Table 4-3
The Consumer Price Index, major components and selected sub-groups, Canada, not seasonally adjusted — Household operations, furnishings and equipment

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The Consumer Price Index, major components and selected sub-groups, Canada, not seasonally adjusted — Household operations, furnishings and equipment
Table summary
This table displays the household operations, furnishings and equipment component of the Consumer Price Index, not seasonally adjusted, for Canada. The row headers provide information for selected sub-groups of the household operations, furnishings and equipment component. The column headers provide information for the CANSIM vector numbers, the index numbers for the corresponding month of the previous year, the last month, and the current month, followed by the percentage change in the current month's index compared to last month and the current month's index compared to the corresponding month of the previous year. The base year for the index is 2002=100.
  CANSIM vector number Indexes Percentage change
February  2012 January  2013 February  2013 January 2013 to February 2013 February 2012 to February 2013
    2002=100 %
Household operations, furnishings and equipment (v41691067) 112.8 113.5 114.3 0.7 1.3
Household operations (v41691068) 123.8 124.8 125.9 0.9 1.7
Communications (v41691069) 115.5 115.8 117.5 1.5 1.7
Telephone services (v41691070) 115.9 115.4 117.4 1.7 1.3
Postal and other communications services (v41691071) 147.5 150.7 153.0 1.5 3.7
Internet access services and subscriptions to online content providers (excluding online newspapers and periodicals) (200212=100) (v41693216) 104.6 107.1 108.0 0.8 3.3
Child care and housekeeping services (v41691072) 140.1 142.7 143.9 0.8 2.7
Child care services (v41691073) 139.0 141.5 143.0 1.1 2.9
Housekeeping services (v41691074) 143.0 145.8 146.3 0.3 2.3
Household cleaning products (v41691075) 110.0 110.5 110.1 -0.4 0.1
Paper, plastic and foil supplies (v41691078) 120.6 120.8 121.3 0.4 0.6
Other household goods and services (v41691081) 132.0 133.6 134.3 0.5 1.7
Pet food and supplies (v41691082) 129.7 127.2 127.5 0.2 -1.7
Seeds, plants and cut flowers (v41691083) 115.1 110.4 115.7 4.8 0.5
Other horticultural goods (v41691084) 111.9 108.2 109.2 0.9 -2.4
Financial services (200212=100) (v41693229) 134.7 140.4 140.4 0.0 4.2
Household furnishings and equipment (v41691087) 94.2 94.4 94.7 0.3 0.5
Furniture and household textiles (v41691088) 93.7 93.7 94.3 0.6 0.6
Furniture (v41691089) 90.2 90.9 91.2 0.3 1.1
Household textiles (v41691093) 107.1 104.0 105.8 1.7 -1.2
Household equipment (v41691097) 85.3 85.9 85.9 0.0 0.7
Household appliances (v41691098) 85.6 83.4 83.4 0.0 -2.6
Non-electrical kitchen utensils, tableware and cookware (v41691103) 76.4 77.5 77.5 0.0 1.4
Services related to household furnishings and equipment (v41691107) 164.8 162.1 162.1 0.0 -1.6
Note(s):
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