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Price changes since 1915

Time covered: Jan 1915 — Aug 2026

Showing: Jan 1915 — Aug 2026

Price rise

3Last point · Change from a year earlier, percent
  • Price rise 3
Jan 1915Aug 2026

Change from a year earlier, percent

The line starts in 1915. It shows how much Canada's all-items price index changed from the same month one year before. Below zero means prices fell on average.

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Price changes since 1915 · Change from a year earlier, percent
TimePrice rise
Jan 19151.6667%
Feb 19151.6667%
Mar 19151.6667%
Apr 19151.6667%
May 19153.3898%
Jun 19151.6667%
Jul 19153.3898%
Aug 19151.6667%
Sep 19151.6667%
Oct 19150%
Nov 19153.2787%
Dec 19153.2787%
Jan 19164.918%
Feb 19166.5574%
Mar 19166.5574%
Apr 19166.5574%
May 19166.5574%
Jun 19168.1967%
Jul 19168.1967%
Aug 19168.1967%
Sep 191611.4754%
Oct 191613.1148%
Nov 191612.6984%
Dec 191614.2857%
Jan 191715.625%
Feb 191713.8462%
Mar 191716.9231%
Apr 191716.9231%
May 191721.5385%
Jun 191721.2121%
Jul 191721.2121%
Aug 191721.2121%
Sep 191717.6471%
Oct 191718.8406%
Nov 191715.493%
Dec 191715.2778%
Jan 191813.5135%
Feb 191814.8649%
Mar 191813.1579%
Apr 191813.1579%
May 191810.1266%
Jun 191810%
Jul 191811.25%
Aug 191815%
Sep 191815%
Oct 191813.4146%
Nov 191814.6341%
Dec 191813.253%
Jan 191913.0952%
Feb 191910.5882%
Mar 19199.3023%
Apr 19199.3023%
May 191911.4943%
Jun 191910.2273%
Jul 191910.1124%
Aug 19198.6957%
Sep 19198.6957%
Oct 19197.5269%
Nov 19197.4468%
Dec 19198.5106%
Jan 192011.5789%
Feb 192014.8936%
Mar 192019.1489%
Apr 192020.2128%
May 192019.5876%
Jun 192021.6495%
Jul 192020.4082%
Aug 192017%
Sep 192015%
Oct 192015%
Nov 192011.8812%
Dec 19209.8039%
Jan 19213.7736%
Feb 19210%
Mar 1921-6.25%
Apr 1921-9.7345%
May 1921-13.7931%
Jun 1921-17.7966%
Jul 1921-17.7966%
Aug 1921-17.094%
Sep 1921-15.6522%
Oct 1921-15.6522%
Nov 1921-16.8142%
Dec 1921-16.0714%
Jan 1922-14.5455%
Feb 1922-13.8889%
Mar 1922-12.381%
Apr 1922-9.8039%
May 1922-9%
Jun 1922-6.1856%
Jul 1922-6.1856%
Aug 1922-5.1546%
Sep 1922-5.1546%
Oct 1922-5.1546%
Nov 1922-2.1277%
Dec 1922-2.1277%
Jan 1923-2.1277%
Feb 1923-1.0753%
Mar 19231.087%
Apr 19230%
May 19231.0989%
Jun 19231.0989%
Jul 19230%
Aug 19230%
Sep 19230%
Oct 19230%
Nov 19230%
Dec 19230%
Jan 19240%
Feb 19240%
Mar 1924-1.0753%
Apr 1924-2.1739%
May 1924-3.2609%
Jun 1924-4.3478%
Jul 1924-3.2967%
Aug 1924-2.1739%
Sep 1924-2.1739%
Oct 1924-2.1739%
Nov 1924-1.087%
Dec 1924-1.087%
Jan 19250%
Feb 19250%
Mar 19250%
Apr 19251.1111%
May 19251.1236%
Jun 19252.2727%
Jul 19252.2727%
Aug 19251.1111%
Sep 19251.1111%
Oct 19252.2222%
Nov 19251.0989%
Dec 19252.1978%
Jan 19260%
Feb 19260%
Mar 19260%
Apr 19261.0989%
May 19262.2222%
Jun 19262.2222%
Jul 19262.2222%
Aug 19261.0989%
