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Inter-city Indexes of Retail Price Differentials, as of October 2003, for Selected Groups of Consumer Goods and Services, Combined City Average =100¹

  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% 96 93 97 92 93 103 110 91 90 97 103
Food 16.9% 105 101 101 100 96 102 101 98 97 100 106
  Food purchased from stores
   108 102 102 103 99 103 99 99 99 100 106
    Meat, poultry and fish
   101 102 104 105 100 103 99 93 93 99 105
    Dairy products and eggs
   101 97 100 100 100 107 102 96 96 96 104
    Bakery and other cereal products
   107 103 104 106 101 99 95 101 100 101 110
    Fruit and vegetables
   115 101 104 105 99 101 95 104 103 111 109
    Other food purchased from stores³
   112 106 99 101 95 106 103 102 102 96 104
  Food purchased from restaurants
   100 97 98 92 91 100 106 96 92 101 107
Shelter 26.8% 79 77 86 74 85 107 124 79 74 88 103
  Rented accommodation
   71 67 77 67 79 107 127 76 66 81 103
  Owned accommodation
   76 70 81 69 85 107 123 78 70 84 105
  Water, fuel and electricity
   110 123 123 104 93 110 122 87 108 121 92
Household operations and furnishings 10.6% 100 100 103 99 96 108 107 99 98 97 104
  Household operations
   100 99 104 98 94 112 110 99 98 99 106
  Household furnishings
   101 103 101 101 101 101 101 100 99 94 100
Clothing and footwear 5.4% 101 95 101 102 102 101 100 99 99 94 100
Transportation 19.8% 107 95 98 98 99 96 106 90 95 95 99
  Private transportation
   107 94 98 96 99 93 106 89 95 96 99
    Purchase of automotive vehicles
   96 97 97 95 102 97 100 99 99 97 102
    Gasoline
   114 104 106 106 105 96 99 91 105 92 101
    Other private transportation
   119 85 94 92 91 87 118 72 83 96 94
  Public transportation
   102 103 99 111 99 112 110 100 95 92 97
Health and personal care 4.5% 96 93 98 99 101 103 101 98 88 107 99
  Health care
   96 95 100 98 100 108 103 95 93 107 96
  Personal care supplies and equipment
   99 106 100 104 96 99 103 98 96 100 103
  Personal care services
   93 71 91 94 111 97 96 102 70 115 100
Recreation, education and reading 12.0% 96 104 111 103 89 106 107 94 96 108 105
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 4.1% 113 106 106 104 96 96 95 105 115 111 115
  Alcoholic beverages
   103 96 99 92 97 100 103 85 108 104 108
  Tobacco products and smokers' supplies
   122 115 113 115 95 91 88 123 122 118 121

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