Table 7.6
Commodity prices

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Commodity prices: Part 1
  Commodity price index 1
Total Percentage change Excluding energy Energy Agriculture Metals and minerals
v52673496 v52673496 v52673497 v52673498 v52673500 v52673499
  1972, Jan.=100 percent 1972, Jan.=100
2009 434.9 -38.1 275.6 1,087.7 212.2 466.3
2010 536.6 23.4 340.2 1,341.4 238.3 596.9
July 2009 433.1 -49.9 280.2 1,065.2 212.9 482.4
August 2009 447.7 -40.9 289.3 1,102.1 206.1 533.0
September 2009 434.4 -38.5 283.5 1,062.5 197.9 514.0
October 2009 482.5 -16.9 289.9 1,254.9 199.1 532.4
November 2009 483.3 -4.5 297.1 1,235.3 207.0 535.5
December 2009 522.0 32.0 306.3 1,379.9 207.8 559.1
January 2010 547.1 38.2 314.7 1,468.3 215.5 565.8
February 2010 536.3 44.4 320.2 1,399.4 217.1 546.9
March 2010 536.6 38.5 339.4 1,341.8 226.4 595.3
April 2010 553.0 43.3 358.9 1,356.7 233.3 635.8
May 2010 522.1 23.8 345.3 1,263.2 229.8 580.0
June 2010 527.7 16.4 323.7 1,350.2 228.4 544.9
July 2010 527.5 21.8 325.2 1,344.1 234.6 551.6
August 2010 527.6 17.8 335.2 1,315.4 246.3 585.6
September 2010 518.6 19.4 343.6 1,252.9 251.9 609.0
October 2010 523.7 8.5 350.1 1,257.1 246.3 645.2
November 2010 541.4 12.0 355.6 1,316.7 253.7 641.3
December 2010 578.0 10.7 370.5 1,431.2 276.5 661.7
January 2011 597.0 9.1 387.3 1,464.8 297.7 682.7
February 2011 593.4 10.6 400.9 1,413.5 315.9 713.6
March 2011 620.9 15.7 402.3 1,525.2 324.1 706.9
April 2011 646.5 16.9 404.6 1,629.1 334.0 717.6
May 2011 621.8 19.1 392.4 1,557.3 328.4 689.9
June 2011 615.1 16.6 388.9 1,539.0 326.0 672.1
July 2011 616.3 16.8 393.5 1,530.4 319.6 691.2
Commodity prices: Part 2
  Farm product price index
Total Crops Livestock
  Total Grains Total Cattle Hogs
v1811533 v1811534 v1811535 v1811541 v1811542 v1811543
  1997=100
2009 113.7 126.5 129.9 103.8  97.6  67.2 
2010 112.3 117.0 110.4 109.6  102.9  80.9 
July 2009 116.0 132.3 141.1 103.3  98.8  65.7 
August 2009 113.3 130.7 127.3 99.3  94.7  54.4 
September 2009 106.6 119.6 106.1 99.0  94.1  55.1 
October 2009 104.9 117.3 107.9 97.5  90.7  56.1 
November 2009 104.8 114.8 111.0 98.6  88.4  60.2 
December 2009 106.8 114.9 106.2 101.0  85.2  66.1 
January 2010 107.9 114.5 106.7 102.7  87.8  72.6 
February 2010 108.3 110.5 104.4 105.9  92.1  76.4 
March 2010 108.3 109.2 102.7 107.2  98.6  77.5 
April 2010 110.5 111.3 100.1 110.2  104.2  82.7 
May 2010 112.4 110.1 98.5 112.8  105.7  92.9 
June 2010 109.4 109.6 99.4 109.7  102.8  85.6 
July 2010 110.7 112.8 102.6 110.4  105.0  86.5 
August 2010 118.9 128.9 123.5 111.4  106.0  89.7 
September 2010 116.1 124.1 122.6 112.3  105.9  87.7 
October 2010 114.7 121.6 122.3 111.9  109.0  77.1 
November 2010 114.2 122.1 122.9 109.4  108.2  69.5 
December 2010 116.4 123.7 122.7 111.5  107.1  77.0 
January 2011 119.9 129.3 126.9 113.6  111.5  80.3 
February 2011 124.6 133.0 130.2 119.3  117.6  89.4 
March 2011 127.4 135.0 128.1 122.6  124.7  88.9 
April 2011 127.4 134.2 127.5 123.0  124.2  91.4 
May 2011 125.8 132.6 127.7 121.6  121.0  91.9 
June 2011 .. .. .. .. .. ..
July 2011 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1.
Prices measured in US dollars.
Source(s):
Bank of Canada, Public Information Service (1-800-303-1282). Farm Product Price Index (Catalogue no. 21-007-XWE). Gail-Ann Breese (613-951-3249). CANSIM tables: 002-0021, 002-0022 and 176-0075.