Sep 19261.0989%
Oct 19260%
Nov 19260%
Dec 1926-1.0753%
Jan 19270%
Feb 19270%
Mar 1927-1.087%
Apr 1927-2.1739%
May 1927-2.1739%
Jun 1927-2.1739%
Jul 1927-1.087%
Aug 1927-2.1739%
Sep 1927-2.1739%
Oct 1927-2.1739%
Nov 1927-1.087%
Dec 1927-1.087%
Jan 19280%
Feb 19280%
Mar 19280%
Apr 19281.1111%
May 19280%
Jun 19280%
Jul 1928-1.0989%
Aug 19282.2222%
Sep 19282.2222%
Oct 19282.2222%
Nov 19281.0989%
Dec 19281.0989%
Jan 19290%
Feb 19290%
Mar 19291.0989%
Apr 19290%
May 19292.2222%
Jun 19292.2222%
Jul 19292.2222%
Aug 19290%
Sep 19290%
Oct 19291.087%
Nov 19291.087%
Dec 19292.1739%
Jan 19302.1739%
Feb 19302.1739%
Mar 19301.087%
Apr 19301.0989%
May 19300%
Jun 19300%
Jul 19300%
Aug 19300%
Sep 1930-3.2609%
Oct 1930-4.3011%
Nov 1930-4.3011%
Dec 1930-6.383%
Jan 1931-7.4468%
Feb 1931-8.5106%
Mar 1931-8.6022%
Apr 1931-8.6957%
May 1931-9.7826%
Jun 1931-10.8696%
Jul 1931-11.9565%
Aug 1931-10.8696%
Sep 1931-8.9888%
Oct 1931-11.236%
Nov 1931-11.236%
Dec 1931-10.2273%
Jan 1932-10.3448%
Feb 1932-11.6279%
Mar 1932-10.5882%
Apr 1932-9.5238%
May 1932-10.8434%
Jun 1932-9.7561%
Jul 1932-8.642%
Aug 1932-9.7561%
Sep 1932-8.642%
Oct 1932-7.5949%
Nov 1932-7.5949%
Dec 1932-7.5949%
Jan 1933-7.6923%
Feb 1933-5.2632%
Mar 1933-6.5789%
Apr 1933-6.5789%
May 1933-4.0541%
Jun 1933-4.0541%
Jul 1933-4.0541%
Aug 1933-2.7027%
Sep 1933-2.7027%
Oct 1933-2.7397%
Nov 1933-2.7397%
Dec 1933-2.7397%
Jan 19340%
Feb 19340%
Mar 19342.8169%
Apr 19342.8169%
May 19341.4085%
Jun 19341.4085%
Jul 19341.4085%
Aug 19340%
Sep 19340%
Oct 19341.4085%
Nov 19341.4085%
Dec 19341.4085%
Jan 19350%
Feb 19350%
Mar 1935-1.3699%
Apr 1935-1.3699%
May 19350%
Jun 19350%
Jul 19350%
Aug 19350%
Sep 19351.3889%
Oct 19351.3889%
Nov 19352.7778%
Dec 19352.7778%
Jan 19362.7778%
Feb 19362.7778%
Mar 19362.7778%
Apr 19361.3889%
May 19361.3889%
Jun 19361.3889%
Jul 19362.7778%
Aug 19362.7778%
Sep 19361.3699%
Oct 19362.7397%
Nov 19361.3514%
Dec 19361.3514%
Jan 19372.7027%
Feb 19372.7027%
Mar 19372.7027%
Apr 19374.1096%
May 19374.1096%
Jun 19374.1096%
Jul 19372.7027%
Aug 19374.0541%
Sep 19374.0541%
Oct 19374%
Nov 19374%
Dec 19374%
Jan 19381.3158%
Feb 19381.3158%
Mar 19382.6316%
Apr 19382.6316%
May 19381.3158%
Jun 19381.3158%
Jul 19382.6316%
Aug 19381.2987%
Sep 19380%
Oct 1938-2.5641%
Nov 1938-2.5641%
Dec 1938-2.5641%
Jan 1939-1.2987%
Feb 1939-1.2987%
Mar 1939-2.5641%
Apr 1939-2.5641%
May 1939-1.2987%
Jun 1939-1.2987%
Jul 1939-2.5641%
Aug 1939-2.5641%
Sep 1939-1.2987%
Oct 19392.6316%
Nov 19392.6316%
Dec 19392.6316%
Jan 19402.6316%
Feb 19402.6316%
Mar 19403.9474%
Apr 19403.9474%
May 19403.9474%
Jun 19403.9474%
Jul 19405.2632%
Aug 19405.2632%
Sep 19406.5789%
Oct 19403.8462%
Nov 19403.8462%
Dec 19405.1282%
Jan 19415.1282%
Feb 19415.1282%
Mar 19413.7975%
Apr 19413.7975%
May 19413.7975%
Jun 19416.3291%
