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Inflation Canada - consumer price index (CPI)
Graphs - historic inflation
Graph CPI Canada last year |
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Graph CPI Canada long-term |
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When we talk about the rate of inflation in Canada, this often refers to the rate of inflation based on the consumer price index, or CPI for short. The Canadian CPI shows the change in prices of a standard package of goods and services which Canadian households purchase for consumption. In order to measure inflation, an assessment is made of how much the CPI has risen in percentage terms over a give period compared to the CPI in a preceding period. If prices have fallen this is called deflation (negative inflation).
This page shows the current and historic CPI inflation figures for Canada.
For a summary of the current inflation figures for a large number of countries and regions please click here.
For detailed background information about inflation please click here.
Tables - current and historic CPI Canada
CPI CA recent months
| may 2021 |
3.600 % |
| april 2021 |
3.390 % |
| march 2021 |
2.196 % |
| february 2021 |
1.092 % |
| january 2021 |
1.023 % |
| december 2020 |
0.733 % |
| november 2020 |
0.953 % |
| october 2020 |
0.659 % |
| september 2020 |
0.514 % |
| august 2020 |
0.146 % |
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CPI CA recent years
| may 2021 |
3.600 % |
| may 2020 |
-0.366 % |
| may 2019 |
2.399 % |
| may 2018 |
2.222 % |
| may 2017 |
1.320 % |
| may 2016 |
1.497 % |
| may 2015 |
0.874 % |
| may 2014 |
2.276 % |
| may 2013 |
0.737 % |
| may 2012 |
1.244 % |
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