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
May  2011 June  2011 July  2011 May 2011 to June 2011 June 2011 to July 2011
     % 2002=100 %
All-items CPI (v41690914) 100.0 119.9 119.5 119.6 -0.3 0.1
Food (v41690915) 16.0 127.3 127.7 128.3 0.3 0.5
Shelter (v41690916) 27.5 125.2 125.4 125.9 0.2 0.4
Household operations, furnishings and equipment (v41690917) 11.6 110.2 110.7 110.8 0.5 0.1
Clothing and footwear (v41690918) 5.3 92.8 92.7 91.8 -0.1 -1.0
Transportation (v41690919) 20.6 126.5 123.5 123.5 -2.4 0.0
Health and personal care (v41690920) 5.0 117.0 116.7 116.6 -0.3 -0.1
Recreation, education and reading (v41690921) 11.2 105.5 105.4 105.6 -0.1 0.2
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products (v41690922) 2.9 135.7 135.6 136.1 -0.1 0.4
Special aggregates  
All-items CPI excluding food (v41690923) 84.0 118.4 117.9 117.8 -0.4 -0.1
All-items CPI excluding food and energy (v41690924) 73.9 114.7 114.3 114.3 -0.3 0.0
All-items CPI excluding eight of the most volatile components (Bank of Canada definition) (v41690925) 82.2 116.8 116.6 116.8 -0.2 0.2
Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) (Bank of Canada definition) 3 (v41690926) 82.2 117.4 117.1 117.4 -0.3 0.3