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Table 3 Consumer Price Index and major components
| (2002=100) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relative importance1 | January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 | January to February 2009 | February to March 2009 | |
| Seasonally adjusted | ||||||
| % change | ||||||
| All-items | 100.002 | 113.9 | 114.3 | 114.0 | 0.4 | -0.3 |
| Food | 17.04 | 120.2 | 120.8 | 121.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Shelter | 26.62 | 123.1 | 123.2 | 122.6 | 0.1 | -0.5 |
| Household operations and furnishings | 11.10 | 105.9 | 106.1 | 106.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Clothing and footwear | 5.36 | 93.8 | 93.9 | 93.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Transportation | 19.88 | 108.8 | 110.2 | 110.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| Health and personal care | 4.73 | 110.7 | 110.6 | 110.7 | -0.1 | 0.1 |
| Recreation, education and reading | 12.20 | 101.7 | 102.3 | 102.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products | 3.07 | 129.2 | 129.2 | 129.7 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Special aggregates | ||||||
| All-items excluding food | 82.96 | 111.5 | 112.3 | 112.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| All-items excluding food and energy | 73.57 | 110.8 | 111.1 | 111.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| All-items excluding eight of the most volatile components | 82.71 | 111.3 | 111.6 | 111.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Core CPI3 | 82.71 | 112.6 | 113.0 | 113.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
2005 CPI basket weights at April 2007 prices, Canada: Effective May 2007. Detailed weights are available under the Documentation section of survey 2301 (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).