Jul 19416.25%
Aug 19417.5%
Sep 19417.4074%
Oct 19417.4074%
Nov 19418.642%
Dec 19416.0976%
Jan 19426.0976%
Feb 19426.0976%
Mar 19427.3171%
Apr 19427.3171%
May 19427.3171%
Jun 19424.7619%
Jul 19424.7059%
Aug 19423.4884%
Sep 19421.1494%
Oct 19422.2989%
Nov 19422.2727%
Dec 19423.4483%
Jan 19431.1494%
Feb 19431.1494%
Mar 19430%
Apr 19432.2727%
May 19432.2727%
Jun 19432.2727%
Jul 19432.2472%
Aug 19432.2472%
Sep 19434.5455%
Oct 19433.3708%
Nov 19432.2222%
Dec 19432.2222%
Jan 19443.4091%
Feb 19443.4091%
Mar 19443.4091%
Apr 19441.1111%
May 19441.1111%
Jun 19441.1111%
Jul 19440%
Aug 19440%
Sep 1944-1.087%
Oct 1944-1.087%
Nov 1944-1.087%
Dec 1944-2.1739%
Jan 1945-1.0989%
Feb 19450%
Mar 19450%
Apr 19450%
May 19450%
Jun 19451.0989%
Jul 19451.0989%
Aug 19451.0989%
Sep 19451.0989%
Oct 19451.0989%
Nov 19451.0989%
Dec 19452.2222%
Jan 19462.2222%
Feb 19461.0989%
Mar 19461.0989%
Apr 19461.0989%
May 19461.0989%
Jun 19462.1739%
Jul 19463.2609%
Aug 19464.3478%
Sep 19464.3478%
Oct 19465.4348%
Nov 19465.4348%
Dec 19465.4348%
Jan 19475.4348%
Feb 19475.4348%
Mar 19476.5217%
Apr 19477.6087%
May 19479.7826%
Jun 19478.5106%
Jul 19478.4211%
Aug 19477.2917%
Sep 194710.4167%
Oct 194711.3402%
Nov 194712.3711%
Dec 194714.433%
Jan 194815.4639%
Feb 194817.5258%
Mar 194816.3265%
Apr 194816.1616%
May 194814.8515%
Jun 194815.6863%
Jul 194814.5631%
Aug 194815.534%
Sep 194814.1509%
Oct 194812.037%
Nov 194811.0092%
Dec 19489.009%
Jan 19498.0357%
Feb 19496.1404%
Mar 19496.1404%
Apr 19495.2174%
May 19494.3103%
Jun 19492.5424%
Jul 19492.5424%
Aug 19492.521%
Sep 19490.8264%
Oct 19491.6529%
Nov 19491.6529%
Dec 19490.8264%
Jan 19500%
Feb 19500.8264%
Mar 19501.6529%
Apr 19501.6529%
May 19501.6529%
Jun 19501.6529%
Jul 19502.4793%
Aug 19502.459%
Sep 19504.0984%
Oct 19504.878%
Nov 19504.878%
Dec 19505.7377%
Jan 19517.438%
Feb 19519.0164%
Mar 19518.9431%
Apr 195110.5691%
May 195110.5691%
Jun 195113.0081%
Jul 195112.0968%
Aug 195112%
Sep 195111.0236%
Oct 195110.0775%
Nov 195110.8527%
Dec 195110.8527%
Jan 195210.7692%
Feb 19527.5188%
Mar 19525.9701%
Apr 19524.4118%
May 19523.6765%
Jun 19521.4388%
Jul 19521.4388%
Aug 19520.7143%
Sep 19520%
Oct 1952-0.7042%
Nov 1952-1.3986%
Dec 1952-1.3986%
Jan 1953-2.0833%
Feb 1953-2.0979%
Mar 1953-2.1127%
Apr 1953-2.1127%
May 1953-1.4184%
Jun 1953-1.4184%
Jul 1953-1.4184%
Aug 19530%
Sep 19530%
Oct 19530.7092%
Nov 19530%
Dec 19530%
Jan 19540%
Feb 19540.7143%
Mar 19540.7194%
Apr 19540.7194%
May 19540.7194%
Jun 19541.4388%
Jul 19541.4388%
Aug 19540.7092%
Sep 19540.7092%
Oct 19540%
Nov 19540.7092%
Dec 19540%
Jan 19550%
Feb 19550%
Mar 19550.7143%
Apr 19550.7143%
May 19550.7143%
Jun 19550%
Jul 19550%
Aug 1955-0.7042%
Sep 19550%
Oct 19550%
Nov 19550%
Dec 19550.7092%
Jan 19560.7092%
Feb 19560%
Mar 19560%
Apr 19560%
May 19560%
Jun 19561.4184%
