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Table 1
The Consumer Price Index, major components and special
aggregates,1 Canada, not seasonally adjusted
| CANSIM vector number | Relative importance 2 | Indexes | Percentage change December 2008 from | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2008 | November 2008 | December 2007 | November 2008 | December 2007 | |||
| 2002=100 | |||||||
| All-items | (v41690973) | 100.0 | 113.3 | 114.1 | 112.0 | -0.7 | 1.2 |
| Food | (v41690974) | 17.0 | 119.8 | 119.5 | 111.7 | 0.3 | 7.3 |
| Shelter | (v41691050) | 26.6 | 123.4 | 123.4 | 119.2 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| Household operations, furnishings and equipment | (v41691067) | 11.1 | 105.5 | 105.5 | 103.5 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| Clothing and footwear | (v41691108) | 5.4 | 91.3 | 94.1 | 93.7 | -3.0 | -2.6 |
| Transportation | (v41691128) | 19.9 | 110.3 | 113.2 | 117.5 | -2.6 | -6.1 |
| Health and personal care | (v41691153) | 4.7 | 109.9 | 110.1 | 107.7 | -0.2 | 2.0 |
| Recreation, education and reading | (v41691170) | 12.2 | 101.2 | 101.9 | 101.2 | -0.7 | 0.0 |
| Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products | (v41691206) | 3.1 | 128.7 | 128.5 | 126.2 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| All-items (1992=100) | (v41713403) | . | 134.9 | 135.8 | 133.3 | -0.7 | 1.2 |
| Special aggregates | |||||||
| Goods | (v41691222) | 48.8 | 106.5 | 108.1 | 107.4 | -1.5 | -0.8 |
| Durable goods | (v41691223) | 13.3 | 89.5 | 90.2 | 92.9 | -0.8 | -3.7 |
| Semi-durable goods | (v41691224) | 7.2 | 92.6 | 94.7 | 94.4 | -2.2 | -1.9 |
| Non-durable goods | (v41691225) | 28.2 | 119.6 | 121.6 | 118.7 | -1.6 | 0.8 |
| Services | (v41691230) | 51.2 | 120.1 | 120.0 | 116.5 | 0.1 | 3.1 |
| All-items excluding food | (v41691232) | 83.0 | 112.0 | 113.0 | 112.0 | -0.9 | 0.0 |
| All-items excluding food and energy | (v41691233) | 73.6 | 111.0 | 111.3 | 109.4 | -0.3 | 1.5 |
| All-items excluding energy | (v41691238) | 90.6 | 112.6 | 112.8 | 109.8 | -0.2 | 2.6 |
| All-items excluding gasoline | (v41693245) | 95.1 | 113.4 | 113.6 | 110.5 | -0.2 | 2.6 |
| All-items excluding shelter, insurance and financial services | (v41693246) | 69.9 | 108.5 | 109.5 | 108.3 | -0.9 | 0.2 |
| Energy | (v41691239) | 9.4 | 123.0 | 130.7 | 138.2 | -5.9 | -11.0 |
| All-items excluding alcoholic beverages, tobacco products and smokers' supplies | (v41691241) | 96.9 | 112.7 | 113.5 | 111.4 | -0.7 | 1.2 |
| Core consumer price index (CPI) (Bank of Canada definition) 3 | (v41693242) | 82.7 | 112.6 | 113.0 | 110.0 | -0.4 | 2.4 |
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