Table 2
The Consumer Price Index, major components and special aggregates,1 Canada, seasonally adjusted

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The Consumer Price Index, major components and special aggregates, Canada, seasonally adjusted
  CANSIM vector number Relative importance 2 Indexes Percentage change
February  2011 March  2011 April  2011 February 2011 to March 2011 March 2011 to April 2011
     % 2002=100 %
All-items (v41690914) 100.0 118.5 119.4 119.7 0.8 0.3
Food (v41690915) 17.0 124.9 126.9 126.7 1.6 -0.2
Shelter (v41690916) 26.6 124.5 124.6 125.2 0.1 0.5
Household operations, furnishings and equipment (v41690917) 11.1 109.9 110.3 109.5 0.4 -0.7
Clothing and footwear (v41690918) 5.4 90.3 92.2 90.6 2.1 -1.7
Transportation (v41690919) 19.9 124.3 125.2 126.5 0.7 1.0
Health and personal care (v41690920) 4.7 116.4 116.9 117.2 0.4 0.3
Recreation, education and reading (v41690921) 12.2 105.2 105.6 105.6 0.4 0.0
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products (v41690922) 3.1 135.0 134.8 135.0 -0.1 0.1
Special aggregates  
All-items excluding food (v41690923) 83.0 117.3 117.9 118.2 0.5 0.3
All-items excluding food and energy (v41690924) 73.6 114.1 114.3 114.3 0.2 0.0
All-items excluding eight of the most volatile components (Bank of Canada definition) (v41690925) 82.7 115.8 116.3 116.5 0.4 0.2
Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) (Bank of Canada definition) 3 (v41690926) 82.7 116.3 116.9 117.1 0.5 0.2
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