Jul 19562.1277%
Aug 19562.8369%
Sep 19561.4085%
Oct 19562.1127%
Nov 19562.8169%
Dec 19562.8169%
Jan 19572.8169%
Feb 19573.5461%
Mar 19573.5461%
Apr 19574.2553%
May 19574.2553%
Jun 19573.4965%
Jul 19572.7778%
Aug 19572.7586%
Sep 19574.1667%
Oct 19573.4483%
Nov 19572.7397%
Dec 19572.0548%
Jan 19582.7397%
Feb 19582.7397%
Mar 19583.4247%
Apr 19582.7211%
May 19582.7211%
Jun 19582.027%
Jul 19582.027%
Aug 19581.3423%
Sep 19582%
Oct 19582%
Nov 19582%
Dec 19582.6846%
Jan 19592%
Feb 19592%
Mar 19590.6623%
Apr 19590.6623%
May 19591.3245%
Jun 19590%
Jul 19591.3245%
Aug 19591.3245%
Sep 19591.3072%
Oct 19591.3072%
Nov 19591.3072%
Dec 19591.3072%
Jan 19601.3072%
Feb 19601.3072%
Mar 19601.3158%
Apr 19601.9737%
May 19601.3072%
Jun 19602.649%
Jul 19601.3072%
Aug 19601.3072%
Sep 19600%
Oct 19601.2903%
Nov 19601.2903%
Dec 19601.2903%
Jan 19611.2903%
Feb 19611.2903%
Mar 19611.9481%
Apr 19611.2903%
May 19611.2903%
Jun 19611.2903%
Jul 19611.2903%
Aug 19611.2903%
Sep 19611.2903%
Oct 19610%
Nov 19610%
Dec 19610%
Jan 19620%
Feb 19620%
Mar 19620%
Apr 19620.6369%
May 19620.6369%
Jun 19621.2739%
Jul 19621.2739%
Aug 19621.9108%
Sep 19621.2739%
Oct 19621.9108%
Nov 19621.9108%
Dec 19621.9108%
Jan 19631.9108%
Feb 19631.9108%
Mar 19631.9108%
Apr 19631.2658%
May 19631.2658%
Jun 19630.6289%
Jul 19631.8868%
Aug 19631.875%
Sep 19631.8868%
Oct 19631.25%
Nov 19631.875%
Dec 19631.875%
Jan 19641.875%
Feb 19641.875%
Mar 19641.875%
Apr 19642.5%
May 19642.5%
Jun 19642.5%
Jul 19641.8519%
Aug 19641.227%
Sep 19641.8519%
Oct 19641.8519%
Nov 19641.227%
Dec 19641.8405%
Jan 19651.8405%
Feb 19651.8405%
Mar 19651.8405%
Apr 19651.8293%
May 19651.8293%
Jun 19653.0488%
Jul 19652.4242%
Aug 19652.4242%
Sep 19652.4242%
Oct 19652.4242%
Nov 19653.0303%
Dec 19653.012%
Jan 19663.012%
Feb 19663.6145%
Mar 19664.2169%
Apr 19664.1916%
May 19664.1916%
Jun 19663.5503%
Jul 19663.5503%
Aug 19664.142%
Sep 19664.142%
Oct 19664.142%
Nov 19663.5294%
Dec 19663.5088%
Jan 19673.5088%
Feb 19672.907%
Mar 19672.8902%
Apr 19672.8736%
May 19673.4483%
Jun 19673.4286%
Jul 19674%
Aug 19673.9773%
Sep 19673.9773%
Oct 19673.9773%
Nov 19673.9773%
Dec 19673.9548%
Jan 19684.5198%
Feb 19684.5198%
Mar 19684.4944%
Apr 19683.9106%
May 19683.3333%
Jun 19683.3149%
Jul 19683.8462%
Aug 19683.8251%
Sep 19683.8251%
Oct 19683.8251%
Nov 19684.918%
Dec 19684.3478%
Jan 19693.7838%
Feb 19693.7838%
Mar 19693.7634%
Apr 19695.3763%
May 19695.3763%
Jun 19695.3476%
Jul 19694.7619%
Aug 19694.7368%
Sep 19694.7368%
Oct 19694.7368%
Nov 19693.6458%
Dec 19694.6875%
Jan 19705.2083%
Feb 19705.2083%
Mar 19704.6632%
Apr 19703.5714%
May 19703.5714%
Jun 19703.0457%
Jul 19703.5354%
Aug 19703.0151%
Sep 19702.5126%
Oct 19702.5126%
Nov 19702.5126%
Dec 19700.995%
Jan 19710.9901%
Feb 19711.4851%
Mar 19711.4851%
Apr 19711.9704%
May 19711.9704%
