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TABLE - 12
Inter-city Indexes of Retail Price Differentials, as of October 1999, for Selected Groups of Consumer Goods and Services, Combined City Average =1001
 
Canada
CPI weights2
  St. John's   (Nfld.)
  Charlottetown-     Summerside  
  Halifax  
  Saint John  
(N.B.)
  Montreal  
  Ottawa  
  Toronto  
  Winnipeg  
  Regina  
  Edmonton  
  Vancouver  
No.  Selected components and subgroups
1 All items
100.0
100
94
99
93
95
103
108
92
92
93
105
2 Food
17.9
109
105
103
103
100
103
98
98
100
100
105
3   Food purchased from stores
 
113
107
106
107
98
107
99
97
99
102
106
4      Meat, poultry and fish
 
113
109
109
107
99
108
98
99
99
98
105
5   Dairy products and eggs
 
123
111
111
109
94
113
106
90
89
94
101
6   Bakery and other cereal products
 
96
104
100
100
100
97
97
104
106
103
112
7   Fruit and vegetables
 
127
111
111
114
101
107
98
94
96
109
106
8   Other food purchased from stores3
 
102
102
96
103
97
107
99
100
104
103
106
9   Food purchased from restaurants
 
99
98
97
95
104
96
96
100
103
98
103
10 Shelter
26.8
86
79
90
76
86
103
122
82
78
83
111
11 Household operations and furnishings
10.8
99
98
102
97
100
103
103
96
96
96
103
12   Household operations
 
98
95
102
94
100
103
104
94
94
97
105
13   Household furnishings
 
102
104
101
101
101
101
101
100
99
94
99
14 Clothing and footwear
6.2
101
93
101
100
100
101
101
100
99
95
101
15 Transportation
19.0
105
94
98
96
100
99
105
93
96
90
104
16   Private transportation
 
105
93
96
95
100
98
104
93
98
90
106
17   Purchase of automotive vehicles
 
101
105
101
101
100
102
101
100
99
93
101
18   Gasoline
 
114
88
105
100
108
98
100
98
102
90
93
19   Other private transportation
 
102
82
84
84
94
92
111
82
95
88
121
20   Public transportation
 
104
104
106
101
100
106
113
94
84
89
92
21 Health and personal care
4.6
103
100
105
103
105
106
100
96
90
98
98
22   Health care
 
103
104
108
106
106
113
101
92
92
100
95
23   Personal care supplies and equipment
 
113
110
106
111
98
105
100
101
97
95
105
24   Personal care services
 
84
74
95
86
113
86
98
99
75
95
98
25 Recreation, education and reading
11.2
104
102
107
101
92
109
109
96
97
97
97
26 Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products
3.5
126
107
106
104
98
97
94
109
114
107
119
27   Alcoholic beverages
 
102
104
102
95
103
101
102
86
91
95
108
28   Tobacco products and smokers' supplies
 
155
111
110
115
92
92
84
137
141
122
133

1 For expanatory notes, see Appendix 2.
2,3 See footnotes section at end of Appendix 2.

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