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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 August 2006 from Indexes Percentage change August 2006 from Indexes Percentage change August 2006 from Indexes Percentage change August 2006 from
August
2006
July
2006
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2005
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2006
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2006
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2005
ALL-ITEMS 130.0 0.3 2.6 132.7 0.2 3.2 133.5 0.2 2.4 130.5 0.3 1.9
Food 126.6 0.3 3.1 131.3 0.8 3.6 134.4 0.2 3.5 131.3 0.3 3.1
Food purchased from stores 127.0 0.2 3.2 132.6 1.0 3.9 134.9 0.2 3.5 131.9 0.3 3.5
    Meat
131.5 1.5 2.8 155.4 3.3 3.2 161.2 2.5 0.1 152.7 1.6 0.1
    Dairy products
136.7 0.2 1.9 136.9 -0.1 3.2 135.1 -0.1 2.1 134.7 -0.3 3.1
    Bakery and other cereal products
142.8 0.3 5.9 133.2 1.0 3.6 139.7 0.4 6.8 138.3 0.7 6.1
    Fresh fruit
144.1 -1.8 2.1 126.6 3.5 11.7 127.8 2.2 6.6 113.0 -0.1 5.6
    Fresh vegetables
113.2 11.9 18.2 114.9 1.0 7.5 117.2 -0.4 16.0 108.3 6.3 18.8
Food purchased from restaurants 124.8 0.6 2.9 127.5 0.6 2.8 130.9 0.2 4.1 129.7 0.5 2.3
Shelter 131.8 0.5 4.7 131.4 0.5 3.7 136.7 0.3 4.9 129.4 0.2 2.0
Rented accommodation 113.7 -0.2 0.4 115.7 0.1 2.5 114.8 0.1 0.6 115.5 0.1 0.7
Owned accommodation 119.7 0.9 3.1 114.8 0.3 1.8 127.0 0.6 3.8 115.2 0.3 3.1
    Replacement cost
139.2 3.1 4.9 115.0 0.5 2.0 150.9 0.4 6.3 115.0 0.5 3.2
    Homeowners' insurance premiums
137.7 3.1 5.0 123.3 0.5 2.1 190.2 0.4 8.7 146.0 0.6 4.7
    Homeowners' maintenance and repairs
125.3 -0.9 4.9 133.1 -0.4 0.2 133.0 2.9 0.2 128.7 0.0 2.1
Water, fuel and electricity 164.4 0.0 9.2 183.6 1.1 7.4 178.7 0.0 9.8 170.3 0.0 0.8
    Electricity
138.9 0.0 3.8 125.6 3.1 -0.9 137.1 0.0 7.6 159.5 0.0 -0.4
    Natural gas
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    Fuel oil and other fuel
222.5 0.0 18.3 237.1 0.0 13.4 246.8 0.0 12.3 223.5 0.0 3.1
Household operations and furnishings 111.7 0.3 0.0 124.8 0.5 1.0 113.0 0.1 -0.9 114.0 -0.1 0.4
Household operations 121.9 0.2 -0.2 136.6 0.7 2.3 122.7 0.0 0.6 127.1 0.0 0.9
    Telephone services
126.7 0.2 -0.7 131.4 0.2 -0.6 120.2 0.2 -0.7 118.7 0.2 -0.6
    Internet access services (Dec. 2002 = 100)
106.5 0.0 0.1 100.5 0.0 -0.9 94.1 0.0 -0.8 100.4 0.0 2.0
Household furnishings 97.2 0.5 0.2 104.4 -0.2 -2.0 95.7 0.2 -3.9 93.8 -0.1 -0.6
Clothing and footwear 104.1 2.6 0.8 104.9 -3.8 2.0 103.8 -1.4 -5.9 104.5 1.7 2.0
Women's clothing 106.3 2.3 -1.8 106.5 -5.7 7.9 100.5 -4.0 -7.5 103.5 2.2 -0.5
Men's clothing 99.0 6.0 7.8 100.3 -3.2 0.7 108.8 1.2 -1.5 101.4 -2.3 -2.1
Footwear 98.8 0.7 -1.8 97.7 -5.0 -3.6 89.4 -1.2 -15.3 96.6 -0.2 1.5
Transportation 164.7 0.2 3.5 158.7 0.5 5.4 156.9 0.1 3.1 158.5 0.2 2.7
Private transportation 160.7 0.2 3.5 156.5 0.5 5.3 154.0 0.1 3.0 156.7 0.2 2.6
    Purchase and leasing of automotive vehicles
117.8 -0.7 2.3 122.3 0.4 0.2 124.2 -0.7 1.2 120.3 -1.4 0.7
    Gasoline
192.6 3.0 10.5 193.8 1.0 16.5 198.9 1.0 8.6 204.6 2.2 7.7
    Automotive vehicle insurance premiums
224.9 -3.2 -5.9 184.3 0.0 -1.8 164.7 0.0 -4.2 185.6 0.0 -2.6
Public transportation 209.0 -0.2 3.4 195.8 -0.2 5.3 195.1 -0.1 4.6 196.5 -0.2 5.7
Health and personal care 108.5 -1.0 0.1 119.5 -0.4 0.5 119.2 0.4 1.6 113.3 -0.4 -0.3
Health care 114.3 0.0 1.9 124.0 0.2 1.1 123.9 0.6 1.8 119.5 0.3 1.5
Personal care 104.7 -1.7 -1.3 114.5 -1.3 -0.1 114.8 0.2 1.3 108.5 -1.2 -2.0
Recreation, education and reading 124.1 -0.2 0.3 128.1 0.3 1.6 135.0 0.4 1.6 129.4 0.5 0.5
Recreation 110.0 -0.2 0.5 113.4 0.4 0.5 114.0 0.5 0.8 113.3 0.7 -0.4
Education and reading 160.7 0.0 -0.1 180.6 0.0 3.9 206.5 0.0 3.5 191.9 0.0 2.9
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 153.3 0.3 4.0 163.2 0.1 1.7 160.0 -0.1 1.1 141.2 -0.1 1.8
Alcoholic beverages 129.8 0.7 1.6 117.7 0.3 1.4 117.5 -0.6 0.4 115.0 -0.1 1.7
Tobacco products and smokers' supplies 170.3 0.0 5.8 174.7 0.1 1.8 173.0 0.1 1.5 150.6 -0.2 1.8
All-items excluding food 131.0 0.3 2.5 133.1 0.2 3.1 133.2 0.1 2.1 130.4 0.2 1.6
All-items excluding food and energy 124.1 0.1 1.1 124.8 -0.2 1.2 125.5 0.1 0.9 122.4 0.1 1.1
All-items excluding energy 124.6 0.2 1.5 126.2 0.1 1.8 127.0 0.1 1.4 124.1 0.1 1.5
Energy 174.4 1.4 9.5 187.8 1.1 11.9 188.8 0.5 9.3 187.8 1.2 4.3
All-items (1986 = 100) 158.7     168.4     167.5     163.1    

Statistics Canada - Catalogue no. 62-001