Jun 19712.4631%
Jul 19712.439%
Aug 19713.4146%
Sep 19713.4314%
Oct 19713.9216%
Nov 19713.9216%
Dec 19714.9261%
Jan 19724.902%
Feb 19724.878%
Mar 19725.3659%
Apr 19724.8309%
May 19724.8309%
Jun 19724.3269%
Jul 19724.7619%
Aug 19724.717%
Sep 19725.6872%
Oct 19725.1887%
Nov 19725.1887%
Dec 19725.1643%
Jan 19735.6075%
Feb 19736.0465%
Mar 19735.5556%
Apr 19736.4516%
May 19736.9124%
Jun 19737.8341%
Jul 19737.7273%
Aug 19738.1081%
Sep 19738.0717%
Oct 19738.5202%
Nov 19739.417%
Dec 19739.375%
Jan 19749.292%
Feb 19749.2105%
Mar 197410.5263%
Apr 19749.9567%
May 197411.6379%
Jun 197411.5385%
Jul 197410.9705%
Aug 197410.8333%
Sep 197411.2033%
Oct 197411.9835%
Nov 197411.8852%
Dec 197412.6531%
Jan 197511.7409%
Feb 197512.0482%
Mar 197511.1111%
Apr 197511.0236%
May 197510.0386%
Jun 197510.3448%
Jul 197511.0266%
Aug 197510.9023%
Sep 197510.4478%
Oct 19759.9631%
Nov 197510.2564%
Dec 19759.4203%
Jan 19769.7826%
Feb 19769.319%
Mar 19769.2857%
Apr 19768.8652%
May 19768.4211%
Jun 19767.9861%
Jul 19767.1918%
Aug 19766.1017%
Sep 19766.4189%
Oct 19766.3758%
Nov 19765.6478%
Dec 19765.6291%
Jan 19776.2706%
Feb 19776.2295%
Mar 19777.1895%
Apr 19777.4919%
May 19778.0906%
Jun 19777.717%
Jul 19778.3067%
Aug 19778.3067%
Sep 19778.5714%
Oct 19778.8328%
Nov 19779.1195%
Dec 19779.4044%
Jan 19789.0062%
Feb 19789.2593%
Mar 19788.8415%
Apr 19788.4848%
May 19788.6826%
Jun 19789.2537%
Jul 19789.4395%
Aug 19789.7345%
Sep 19788.4795%
Oct 19788.9855%
Nov 19788.9337%
Dec 19788.596%
Jan 19798.547%
Feb 19799.0395%
Mar 19799.2437%
Apr 19799.7765%
May 19799.3664%
Jun 19799.0164%
Jul 19798.3558%
Aug 19798.3333%
Sep 19799.7035%
Oct 19799.0426%
Nov 19799.5238%
Dec 19799.7625%
Jan 19809.7113%
Feb 19809.5855%
Mar 19809.2308%
Apr 19809.1603%
May 19809.3199%
Jun 198010.0251%
Jul 19809.9502%
Aug 198010.9181%
Sep 198010.5651%
Oct 198010.7317%
Nov 198011.1111%
Dec 198011.0577%
Jan 198112.201%
Feb 198112.0567%
Mar 198112.6761%
Apr 198112.5874%
May 198112.212%
Jun 198112.7563%
Jul 198112.8959%
Aug 198112.528%
Sep 198112.6667%
Oct 198112.7753%
Nov 198112.1739%
Dec 198112.1212%
Jan 198211.3006%
Feb 198211.3924%
Mar 198211.4583%
Apr 198211.3872%
May 198211.9097%
Jun 198211.3131%
Jul 198211.022%
Aug 198210.5368%
Sep 198210.2564%
Oct 19829.9609%
Nov 19829.6899%
Dec 19829.2664%
Jan 19838.2375%
Feb 19837.5758%
Mar 19837.2897%
Apr 19836.6914%
May 19835.5046%
Jun 19835.4446%
Jul 19835.4152%
Aug 19835.5755%
Sep 19835.0089%
Oct 19834.9734%
Nov 19834.417%
Dec 19834.5936%
Jan 19845.4867%
Feb 19845.4577%
Mar 19844.5296%
Apr 19844.878%
May 19844.6957%
Jun 19844.3029%
Jul 19844.1096%
Aug 19843.5775%
Sep 19843.7479%
Oct 19843.3841%
Nov 19843.8917%
Dec 19843.7162%
Jan 19853.5235%
Feb 19853.6728%
Mar 19853.6667%
Apr 19853.8206%
May 19854.1528%
Jun 19853.9604%
Jul 19854.1118%
Aug 19854.1118%
