Consumer Price Index
The monthly series group that includes the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and its core inflation measures, such as CPI-trim and CPI-median.
Source: Bank of Canada Valet3,360 rowsUpdated: 9/21/2026
cpiinflationpricescanada
Quality
100
Attribution
Bank of Canada (Valet web service)
Schema
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| date | string | Date of the observation, as published by the Bank of Canada (the observation's 'd' field). |
| series_id | string | Valet series name (for example 'BD.CDN.2YR.DQ.YLD'); the unique identifier of the series in the Bank of Canada Valet API. |
| series_label | string | Human-readable series label published by the Bank of Canada in the series detail. |
| value | float | Observed value for the series and date (the 'v' field of the Valet observation record). Units follow the series definition in the dataset description. Missing observations are null. |
Sample rows
| date | series_id | series_label | value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-01-01 | ATOM_V41693242 | CPIX, percentage change year-over-year (unadjusted) | 1.2 |
| 2000-02-01 | ATOM_V41693242 | CPIX, percentage change year-over-year (unadjusted) | 1.3 |
| 2000-03-01 | ATOM_V41693242 | CPIX, percentage change year-over-year (unadjusted) | 1.3 |
| 2000-04-01 | ATOM_V41693242 | CPIX, percentage change year-over-year (unadjusted) | 1.2 |
| 2000-05-01 | ATOM_V41693242 | CPIX, percentage change year-over-year (unadjusted) | 1.1 |
Use with an LLM
Point any LLM at the metadata endpoint — the documentation above is machine-readable too (JSON-LD + Croissant).
cURL
curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/boc_valet/boc_consumer_price_index" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'Python
import requests
ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/boc_valet/boc_consumer_price_index").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")
# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
print(row)API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/boc_valet/boc_consumer_price_index
Tip: fetch /llms.txt for the full machine-readable catalog.