7 131.6 3.0 3.1
All-items (1992=100)   137.3 137.0 0.1 -0.2
Special aggregates          
Goods 48.78 111.6 108.6 -2.1 -2.7
Services 51.22 119.1 121.5 2.2 2.0
All-items excluding food and energy 73.57 110.3 111.7 1.3 1.3
Energy 9.38 165.3 133.9 -18.3 -19.0
Core CPI4 82.71 111.6 113.7 2.0 1.9
The month-to-month percentage changes are available from the monthly publication The Consumer Price Index.
2005 CPI basket weights at April 2007 prices, Canada: Effective May 2007. Detailed weights are available under the Documentation section of survey 2301 (www.statcan.gc.ca/imdb-bmdi/index-eng.htm).
Figures may not add to 100% due to rounding.
The measure of Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) excludes from the all-items CPI the effect of changes in indirect taxes and eight of the most volatile components identified by the Bank of Canada: fruit, fruit preparations and nuts; vegetables and vegetable preparations; mortgage interest cost; natural gas; fuel oil and other fuel; gasoline; inter-city transportation; and tobacco products and smokers' supplies. For additional information on Core CPI, consult the Bank of Canada website (www.bankofcanada.ca/en/inflation/index.htm).