Sep 19854.1051%
Oct 19854.0917%
Nov 19853.9088%
Dec 19854.3974%
Jan 19864.376%
Feb 19864.1868%
Mar 19864.3408%
Apr 19863.84%
May 19864.1467%
Jun 19863.8095%
Jul 19864.1074%
Aug 19864.2654%
Sep 19864.1009%
Oct 19864.4025%
Nov 19864.5455%
Dec 19864.2122%
Jan 19874.0373%
Feb 19874.0185%
Mar 19874.0062%
Apr 19874.6225%
May 19874.5942%
Jun 19874.7401%
Jul 19874.5524%
Aug 19874.5455%
Sep 19874.5455%
Oct 19874.2169%
Nov 19874.1979%
Dec 19874.1916%
Jan 19884.0299%
Feb 19884.0119%
Mar 19884.2963%
Apr 19883.9764%
May 19883.9531%
Jun 19883.9416%
Jul 19883.9187%
Aug 19883.913%
Sep 19884.058%
Oct 19884.3353%
Nov 19884.0288%
Dec 19883.8793%
Jan 19894.3042%
Feb 19894.5714%
Mar 19894.5455%
Apr 19894.5326%
May 19895.0704%
Jun 19895.1966%
Jul 19895.3073%
Aug 19895.2999%
Sep 19895.2925%
Oct 19895.1247%
Nov 19895.2559%
Dec 19895.2559%
Jan 19905.5021%
Feb 19905.4645%
Mar 19905.2989%
Apr 19905.0136%
May 19904.4236%
Jun 19904.4059%
Jul 19904.1114%
Aug 19904.106%
Sep 19904.2328%
Oct 19904.7431%
Nov 19905.1248%
Dec 19904.9934%
Jan 19916.91%
Feb 19916.2176%
Mar 19916.1935%
Apr 19916.1935%
May 19916.1617%
Jun 19916.266%
Jul 19915.9873%
Aug 19915.9796%
Sep 19915.4569%
Oct 19914.4025%
Nov 19914.125%
Dec 19913.7547%
Jan 19921.5854%
Feb 19921.5854%
Mar 19921.5796%
Apr 19921.7011%
May 19921.3301%
Jun 19921.083%
Jul 19921.2019%
Aug 19921.0804%
Sep 19921.3237%
Oct 19921.5663%
Nov 19921.6807%
Dec 19922.1713%
Jan 19932.0408%
Feb 19932.401%
Mar 19931.9139%
Apr 19931.7921%
May 19931.9093%
Jun 19931.6667%
Jul 19931.6627%
Aug 19931.7815%
Sep 19931.7815%
Oct 19931.898%
Nov 19931.889%
Dec 19931.6529%
Jan 19941.2941%
Feb 19940.1172%
Mar 19940.2347%
Apr 19940.2347%
May 1994-0.2342%
Jun 19940%
Jul 19940.1168%
Aug 19940.1167%
Sep 19940.2334%
Oct 1994-0.2328%
Nov 1994-0.1159%
Dec 19940.2323%
Jan 19950.5807%
Feb 19951.8735%
Mar 19952.1077%
Apr 19952.459%
May 19952.9343%
Jun 19952.6932%
Jul 19952.5671%
Aug 19952.2145%
Sep 19952.2119%
Oct 19952.3337%
Nov 19952.0882%
Dec 19951.7381%
Jan 19961.6166%
Feb 19961.2644%
Mar 19961.4908%
Apr 19961.3714%
May 19961.4823%
Jun 19961.4823%
Jul 19961.2514%
Aug 19961.4823%
Sep 19961.4806%
Oct 19961.8244%
Nov 19961.9318%
Dec 19962.164%
Jan 19972.1591%
Feb 19972.2701%
Mar 19971.9209%
Apr 19971.6911%
May 19971.4607%
Jun 19971.6854%
Jul 19971.6854%
Aug 19971.7978%
Sep 19971.6835%
Oct 19971.4558%
Nov 19970.8919%
Dec 19970.7804%
Jan 19981.1123%
Feb 19980.9989%
Mar 19980.9978%
Apr 19980.8869%
May 19981.1074%
Jun 19980.9945%
Jul 19980.9945%
Aug 19980.883%
Sep 19980.6623%
Oct 19981.1038%
Nov 19981.2155%
Dec 19980.9956%
Jan 19990.6601%
Feb 19990.6593%
Mar 19990.9879%
Apr 19991.6484%
May 19991.5334%
Jun 19991.6411%
Jul 19991.86%
Aug 19992.0788%
Sep 19992.6316%
Oct 19992.2926%
Nov 19992.1834%
Dec 19992.6287%
Jan 20002.1858%
Feb 20002.7293%
