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Inter-city indexes of retail price differentials, as of October 2008, for selected groups of consumer goods and services

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Inter-city indexes of retail price differentials, as of October 2008, for selected groups of consumer goods and services: Part 1
	Canada CPI weight ¹	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	Charlottetown and Summerside, Prince Edward Island	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Saint John, New Brunswick	Montréal, Quebec
	percent	combined city average=100
All-items	100.0	97	95	99	95	95
Food	17.0	105	102	101	100	101
Food purchased from stores	.	105	103	102	101	101
Meat, poultry and fish	.	106	103	107	102	99
Dairy products and eggs	.	103	92	94	93	95
Bakery and other cereal products	.	105	99	99	100	102
Fruit and vegetables	.	114	106	107	108	106
Other food purchased from stores ²	.	97	110	99	103	101
Food purchased from restaurants	.	104	102	101	98	103
Shelter	26.6	86	82	90	79	88
Rented accommodation	.	82	69	86	76	82
Owned accommodation	.	82	73	86	73	86
Water, fuel and electricity	.	111	136	115	108	107
Household operations and furnishings	11.1	103	104	106	103	97
Household operations	.	104	104	109	104	96
Household furnishings	.	101	103	101	101	101
Clothing and footwear	5.4	102	96	102	100	101
Transportation	19.9	102	97	97	98	100
Private transportation	.	102	95	98	97	100
Purchase of automotive vehicles	.	99	105	101	98	102
Gasoline	.	112	102	105	101	102
Other private transportation	.	99	78	89	93	95
Public transportation	.	100	110	90	104	102
Health and personal care	4.7	100	99	101	100	99
Health care	.	96	97	99	97	95
Personal care	.	103	101	103	103	103
Recreation, education and reading	12.2	93	104	107	108	86
Recreation	.	103	102	97	99	98
Education and reading	.	76	108	126	123	64
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products	3.1	112	108	110	102	95
Alcoholic beverages	.	104	102	106	100	100
Tobacco products and smokers' supplies	.	125	118	116	104	87

Inter-city indexes of retail price differentials, as of October 2008, for selected groups of consumer goods and services: Part 2
	Canada CPI weight ¹	Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario part, Ontario/Quebec	Toronto, Ontario	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Regina, Saskatchewan	Edmonton, Alberta	Vancouver, British Columbia
	percent	combined city average=100
All-items	100.0	103	107	94	95	101	101
Food	17.0	100	99	100	101	100	106
Food purchased from stores	.	100	98	101	102	102	108
Meat, poultry and fish	.	100	99	95	97	103	110
Dairy products and eggs	.	108	109	95	94	101	110
Bakery and other cereal products	.	95	93	109	111	108	114
Fruit and vegetables	.	96	92	106	109	106	105
Other food purchased from stores ²	.	103	100	102	101	96	101
Food purchased from restaurants	.	101	99	97	98	95	101
Shelter	26.6	105	116	85	85	104	100
Rented accommodation	.	108	123	82	76	103	104
Owned accommodation	.	103	114	84	81	100	101
Water, fuel and electricity	.	108	113	91	113	123	88
Household operations and furnishings	11.1	104	105	99	99	99	103
Household operations	.	106	108	99	100	102	105
Household furnishings	.	101	101	100	98	94	100
Clothing and footwear	5.4	102	101	100	98	96	100
Transportation	19.9	98	106	97	95	94	96
Private transportation	.	96	106	97	95	95	97
Purchase of automotive vehicles	.	102	100	100	97	93	101
Gasoline	.	95	96	103	104	97	108
Other private transportation	.	90	121	88	85	95	83
Public transportation	.	110	110	97	94	85	91
Health and personal care	4.7	101	98	96	94	98	97
Health care	.	102	97	92	91	100	95
Personal care	.	99	99	99	98	96	99
Recreation, education and reading	12.2	108	108	96	104	106	105
Recreation	.	103	101	102	102	99	103
Education and reading	.	117	121	84	110	117	110
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products	3.1	95	97	103	110	111	108
Alcoholic beverages	.	97	98	93	103	106	107
Tobacco products and smokers' supplies	.	93	96	118	122	119	109

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See "Data quality, concepts and methodology — Explanatory notes for tables" section and Table B for complete list of vector numbers.

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Table 15Inter-city indexes of retail price differentials, as of October 2008, for selected groups of consumer goods and services

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Table 15
Inter-city indexes of retail price differentials, as of October 2008, for selected groups of consumer goods and services