Statistics Canada

Canada CPI data, charts and release history

Follow the official consumer price index and its precisely labelled underlying measure, CPI-trim.

Headline inflation
1.0% m/m
CPI-trim
2.0% y/y
Monthly change
1.0% m/m
Reference period
2026-05

Inflation history

Historical observations are not available yet.

Historical observations are not available yet.

Release history

PeriodReleasedHeadlineStageVintage
2026-0522 June 20261.0% m/mfinalOriginal

Recent Squawkdeck messages

Actual Squawkdeck message

🇨🇦 CA CPI — May 2026

CPI (m/m): +1.0% Prev: +0.4% | Chg: +0.6pp Median CPI (y/y): +2.1% Prev: +2.1% | Chg: 0.0pp Trimmed CPI (y/y): +2.0% Prev: +2.0% | Chg: 0.0pp

Official publication

Actual Squawkdeck message

🇨🇦 CA CPI — January 2026

CPI (m/m): n/a Median CPI (y/y): +2500680.0% Trimmed CPI (y/y): +2500680.0%

Official publication

Actual Squawkdeck message

🇨🇦 CA CPI — October 2025

CPI (m/m): n/a Median CPI (y/y): +2502165.0% Trimmed CPI (y/y): +2502165.0%

Official publication

Methodology

Canada publishes monthly CPI observations. National definitions differ, so comparisons retain the publisher's measure name and periodicity.

Official methodology

Official source

The original publisher remains authoritative. Availability and delivery depend on the upstream source.

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