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TABLE - 1
The Consumer Price Index and Major Components
(Not Seasonally Adjusted), Canada, 1992=100

  Relative importance(1) Indexes Percentage change June 2006 from
June
2006
May
2006
June
2005
May
2006
June
2005
All-items 100.00(2) 130.4 130.6 127.2 -0.2 2.5
Food 16.89 131.4 130.7 128.9 0.5 1.9
Shelter 26.75 128.4 128.6 123.8 -0.2 3.7
Household operations and furnishings 10.58 116.2 116.5 115.7 -0.3 0.4
Clothing and footwear 5.37 99.0 101.1 101.3 -2.1 -2.3
Transportation 19.79 157.7 158.4 149.7 -0.4 5.3
Health and personal care 4.52 122.6 122.6 121.1 0.0 1.2
Recreation, education and reading 11.96 127.9 128.3 127.8 -0.3 0.1
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 4.13 150.5 150.5 147.7 0.0 1.9
All-items (1986=100)   167.0        
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar expressed in cents, compared to 1992   76.7 76.6 78.6    
Special aggregates            
Goods 48.84 124.8 125.5 122.1 -0.6 2.2
Services 51.16 136.5 136.3 133.0 0.1 2.6
All-items excluding food and energy 74.27 125.4 125.7 123.6 -0.2 1.5
Energy 8.84 179.4 181.2 160.9 -1.0 11.5
All-items excluding the 8 most volatile components (Bank of Canada definition)(3) 82.75 128.8 129.1 126.6 -0.2 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

Statistics Canada - Catalogue no. 62-001