Mar 20003.0435%
Apr 20002.1622%
May 20002.3732%
Jun 20002.7987%
Jul 20002.9001%
Aug 20002.5723%
Sep 20002.6709%
Oct 20002.7748%
Nov 20003.2051%
Dec 20003.2017%
Jan 20012.9947%
Feb 20012.8693%
Mar 20012.4262%
Apr 20013.4921%
May 20013.8988%
Jun 20013.3508%
Jul 20012.714%
Aug 20012.8213%
Sep 20012.6015%
Oct 20011.8692%
Nov 20010.6211%
Dec 20010.7239%
Jan 20021.3499%
Feb 20021.4463%
Mar 20021.8538%
Apr 20021.7382%
May 20021.1156%
Jun 20021.2158%
Jul 20022.1341%
Aug 20022.5407%
Sep 20022.3327%
Oct 20023.16%
Nov 20024.4239%
Dec 20023.7988%
Jan 20034.5082%
Feb 20034.6843%
Mar 20034.2467%
Apr 20032.9146%
May 20032.8084%
Jun 20032.6026%
Jul 20032.0896%
Aug 20031.9822%
Sep 20032.1804%
Oct 20031.581%
Nov 20031.5764%
Dec 20032.0772%
Jan 20041.2745%
Feb 20040.6809%
Mar 20040.7759%
Apr 20041.6602%
May 20042.439%
Jun 20042.5366%
Jul 20042.3392%
Aug 20041.8465%
Sep 20041.8429%
Oct 20042.3346%
Nov 20042.4248%
Dec 20042.1318%
Jan 20051.9361%
Feb 20052.1256%
Mar 20052.3099%
Apr 20052.4015%
May 20051.619%
Jun 20051.7127%
Jul 20052%
Aug 20052.5763%
Sep 20053.2381%
Oct 20052.5665%
Nov 20051.9886%
Dec 20052.0873%
Jan 20062.754%
Feb 20062.176%
Mar 20062.1637%
Apr 20062.439%
May 20062.8116%
Jun 20062.4322%
Jul 20062.3343%
Aug 20062.1395%
Sep 20060.738%
Oct 20061.0195%
Nov 20061.3928%
Dec 20061.6729%
Jan 20071.1091%
Feb 20072.037%
Mar 20072.302%
Apr 20072.1978%
May 20072.1878%
Jun 20072.1918%
Jul 20072.1898%
Aug 20071.7304%
Sep 20072.4725%
Oct 20072.3853%
Nov 20072.4725%
Dec 20072.3766%
Jan 20082.1938%
Feb 20081.8149%
Mar 20081.3501%
Apr 20081.7025%
May 20082.2302%
Jun 20083.1278%
Jul 20083.3929%
Aug 20083.4915%
Sep 20083.3959%
Oct 20082.5986%
Nov 20081.966%
Dec 20081.1607%
Jan 20091.0733%
Feb 20091.426%
Mar 20091.2433%
Apr 20090.3524%
May 20090.0873%
Jun 2009-0.26%
Jul 2009-0.9499%
Aug 2009-0.7785%
Sep 2009-0.8643%
Oct 20090.0873%
Nov 20090.9641%
Dec 20091.3239%
Jan 20101.8584%
Feb 20101.5817%
Mar 20101.4035%
Apr 20101.8437%
May 20101.3949%
Jun 20100.9557%
Jul 20101.8309%
Aug 20101.7437%
Sep 20101.918%
Oct 20102.4433%
Nov 20101.9965%
Dec 20102.3519%
Jan 20112.3458%
Feb 20112.1626%
Mar 20113.2872%
Apr 20113.2759%
May 20113.6973%
Jun 20113.0981%
Jul 20112.7397%
Aug 20113.0848%
Sep 20113.1651%
Oct 20112.8961%
Nov 20112.8936%
Dec 20112.2979%
Jan 20122.4618%
Feb 20122.6249%
Mar 20121.9263%
Apr 20122.0033%
May 20121.2438%
Jun 20121.5025%
Jul 20121.25%
Aug 20121.2469%
Sep 20121.1609%
Oct 20121.1589%
Nov 20120.8271%
Dec 20120.8319%
Jan 20130.4971%
Feb 20131.2376%
Mar 20130.986%
Apr 20130.4092%
May 20130.7371%
Jun 20131.1513%
Jul 20131.3169%
Aug 20131.0673%
Sep 20131.0656%
Oct 20130.6547%
Nov 20130.9024%
Dec 20131.2376%
Jan 20141.4839%
Feb 20141.141%
Mar 20141.546%
Apr 20142.0375%
May 20142.2764%
Jun 20142.3577%
Jul 20142.1121%
Aug 20142.1121%
