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TABLE - 6 (Part I)
The Consumer Price Index, Major Components, Selected
Sub-groups and Special Aggregates (Not Seasonally Adjusted),
Provinces, Whitehorse and Yellowknife, 1992=100

  Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick
Indexes Percentage change May 2002 from Indexes Percentage change May 2002 from Indexes Percentage change May 2002 from Indexes Percentage change May 2002 from
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2002
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ALL-ITEMS 118.0 0.9 2.1 118.0 1.0 2.6 120.0 0.9 2.6 118.3 0.6 2.2
Food 118.6 -0.1 3.0 118.5 0.2 4.2 120.0 -0.2 3.6 118.4 0.0 4.0
Food purchased from stores 119.3 0.0 3.4 119.8 0.2 4.3 121.4 -0.1 3.9 119.4 -0.1 4.1
    Meat
117.3 0.3 0.8 136.4 0.7 1.7 142.8 -0.3 2.1 136.9 -0.2 2.5
    Dairy products
120.7 0.4 4.0 116.0 0.3 2.6 115.7 -0.3 4.0 116.4 -0.2 3.7
    Bakery and other cereal products
124.3 -0.1 4.8 116.3 -0.4 5.1 118.0 -1.0 5.0 118.0 -0.6 5.1
    Fresh fruit
146.1 3.9 4.9 128.2 4.5 14.2 126.3 4.9 4.9 114.7 6.2 3.6
    Fresh vegetables
142.1 2.8 22.2 106.4 -5.1 10.3 126.0 -2.6 19.1 114.5 -3.2 23.4
Food purchased from restaurants 114.1 0.2 1.6 114.9 0.3 4.1 114.1 -0.6 2.9 115.1 0.2 3.4
Shelter 111.4 1.1 -0.3 111.3 1.1 -1.0 116.7 0.0 0.1 115.9 0.3 0.6
Rented accommodation 109.3 0.3 1.6 109.5 0.0 1.3 110.4 0.0 1.5 110.7 0.2 1.3
Owned accommodation 107.7 -0.1 0.8 105.1 0.1 0.1 115.2 0.4 1.8 105.4 0.3 1.1
    Replacement cost
111.5 -0.3 3.5 102.8 0.0 -1.3 132.6 1.2 4.2 100.3 0.2 2.0
    Homeowners' insurance premiums
116.5 -0.3 3.5 102.0 0.0 -1.3 144.9 1.2 4.2 110.3 0.2 5.9
    Homeowners' maintenance and repairs
111.2 0.7 3.6 120.0 1.2 1.8 121.8 0.8 2.6 118.5 2.3 5.1
Water, fuel and electricity 117.4 3.3 -2.9 124.6 4.0 -4.3 124.7 -0.7 -3.8 140.0 0.1 -0.4
    Electricity
110.3 0.0 -0.6 108.4 0.0 3.6 116.5 0.0 0.0 142.2 0.0 2.2
    Natural gas
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    Fuel oil and other fuel
126.2 10.0 -9.4 133.3 7.2 -9.6 136.7 -1.5 -8.4 143.1 0.7 -7.9
Household operations and furnishings 111.6 -0.3 0.9 119.4 -0.1 2.0 110.2 0.2 1.4 112.0 0.0 2.0
Household operations 118.9 -0.3 1.7 126.8 -0.4 2.8 116.7 0.2 2.9 119.7 -0.1 2.3
    Telephone services
126.9 0.0 0.0 131.8 0.0 5.1 120.7 0.0 0.0 117.6 0.0 0.0
Household furnishings 101.5 -0.2 -0.6 106.7 0.5 0.2 98.5 0.0 -1.9 100.1 0.2 1.3
Clothing and footwear 103.2 -2.0 -1.9 113.0 -0.6 3.9 113.2 -0.3 -2.0 107.5 -1.1 -3.2
Women's clothing 101.7 -2.6 -3.8 121.4 -1.0 6.7 108.8 -1.6 -5.6 106.7 -2.5 -4.5
Men's clothing 98.6 -3.7 -2.5 108.8 -0.2 1.9 119.4 -0.3 0.0 111.2 0.3 -4.1
Footwear 100.3 3.7 2.7 100.2 1.0 0.8 106.9 2.1 1.2 100.8 1.0 -2.1
Transportation 139.7 3.8 4.8 130.8 2.3 2.3 136.4 2.9 3.2 135.0 1.6 2.7
Private transportation 136.2 3.9 4.4 128.7 2.4 1.7 133.9 2.8 2.6 133.3 1.5 2.2
    Purchase and leasing of automotive vehicles
119.2 0.0 -1.1 124.1 0.0 -1.0 126.2 0.0 -1.8 122.9 0.0 -1.5
    Gasoline
129.2 4.0 -10.3 117.0 8.1 -5.6 128.8 -1.4 -8.5 129.7 -2.9 -10.4
    Automotive vehicle insurance premiums
194.9 12.2 40.4 153.7 0.0 26.9 168.2 20.7 43.3 173.7 13.3 36.9
Public transportation 180.2 2.3 11.4 166.4 2.1 10.0 167.5 2.3 11.1 166.7 1.8 9.2
Health and personal care 106.7 0.3 0.4 115.3 -0.3 0.5 113.8 1.0 1.6 111.3 0.6 0.4
Health care 110.3 0.2 1.1 118.2 -0.2 1.9 114.7 0.4 2.9 113.5 0.1 0.6
Personal care 104.4 0.3 -0.2 112.1 -0.4 -0.8 113.1 1.4 0.7 109.9 0.9 0.0
Recreation, education and reading 124.3 0.6 1.1 124.1 1.6 2.1 127.8 1.7 4.2 123.9 1.8 3.1
Recreation 109.1 1.1 2.9 116.1 2.4 1.2 113.6 2.5 2.7 113.5 2.4 2.0
Education and reading 163.4 0.0 -2.4 152.8 0.0 4.2 172.6 0.0 7.5 161.6 0.0 5.9
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 119.3 0.9 10.1 122.6 1.8 19.1 122.9 5.8 18.5 107.7 1.5 9.7
Alcoholic beverages 113.9 0.4 2.1 107.6 0.0 1.5 107.1 0.3 2.3 104.2 0.0 1.6
Tobacco products and smokers' supplies 121.2 1.3 16.9 122.3 2.5 27.0 122.0 8.3 27.3 106.3 2.2 14.2
All-items excluding food 118.0 1.2 1.8 117.9 1.2 2.2 120.0 1.4 2.5 118.4 0.8 1.9
All-items excluding food and energy 117.3 0.8 3.6 117.4 0.4 3.6 118.8 1.7 4.0 115.7 1.1 3.4
All-items excluding energy 117.6 0.6 3.4 117.7 0.3 3.8 118.9 1.2 3.9 116.3 0.9 3.5
Energy 121.2 3.8 -6.9 120.0 5.8 -5.0 126.7 -1.0 -6.1 135.5 -1.2 -5.3
All-items (1986 = 100) 144.1     149.7     150.6     147.9    

Statistics Canada - Catalogue no. 62-001-XPB