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The Consumer Price Index, major components and special aggregates,1 Canada not seasonally adjusted

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The Consumer Price Index, major components and special aggregates, Canada not seasonally adjusted


Table summary
This table displays the results of the consumer price index cansim vector number, relative importance , indexes, percentage change and september 2010, calculated using september 2010, august 2011, september 2011, august 2011 to september 2011, september 2010 to september 2011,  %, 2002=100 and % units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  CANSIM vector number Relative importance  Note 2 Indexes Percentage change
September 2010 August 2011 September 2011 August 2011 to September 2011 September 2010 to September 2011
     % 2002=100 %
All-items CPI (v41690973) 100.0 116.9 120.3 120.6 0.2 3.2
Food (v41690974) 16.0 122.9 128.9 128.2 -0.5 4.3
Shelter (v41691050) 27.5 123.9 126.2 125.7 -0.4 1.5
Household operations, furnishings
and equipment		 (v41691067) 11.6 109.4 111.2 111.6 0.4 2.0
Clothing and footwear (v41691108) 5.3 92.8 90.6 95.0 4.9 2.4
Transportation (v41691128) 20.6 117.1 125.3 126.3 0.8 7.9
Health and personal care (v41691153) 5.0 116.1 117.5 117.5 0.0 1.2
Recreation, education and reading (v41691170) 11.2 105.6 106.4 106.9 0.5 1.2
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco
products		 (v41691206) 2.9 134.4 136.1 135.9 -0.1 1.1
All-items CPI (1992=100) (v41713403) Note .: not available for any reference period 139.1 143.2 143.6 0.3 3.2
Special aggregates  
Goods (v41691222) 47.8 109.2 113.2 113.5 0.3 3.9
Durable goods (v41691223) 12.9 86.2 84.9 85.4 0.6 -0.9
Semi-durable goods (v41691224) 6.9 93.9 92.1 95.5 3.7 1.7
Non-durable goods (v41691225) 28.0 126.2 135.3 134.4 -0.7 6.5
Services (v41691230) 52.2 124.5 127.3 127.8 0.4 2.7
All-items CPI excluding food (v41691232) 84.0 115.6 118.5 119.1 0.5 3.0
All-items CPI excluding food
and energy		 (v41691233) 73.9 113.4 114.7 115.5 0.7 1.9
All-items CPI excluding energy (v41691238) 89.9 115.1 117.2 117.8 0.5 2.3
All-items CPI excluding gasoline (v41693245) 94.2 115.7 117.9 118.3 0.3 2.2
All-items CPI excluding shelter,
insurance and financial services		 (v41693246) 69.0 112.7 116.3 116.9 0.5 3.7
Energy (v41691239) 10.1 138.7 157.9 156.0 -1.2 12.5
All-items CPI excluding alcoholic
beverages, tobacco products and smokers' supplies		 (v41691241) 97.1 116.2 119.6 120.0 0.3 3.3
Core Consumer Price Index (CPI)
(Bank of Canada definition)  Note 3		 (v41693242) 82.2 115.8 117.8 118.4 0.5 2.2
. not available for any reference period
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