Canada - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Canada was 3.40 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.47 in 1981 and a minimum value of 0.17 in 1994.
Definition: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.
Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.36 |
| 1961 | 1.02 |
| 1962 | 1.06 |
| 1963 | 1.63 |
| 1964 | 1.91 |
| 1965 | 2.33 |
| 1966 | 3.82 |
| 1967 | 3.58 |
| 1968 | 4.06 |
| 1969 | 4.56 |
| 1970 | 3.35 |
| 1971 | 2.70 |
| 1972 | 4.99 |
| 1973 | 7.49 |
| 1974 | 11.00 |
| 1975 | 10.67 |
| 1976 | 7.54 |
| 1977 | 7.98 |
| 1978 | 8.97 |
| 1979 | 9.14 |
| 1980 | 10.13 |
| 1981 | 12.47 |
| 1982 | 10.77 |
| 1983 | 5.86 |
| 1984 | 4.30 |
| 1985 | 3.96 |
| 1986 | 4.19 |
| 1987 | 4.36 |
| 1988 | 4.03 |
| 1989 | 4.98 |
| 1990 | 4.78 |
| 1991 | 5.63 |
| 1992 | 1.49 |
| 1993 | 1.87 |
| 1994 | 0.17 |
| 1995 | 2.15 |
| 1996 | 1.57 |
| 1997 | 1.62 |
| 1998 | 1.00 |
| 1999 | 1.73 |
| 2000 | 2.72 |
| 2001 | 2.53 |
| 2002 | 2.26 |
| 2003 | 2.76 |
| 2004 | 1.86 |
| 2005 | 2.21 |
| 2006 | 2.00 |
| 2007 | 2.14 |
| 2008 | 2.37 |
| 2009 | 0.30 |
| 2010 | 1.78 |
| 2011 | 2.91 |
| 2012 | 1.52 |
| 2013 | 0.94 |
| 2014 | 1.91 |
| 2015 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 1.43 |
| 2017 | 1.60 |
| 2018 | 2.27 |
| 2019 | 1.95 |
| 2020 | 0.72 |
| 2021 | 3.40 |
Aggregation method: Median
Periodicity: Annual
Classification
Topic: Financial Sector Indicators
Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices
