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

  Indexes Percentage change July 2004 from
July
2004
June
2004
July
2003
June
2004
July
2003
All-items 125.0 125.1 122.2 -0.1 2.3
Food 125.6 125.6 123.2 0.0 1.9
Shelter 120.6 120.3 117.6 0.2 2.6
Household operations and furnishings 114.9 115.0 114.6 -0.1 0.3
Clothing and footwear 100.9 101.9 101.6 -1.0 -0.7
Transportation 146.2 147.1 139.9 -0.6 4.5
Health and personal care 119.2 119.1 116.9 0.1 2.0
Recreation, education and reading 128.9 128.5 127.9 0.3 0.8
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 144.2 144.0 136.6 0.1 5.6
All-items (1986=100) 160.1        
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar expressed in cents, compared to 1992 80.0 79.9 81.8    
Special aggregates          
Goods 120.2 120.7 117.5 -0.4 2.3
Services 130.4 130.0 127.4 0.3 2.4
All-items excluding food and energy 122.2 122.0 120.3 0.2 1.6
Energy 152.3 154.8 137.6 -1.6 10.7
All items excluding the 8 most volatile components (Bank of Canada definition)(1) 124.9 124.7 122.6 0.2 1.9

(1) 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