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TABLE - 12
Inter-city Indexes of Retail Price Differentials, as of October 2001, for Selected Groups of Consumer Goods and Services, Combined City Average =100¹

  Canada
CPI
weights²		 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Charlottetown-Summerside, Prince Edward Island Halifax, Nova Scotia Saint John, New Brunswick Montréal, Quebec Ottawa, Ontario Toronto, Ontario Winnipeg, Manitoba Regina, Saskatchewan Edmonton, Alberta Vancouver, British Columbia
Selected components and sub-groups                        
All-items 100.0 99 95 99 93 94 104 110 92 93 93 106
Food 17.9 107 104 101 100 100 106 98 100 100 100 105
  Food purchased from stores
   109 105 102 103 100 108 99 101 101 101 104
    Meat, poultry and fish
   102 100 100 100 99 107 99 99 100 102 105
    Dairy products and eggs
   116 106 107 105 100 110 101 91 92 92 100
    Bakery and other cereal products
   103 101 98 100 99 103 97 104 107 105 108
    Fruit and vegetables
   122 109 113 111 105 113 97 103 100 103 101
    Other food purchased from stores³
   102 110 95 100 96 105 100 105 105 103 106
  Food purchased from restaurants
   103 100 98 92 101 101 96 97 99 96 108
Shelter 26.8 87 81 91 79 84 106 127 79 80 83 110
Household operations and furnishings 10.8 99 98 102 98 99 104 102 99 96 96 103
  Household operations
   99 96 102 97 99 105 102 95 94 97 105
  Household furnishings
   100 102 103 101 99 102 101 105 101 94 100
Clothing and footwear 6.2 102 99 102 102 103 100 99 99 100 96 99
Transportation 19.0 102 95 96 94 97 97 105 92 98 92 108
  Private transportation
   103 95 95 95 98 96 104 92 100 93 108
    Purchase of automotive vehicles
   101 102 102 102 99 102 101 98 98 95 102
    Gasoline
   114 105 105 98 104 93 97 97 105 93 107
    Other private transportation
   98 80 80 82 92 91 113 81 98 90 117
  Public transportation
   96 94 100 95 93 104 110 93 86 91 103
Health and personal care 4.6 98 99 104 100 104 103 102 95 89 98 99
  Health care
   100 104 110 102 105 108 102 91 90 103 99
  Personal care supplies and equipment
   100 105 100 98 95 105 106 96 97 94 102
  Personal care services
   91 79 99 99 114 87 97 103 78 95 93
Recreation, education and reading 11.2 103 104 109 102 90 110 110 94 100 100 96
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 3.5 118 106 107 105 99 97 96 106 108 100 117
  Alcoholic beverages
   103 100 103 94 103 100 103 84 93 95 108
  Tobacco products and smokers' supplies
   134 112 111 116 96 94 89 128 124 104 126

1 For expanatory notes, see Appendix 2.
2,3 See footnotes section at end of Appendix 2.
Statistics Canada - Catalogue no. 62-001