Sep 20142.0276%
Oct 20142.3577%
Nov 20141.9512%
Dec 20141.467%
Jan 20150.9748%
Feb 20151.0475%
Mar 20151.2019%
Apr 20150.7987%
May 20150.8744%
Jun 20151.0326%
Jul 20151.2729%
Aug 20151.2729%
Sep 20151.0334%
Oct 20151.0326%
Nov 20151.3557%
Dec 20151.6064%
Jan 20162.0113%
Feb 20161.3557%
Mar 20161.2668%
Apr 20161.664%
May 20161.4972%
Jun 20161.4937%
Jul 20161.2569%
Aug 20161.0998%
Sep 20161.3375%
Oct 20161.4937%
Nov 20161.1802%
Dec 20161.502%
Jan 20172.1293%
Feb 20172.0456%
Mar 20171.5637%
Apr 20171.6368%
May 20171.3199%
Jun 20171.007%
Jul 20171.1637%
Aug 20171.3986%
Sep 20171.5528%
Oct 20171.3943%
Nov 20172.0995%
Dec 20171.8692%
Jan 20181.6988%
Feb 20182.1588%
Mar 20182.3095%
Apr 20182.2239%
May 20182.2222%
Jun 20182.454%
Jul 20182.9908%
Aug 20182.8352%
Sep 20182.2171%
Oct 20182.4446%
Nov 20181.6756%
Dec 20181.9878%
Jan 20191.4427%
Feb 20191.5094%
Mar 20191.8811%
Apr 20192.0255%
May 20192.3988%
Jun 20192.021%
Jul 20192.0104%
Aug 20191.9374%
Sep 20191.8699%
Oct 20191.8643%
Nov 20192.1723%
Dec 20192.2489%
Jan 20202.3952%
Feb 20202.1561%
Mar 20200.8863%
Apr 2020-0.2206%
May 2020-0.366%
Jun 20200.6603%
Jul 20200.146%
Aug 20200.1462%
Sep 20200.514%
Oct 20200.6589%
Nov 20200.9531%
Dec 20200.7331%
Jan 20211.0234%
Feb 20211.0917%
Mar 20212.1962%
Apr 20213.3898%
May 20213.6003%
Jun 20213.0612%
Jul 20213.7172%
Aug 20214.0876%
Sep 20214.3828%
Oct 20214.6545%
Nov 20214.7204%
Dec 20214.8035%
Jan 20225.1375%
Feb 20225.6875%
Mar 20226.6619%
Apr 20226.7712%
May 20227.7305%
Jun 20228.133%
Jul 20227.5896%
Aug 20227.0126%
Sep 20226.8579%
Oct 20226.8798%
Nov 20226.7961%
Dec 20226.3194%
Jan 20235.9188%
Feb 20235.2452%
Mar 20234.2982%
Apr 20234.4059%
May 20233.3575%
Jun 20232.8123%
Jul 20233.2658%
Aug 20233.9974%
Sep 20233.7983%
Oct 20233.1209%
Nov 20233.1169%
Dec 20233.3965%
Jan 20242.859%
Feb 20242.7832%
Mar 20242.8976%
Apr 20242.6854%
May 20242.8662%
Jun 20242.6718%
Jul 20242.53%
Aug 20241.9534%
Sep 20241.6404%
Oct 20242.0177%
Nov 20241.8892%
Dec 20241.832%
Jan 20251.8951%
Feb 20252.6448%
Mar 20252.3154%
Apr 20251.7435%
May 20251.7337%
Jun 20251.8587%
Jul 20251.7273%
Aug 20251.8541%
Sep 20252.3588%
Oct 20252.1632%
Nov 20252.225%
Dec 20252.3573%
Jan 20262.2939%
Feb 20261.7791%
Mar 20262.3853%
Apr 20262.8152%
May 20263.2258%
Jun 20262.7981%
Jul 20263.0321%
Aug 20263.034%
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Why this matters

When food, homes and other basics cost more, pay has to stretch further. Closed markets can add costs we could avoid.

What we want to change

Let safe goods compete on price. Remove tariffs and rules that block entry without a clear need to prevent harm.

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  1. Statistics Canada · 18-10-0004-01 ↗

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