Table 3.6
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
1972 103.1 .. 103.7 100.5 105.8 101.5
1973 133.7 29.7 139.4 111.4 164.1 135.4
1974 174.8 30.7 171.0 184.7 201.3 183.1
1975 179.2 2.5 160.4 244.8 169.4 160.7
1976 182.8 2.0 155.4 285.4 152.2 166.4
1977 185.1 1.3 153.0 308.4 132.2 171.1
1978 201.4 8.8 165.3 340.4 145.8 181.6
1979 243.3 20.8 200.0 411.3 174.9 249.9
1980 294.9 21.2 216.4 630.4 192.8 317.2
1981 311.9 5.8 207.7 812.0 195.4 267.6
1982 287.8 -7.7 187.6 780.4 175.2 225.6
1983 289.5 0.6 198.4 733.9 182.7 256.2
1984 287.0 -0.9 202.3 700.8 207.4 235.4
1985 262.5 -8.5 186.0 635.0 184.5 213.6
1986 225.7 -14.0 187.5 398.6 168.4 215.4
1987 249.0 10.3 208.2 431.5 165.2 262.1
1988 270.3 8.6 245.4 382.0 185.6 366.0
1989 285.0 5.4 250.5 438.2 199.3 342.1
1990 284.8 -0.1 237.1 508.1 193.0 299.6
1991 258.0 -9.4 212.5 466.1 176.8 268.0
1992 260.1 0.8 217.0 456.2 182.8 259.8
1993 263.9 1.5 226.5 435.9 190.9 239.4
1994 269.3 2.0 243.1 398.4 187.1 275.9
1995 283.0 5.1 263.2 388.6 194.9 313.0
1996 302.4 6.9 267.9 470.3 212.8 288.9
1997 289.1 -4.4 254.6 460.4 188.0 283.6
1998 245.5 -15.1 222.7 362.2 161.4 241.1
1999 267.1 8.8 227.1 448.7 155.6 246.6
2000 343.8 28.7 237.0 770.5 186.2 271.8
2001 303.7 -11.7 228.0 629.0 200.2 243.6
2002 287.7 -5.3 217.7 587.2 199.8 244.3
2003 344.2 19.6 230.8 806.3 205.4 272.0
2004 416.7 21.1 279.7 972.2 234.0 330.8
2005 524.9 26.0 288.2 1,405.2 233.1 376.2
2006 549.3 4.6 326.0 1,386.3 243.8 535.8
2007 584.9 6.5 348.1 1,474.1 276.7 596.4
2008 702.6 20.1 354.6 1,983.7 317.6 589.6
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
Commodity prices: Part 2
  Farm product price index
Total Crops Livestock
  Total Grains Total Cattle Hogs
v1811715 v1811716 v1811717 v1811723 v1811724 v1811725
  1997=100
1972 33.9 34.6 37.4 33.0 41.7 39.1
1973 50.6 61.6 70.1 43.5 53.9 58.6
1974 61.1 83.2 96.8 47.3 52.9 56.0
1975 60.5 74.9 88.7 51.2 47.1 74.0
1976 58.0 68.9 77.6 50.8 45.2 70.8
1977 56.9 64.8 67.2 51.5 46.4 67.4
1978 65.5 68.3 72.6 63.0 68.1 79.6
1979 76.0 80.7 90.4 72.2 94.8 74.9
1980 82.2 95.0 113.2 73.6 93.1 68.6
1981 88.8 102.8 117.1 79.6 90.3 80.3
1982 87.1 93.8 104.5 83.0 88.1 96.4
1983 86.6 95.0 103.2 81.4 88.1 81.9
1984 91.4 101.9 108.1 84.6 93.1 83.8
1985 86.5 91.9 97.9 83.2 91.1 79.1
1986 82.9 76.6 77.1 88.0 94.4 95.3
1987 82.1 70.9 67.0 90.6 103.8 92.8
1988 87.1 87.2 86.4 87.6 102.0 72.5
1989 91.8 96.6 100.1 89.1 101.5 73.0
1990 88.8 85.4 84.0 91.9 102.4 86.4
1991 83.7 75.5 70.2 90.1 101.3 77.4
1992 83.9 77.1 73.5 89.3 100.6 71.0
1993 89.8 80.5 76.0 97.4 114.8 81.4
1994 93.2 88.9 85.4 96.5 111.8 78.2
1995 99.4 105.7 114.7 93.2 99.9 80.2
1996 103.7 110.9 122.1 96.8 91.4 100.6
1997 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1998 95.5 96.9 94.0 94.2 103.6 64.9
1999 92.1 87.8 85.2 96.2 110.0 66.1
2000 95.0 84.3 83.1 105.2 118.8 87.7
2001 102.0 93.1 95.1 110.5 125.8 94.8
2002 106.1 109.3 111.0 103.4 117.5 76.0
2003 101.3 105.1 105.9 98.1 98.3 74.3
2004 99.4 100.6 94.1 98.3 87.6 89.7
2005 96.8 88.3 76.5 103.9 103.2 83.0
2006 97.4 92.7 84.3 101.3 102.7 72.3
2007 108.6 117.5 133.3 101.5 99.4 68.3
2008 122.0 144.9 168.3 103.5 99.0 67.3
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
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.