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Inter-city Indexes of Retail Price Differentials, as of October 2004, 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% 95 93 98 93 93 103 110 92 92 97 102
Food 16.9% 104 101 101 98 97 101 100 98 97 100 107
  Food purchased from stores
   106 103 102 103 100 103 98 99 101 100 106
    Meat, poultry and fish
   106 109 109 109 103 103 98 93 96 99 105
    Dairy products and eggs
   107 98 101 101 101 105 100 96 93 92 107
    Bakery and other cereal products
   102 102 99 101 99 98 94 104 105 105 117
    Fruit and vegetables
   112 105 105 107 98 104 98 102 103 105 103
    Other food purchased from stores³
   104 101 96 95 97 105 101 102 106 98 103
  Food purchased from restaurants
   98 94 100 89 92 97 105 94 90 101 107
Shelter 26.8% 81 77 88 76 86 106 122 79 77 87 102
  Rented accommodation
   71 69 78 69 81 107 125 75 67 82 102
  Owned accommodation
   79 72 84 73 86 105 121 79 72 85 105
  Water, fuel and electricity
   109 115 121 98 95 109 122 89 119 105 91
Household operations and furnishings 10.6% 98 98 102 98 96 105 105 98 98 95 102
  Household operations
   96 96 102 96 94 107 107 97 98 96 104
  Household furnishings
   101 103 101 101 101 101 101 100 100 94 100
Clothing and footwear 5.4% 102 96 101 100 101 101 100 100 100 95 101
Transportation 19.8% 104 99 100 103 99 100 111 94 97 97 94
  Private transportation
   103 95 99 99 98 99 111 93 97 98 95
    Purchase of automotive vehicles
   101 103 103 99 99 103 100 100 101 94 101
    Gasoline
   115 104 106 106 106 96 96 94 101 94 104
    Other private transportation
   98 78 89 93 90 95 136 84 89 107 79
  Public transportation
   110 129 105 134 108 110 113 98 98 87 88
Health and personal care 4.5% 92 90 93 95 102 103 102 97 89 104 100
  Health care
   94 95 94 93 99 108 105 93 93 103 97
  Personal care supplies and equipment
   94 98 95 98 98 97 102 100 98 97 106
  Personal care services
   86 72 86 95 113 99 95 101 70 116 97
Recreation, education and reading 12.0% 96 102 112 103 87 104 109 95 100 114 104
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 4.1% 114 106 107 103 94 96 99 104 108 106 113
  Alcoholic beverages
   108 101 100 98 97 101 103 85 97 100 107
  Tobacco products and smokers' supplies
   119 111 112 107 92 92 96 120 118 111 117

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