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12-month change:

1. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.3% in the 12 months to August, matching the increase in July.
2. Lower energy prices continued to moderate the year-over-year rise in the CPI, led by the gasoline index, which was down 12.6% year over year in August.
3. Prices were up in seven of the eight major components on a year-over-year basis in August, with the rise in the CPI being led by higher prices for food. Increases in the index for household operations, furnishings and equipment as well as the shelter index also contributed to higher consumer prices. The transportation index, which includes gasoline, recorded its 10th consecutive year-over-year decline.
4. Consumer prices rose in nine provinces in the 12 months to August. Saskatchewan posted the largest increase, followed by Manitoba. Prince Edward Island's CPI registered its ninth consecutive year-over-year decline.

Month-to-month change:

1. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI recorded no change in August, after rising 0.2% in July.
2. On a monthly basis and before seasonal adjustment, the CPI posted no change in August, after increasing 0.1% in July.

Bank of Canada’s core index:

1. The Bank of Canada’s core index was up 2.1% in the 12 months to August, following a 2.4% rise in July.