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🇨🇦 CA CPI — August 2026
CPI (m/m): -0.1% Prev: +0.5% | Chg: -0.6pp Median CPI (y/y): +2.0% Prev: +2.0% | Chg: 0.0pp Trimmed CPI (y/y): +1.9% Prev: +1.9% | Chg: 0.0pp
Official publicationStatistics Canada
Canada CPI data, charts and release history
Follow the official consumer price index and its precisely labelled underlying measure, CPI-trim.
- Headline inflation
- -0.1% m/m
- CPI-trim
- 1.9% y/y
- Monthly change
- -0.1% m/m
- Reference period
- 2026-08
Inflation history
2026-05 to 2026-08. Values use the labelled official measure shown above.
2026-05 to 2026-08. Values use the labelled official measure shown above.
Release history
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🇨🇦 CA CPI — July 2026
CPI (m/m): +0.5% Prev: -0.4% | Chg: +0.9pp Median CPI (y/y): +2.0% Prev: +1.9% | Chg: +0.1pp Trimmed CPI (y/y): +1.9% Prev: +1.9% | Chg: 0.0pp
Official publicationMethodology
Canada publishes monthly CPI observations. National definitions differ, so comparisons retain the publisher's measure name and periodicity.
Official methodologyOfficial source
The original publisher remains authoritative. Availability and delivery depend on the upstream source.
Statistics Canada CPI source