Consumer Price Index, 8 major components, monthly
Monthly Consumer Price Index for the 8 major CPI basket components from Statistics Canada (table 18-10-0004-01): food; shelter; household operations, furnishings and equipment; clothing and footwear; transportation; health and personal care; recreation, education and reading; alcoholic beverages, tobacco products and recreational cannabis. Index base 2002 = 100, not seasonally adjusted, for Canada, the 10 provinces, Whitehorse and Yellowknife (Iqaluit publishes headline all-items only and is absent here). Component coverage starts vary by geography (Canada components back to 1949-01 for some series; provinces 1978-09 ->; Whitehorse/Yellowknife 1982-03 ->) — genuine upstream coverage differences, never filled. Caveats: not seasonally adjusted; the latest months are occasionally revised. Statistics Canada Open Licence (commercial reuse allowed); source: Statistics Canada.
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- Statistics Canada
- Rows
- 61,368
- Columns
- 6
- Source cadence
- Monthly
- Last refreshed
- Sep 26, 2026
- Theme
- economy
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| month | string | Reference month of the index value, as an ISO date (first of the month). |
| country_code | string | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code for Canada (CAN) — the join key for the 'Enrich with public data' feature. |
| geo_name | string | Geography: Canada, one of the 10 provinces, or one of the territorial capitals (Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Iqaluit), as published by Statistics Canada. |
| component_code | string | Major CPI basket component: food, shelter, household_operations, clothing_footwear, transportation, health_personal_care, recreation_education_reading, alcohol_tobacco_cannabis. |
| component_label | string | Provider-verbatim component label from Statistics Canada. |
| cpi_index | float | Consumer Price Index: the price of the component's basket relative to the 2002 base year (2002 = 100), not seasonally adjusted. Non-negative float; genuine upstream coverage differences (components start later in some geographies; Iqaluit publishes all-items only) are kept missing, never filled. (unit: index (2002=100)) |
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title = {{Consumer Price Index, 8 major components, monthly}},
author = {{Statistics Canada}},
year = {2026},
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howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/statcan_cpi/statcan_cpi_major_components_monthly?snapshot=20260926T052334Z-aa56e4a3e857}},
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