Table 2
The Consumer Price Index, major components and special aggregates,1 Canada, seasonally adjusted2

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The Consumer Price Index, major components and special aggregates,1 Canada, seasonally adjusted2
Table summary
This table displays the major components and special aggregates of the Consumer Price Index, seasonally adjusted, for Canada. The row headers provide information for the major components and special aggregates of the index. The column headers provide information for the CANSIM vector numbers, the index number two months ago, last month's index number and this month's index number, followed by the percentage change in the index between last month and two months ago, and the percentage change in the index between this month and last month. The base year for the index is 2002=100.
  CANSIM vector number Indexes Percentage change
December  2012 January  2013 February  2013 December 2012 to January 2013 January 2013 to February 2013
    2002=100 %
All-items CPI (v41690914) 122.0 122.0 122.9 0.0 0.7
Food (v41690915) 131.6 131.5 132.7 -0.1 0.9
Shelter (v41690916) 127.5 127.8 127.9 0.2 0.1
Household operations, furnishings and equipment (v41690917) 113.6 113.7 114.0 0.1 0.3
Clothing and footwear (v41690918) 91.7 91.1 91.9 -0.7 0.9
Transportation (v41690919) 127.4 127.3 130.4 -0.1 2.4
Health and personal care (v41690920) 118.8 118.8 118.8 0.0 0.0
Recreation, education and reading (v41690921) 106.3 106.2 106.3 -0.1 0.1
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products (v41690922) 138.3 138.9 139.4 0.4 0.4
Special aggregates  
All-items CPI excluding food (v41690923) 120.0 120.0 121.1 0.0 0.9
All-items CPI excluding food and energy (v41690924) 116.4 116.5 116.9 0.1 0.3
All-items CPI excluding eight of the most volatile components (Bank of Canada definition) (v41690925) 119.4 119.6 120.1 0.2 0.4
Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) (Bank of Canada definition) 3 (v41690926) 120.0 120.1 120.6 0.1 0.4
Note(s):
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