Description for Chart 2
Five-year cumulative change in prices in Canada, food, All-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) and All-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) excluding food, 1954 to 2012

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The title of the graph is "Chart 2 Five-year cumulative change in prices in Canada, food, All-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) and All-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) excluding food, 1954 to 2012."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 59 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at -10 and ends at 80 with ticks every 10 points.
There are 3 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "percent."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1954 to 2012.
The title of series 1 is "All-items CPI."
The minimum value is 3.6 occurring in 1956.
The maximum value is 63.4 occurring in 1982.
The title of series 2 is "Food."
The minimum value is -3 occurring in 1956.
The maximum value is 74.6 occurring in 1981.
The title of series 3 is "All-items CPI excluding food."
The minimum value is 5.5 occurring in 1957.
The maximum value is 59.6 occurring in 1983.

Chart 2 Five-year cumulative change in prices in Canada, food, All-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) and All-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) excluding food, 1954 to 2012, percent
  All-items CPI Food All-items CPI excluding food
1954 15.6 12.2 17.6
1955 12.8 9.3 14.7
1956 3.6 -3.0 7.1
1957 4.2 1.5 5.5
1958 8.6 8.5 8.2
1959 8.5 7.8 10.2
1960 9.9 8.5 10.1
1961 9.8 9.2 9.3
1962 7.4 6.6 7.8
1963 5.9 7.1 6.3
1964 7.2 9.4 5.6
1965 8.4 11.4 7.4
1966 11.5 16.9 9.8
1967 13.8 15.9 13.3
1968 16.8 15.3 16.7
1969 20.1 19.1 19.9
1970 20.8 18.6 21.7
1971 19.4 12.7 22.8
1972 21.0 19.6 21.8
1973 25.5 33.5 22.4
1974 33.0 48.1 27.3
1975 42.9 63.2 35.2
1976 48.8 66.3 42.5
1977 53.4 67.7 48.5
1978 55.1 68.4 50.4
1979 52.7 64.2 49.4
1980 51.7 61.3 49
1981 59.2 74.6 53.7
1982 63.4 72.7 59.1
1983 58.7 55.3 59.6
1984 51.5 44.8 53.6
1985 43.2 34.5 45.5
1986 32.5 26.7 34.1
1987 24.8 23.4 25.1
1988 22.5 22.0 22.6
1989 23.4 20.1 24.2
1990 24.4 21.5 25.2
1991 26.2 21.2 27.3
1992 22.6 15.7 24.4
1993 20.2 14.7 21.4
1994 14.6 11.0 15.5
1995 11.7 9.2 12.3
1996 7.4 5.5 7.9
1997 7.6 7.6 7.6
1998 6.7 7.6 6.5
1999 8.4 8.4 8.3
2000 8.9 7.4 9.2
2001 10.0 10.7 9.9
2002 10.6 11.9 10.4
2003 12.6 11.9 12.8
2004 12.7 12.8 12.7
2005 12.2 14.0 11.8
2006 11.6 11.8 11.5
2007 11.5 11.8 11.4
2008 11.0 13.8 10.5
2009 9.3 17.0 7.8
2010 8.9 15.7 7.5
2011 9.9 17.3 8.3
2012 9.1 17.0 7.6
Source:
Author's calculations using Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 326-0021.
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