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Table 1 Consumer Price Index and major components, Canada1
| (2002=100) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relative importance2 | March 2008 | March 2009 | February 2008 to February 2009 | March 2008 to March 2009 | |
| Unadjusted | |||||
| % change | |||||
| All-items | 100.003 | 112.6 | 114.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| Food | 17.04 | 112.6 | 121.5 | 7.4 | 7.9 |
| Shelter | 26.62 | 120.1 | 122.6 | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| Household operations and furnishings | 11.10 | 104.1 | 106.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| Clothing and footwear | 5.36 | 96.0 | 95.7 | -0.5 | -0.3 |
| Transportation | 19.88 | 117.8 | 110.5 | -5.8 | -6.2 |
| Health and personal care | 4.73 | 107.9 | 110.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| Recreation, education and reading | 12.20 | 101.3 | 101.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products | 3.07 | 126.6 | 129.7 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| All-items (1992=100) | 134.1 | 135.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | |
| Special aggregates | |||||
| Goods | 48.78 | 108.1 | 107.6 | -0.1 | -0.5 |
| Services | 51.22 | 117.1 | 120.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| All-items excluding food and energy | 73.57 | 109.6 | 111.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Energy | 9.38 | 143.2 | 127.1 | -8.8 | -11.2 |
| Core CPI4 | 82.71 | 110.9 | 113.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
The month-to-month percentage changes are available from the monthly publication The Consumer Price Index.
2005 CPI basket weights at April 2007 prices, Canada: Effective May 2007. Detailed weights are available under the Documentation section of survey 2301 at (www.statcan.gc.ca/imdb-bmdi/index-eng.htm).
Figures may not add to 100% due to rounding.
The measure of Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) excludes from the all-items CPI the effect of changes in indirect taxes and eight of the most volatile components identified by the Bank of Canada: fruit, fruit preparations and nuts; vegetables and vegetable preparations; mortgage interest cost; natural gas; fuel oil and other fuel; gasoline; inter-city transportation; and tobacco products and smokers' supplies. For additional information on Core CPI, please consult the Bank of Canada website (www.bankofcanada.ca/en/inflation/index.htm).
