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| Relative importance(1) | Indexes | Percentage change April 2005 from | ||||
| April 2005 |
March 2005 |
April 2004 |
March 2005 |
April 2004 |
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| All-items | 100.00(2) | 126.9 | 126.5 | 123.9 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| Food | 16.89 | 128.3 | 127.1 | 123.4 | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| Shelter | 26.75 | 123.4 | 123.0 | 119.6 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
| Household operations and furnishings | 10.58 | 115.5 | 115.7 | 115.6 | -0.2 | -0.1 |
| Clothing and footwear | 5.37 | 102.9 | 106.0 | 103.8 | -2.9 | -0.9 |
| Transportation | 19.79 | 149.5 | 148.3 | 143.5 | 0.8 | 4.2 |
| Health and personal care | 4.52 | 120.9 | 120.0 | 119.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Recreation, education and reading | 11.96 | 126.8 | 126.8 | 127.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products | 4.13 | 146.5 | 146.3 | 142.2 | 0.1 | 3.0 |
| All-items (1986=100) | 162.6 | |||||
| Purchasing power of the consumer dollar expressed in cents, compared to 1992 | 78.8 | 79.1 | 80.7 | |||
| Special aggregates | ||||||
| Goods | 48.84 | 122.2 | 121.8 | 119.1 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| Services | 51.16 | 132.1 | 131.9 | 129.3 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| All-items excluding food and energy | 74.27 | 123.2 | 123.4 | 121.7 | -0.2 | 1.2 |
| Energy | 8.84 | 161.9 | 156.9 | 146.2 | 3.2 | 10.7 |
| All items excluding the 8 most volatile components (Bank of Canada definition)(3) | 82.75 | 126.4 | 126.4 | 124.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| (1) | 2001 CPI basket weights at June 2004 prices, Canada - Effective July 2004. Detailed weights are available under the Documentation section of survey 2301 at http://www.statcan.ca/english/sdds/index.htm |
| (2) | Figures may not add to 100% due to rounding. |
| (3) | Excluded from the All-items CPI are the following eight volatile components, as defined by the Bank of Canada: fruit, fruit preparations and nuts; vegetables and vegetable preparations; mortgage interest cost; natural gas; fuel oil and other fuel; gasoline; inter-city transportation; and tobacco products and smokers' supplies. The Bank of Canada further adjusts this series to obtain their measure of core inflation which also excludes the effect of changes in indirect taxes. For data and information on core inflation, please consult the Bank of Canada Web site: http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/inflation/index.htm |