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Inter-city Indexes of Retail Price Differentials, as of October 2005, 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 94 98 93 93 103 110 92 92 97 102
Food 16.9% 103 100 101 99 97 101 101 98 95 101 106
  Food purchased from stores
   105 103 102 103 99 103 99 99 98 101 106
    Meat, poultry and fish
   101 108 106 107 103 103 97 93 94 99 106
    Dairy products and eggs
   105 99 101 101 100 106 101 96 92 94 104
    Bakery and other cereal products
   102 102 100 103 99 99 94 105 100 104 116
    Fruit and vegetables
   115 106 106 109 96 106 99 102 99 108 104
    Other food purchased from stores³
   103 100 98 96 97 100 102 103 102 98 103
  Food purchased from restaurants
   99 93 99 90 92 97 105 94 90 101 107
Shelter 26.8% 81 78 88 77 86 107 122 80 77 88 102
  Rented accommodation
   71 69 78 69 81 106 125 75 68 82 101
  Owned accommodation
   78 73 84 74 86 106 120 79 72 86 105
  Water, fuel and electricity
   110 114 123 100 95 110 124 88 110 103 90
Household operations and furnishings 10.6% 97 99 102 95 96 105 105 98 98 96 103
  Household operations
   96 96 102 95 94 108 108 97 97 97 103
  Household furnishings
   99 106 101 95 100 100 100 99 100 93 103
Clothing and footwear 5.4% 97 96 101 99 101 102 101 101 100 98 99
Transportation 19.8% 104 102 100 103 99 100 110 95 97 97 94
  Private transportation
   103 98 99 99 98 99 110 95 98 98 95
    Purchase of automotive vehicles
   101 104 103 100 101 103 100 100 101 94 100
    Gasoline
   116 114 106 106 103 98 96 101 103 95 104
    Other private transportation
   95 77 86 92 91 95 135 84 89 106 78
  Public transportation
   110 129 107 135 108 111 114 97 95 86 88
Health and personal care 4.5% 92 91 92 95 103 103 101 97 89 105 100
  Health care
   94 94 94 92 98 108 106 93 93 104 98
  Personal care supplies and equipment
   95 98 97 99 98 97 102 101 100 98 105
  Personal care services
   85 74 84 94 117 99 92 101 69 115 99
Recreation, education and reading 12.0% 94 102 114 103 87 104 108 96 101 115 105
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 4.1% 115 106 107 103 95 96 99 103 107 105 112
  Alcoholic beverages
   111 102 103 100 98 100 102 84 98 100 108
  Tobacco products and smokers' supplies
   118 111 111 105 92 92 97 120 116 109 116

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