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TABLE - 12
Inter-city Indexes of Retail Price Differentials, as of October 2002, for Selected Groups of Consumer Goods and Services, Combined City Average =100¹

  Canada
CPI
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 97 94 100 94 95 105 110 91 92 95 105
Food 17.9 107 102 101 101 97 102 100 99 96 102 106
  Food purchased from stores
   108 104 103 104 99 104 100 99 99 100 104
    Meat, poultry and fish
   100 102 102 103 99 103 101 95 100 102 106
    Dairy products and eggs
   108 97 102 100 99 108 102 95 92 93 101
    Bakery and other cereal products
   111 109 107 108 103 99 95 103 99 102 108
    Fruit and vegetables
   116 103 105 106 98 106 99 101 100 104 103
    Other food purchased from stores³
   108 108 98 101 97 103 101 103 102 99 103
  Food purchased from restaurants
   104 99 98 95 94 98 101 99 91 105 110
Shelter 26.8 82 80 89 78 88 111 125 78 78 84 105
  Rented accommodation
   73 70 81 70 79 111 131 75 70 79 108
  Owned accommodation
   79 76 86 75 86 109 124 79 74 82 106
  Water, fuel and electricity
   105 109 116 102 109 121 116 81 109 102 99
Household operations and furnishings 10.8 102 101 105 100 96 111 110 100 98 99 106
  Household operations
   102 100 108 99 94 117 115 101 98 102 109
  Household furnishings
   101 103 101 101 101 101 101 100 99 94 100
Clothing and footwear 6.2 102 95 101 101 100 101 101 100 99 96 100
Transportation 19.0 105 94 100 100 99 97 105 92 100 94 106
  Private transportation
   105 94 100 96 99 94 105 90 100 94 107
    Purchase of automotive vehicles
   101 103 101 100 100 101 101 99 98 94 100
    Gasoline
   111 99 107 105 105 98 97 85 104 95 108
    Other private transportation
   105 81 93 86 93 84 114 84 100 94 114
  Public transportation
   100 98 105 120 100 116 107 104 96 93 100
Health and personal care 4.6 98 98 99 98 103 104 101 97 88 104 97
  Health care
   99 102 102 99 102 109 100 93 91 103 97
  Personal care supplies and equipment
   101 113 101 106 96 105 104 100 97 102 98
  Personal care services
   89 68 89 85 115 93 96 100 69 108 94
Recreation, education and reading 11.2 98 105 113 105 92 107 108 92 96 100 100
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 3.5 112 104 106 104 99 97 95 106 113 111 112
  Alcoholic beverages
   105 102 105 96 102 100 103 84 94 98 104
  Tobacco products and smokers' supplies
   117 106 107 109 96 94 89 122 126 121 119

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