Canada · Statistics Canada CPI · 1914 to September 2026
What your money was worth. What it’s worth now.
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Prices: +3.1% in a year.Annual average CPI · Canada
What is it worth in 2025 dollars?
The Canadian price record
Every price change since 1914, from the people who measure it.
Statistics Canada’s Consumer Price Index, month by month to September 2026, with the Bank of Canada’s policy rate and core inflation beside it.
- Years of CPI
- 112
- Annual averages, 1914 to 2025
- Price categories
- 17
- 8 major components, 7 sub-indexes and 2 special aggregates
- Places with their own CPI
- 30
- Canada, 10 provinces, 3 territorial capitals and 16 cities
Released October 19, 2026
Inflation for September 2026
12-month change
+3.1%
+0.1% from the month before
Groceries
+1.7%
Food purchased from stores
Shelter
+1.8%
Rent +2.8%
Policy interest rate
2.50%
Bank of Canada
Source: Statistics Canada, table 18-10-0004-01 (monthly CPI, latest September 2026, released October 19, 2026); Bank of Canada Valet API (policy rate V39079; CPI-trim, CPI-median, CPI-common). Retrieved October 30, 2026.
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Inflation calculatorAdjust any dollar amount for Canadian inflation between two years or months from 1914 to September 2026, using Statistics Canada CPI. Shows total and yearly inflation.
Purchasing powerHow much a Canadian dollar from any year since 1914 buys today, charted year by year from Statistics Canada’s annual average CPI.
Provinces and citiesCompare inflation in every province, Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Iqaluit and 16 cities: 12-month CPI change for September 2026 and change between any two years.What got more expensiveInflation for food, shelter, rent, groceries, gasoline, electricity and every major CPI component, for September 2026 and between any two years, from Statistics Canada.
Wages vs inflationCompare growth in average weekly earnings with CPI inflation in Canada and each province since 2001, from Statistics Canada payroll data and the CPI.
Future cost and savingsProject what a price costs in the future at an inflation rate you choose, and what savings are worth after inflation. Compare with Canada’s actual history.
Retirement and inflationSee what your retirement savings will buy after inflation: balance at retirement in today’s dollars, total contributed, and whether a yearly spending amount lasts to the age you choose.
CPI for September 2026Canada’s Consumer Price Index rose 3.1% in the 12 months to September 2026. Monthly change, core inflation, provinces, categories and the Bank of Canada rate.Dollars by yearOne page for every year from 1914 to 2025: what $100 from then is worth now.The long record
111 years of Canadian prices in four numbers
- $100 from 1914 in 2025
- $2,737
- Average inflation per year
- 3.0%
- Highest year
- 1917: +17.9%
- Last 10 years, per year
- 2.6%
Lowest year: 1921, when prices fell 12.3%. Calculated from Statistics Canada table 18-10-0005-01. Read the history.
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Inflation questions
What is the inflation rate in Canada right now?
Consumer prices rose 3.1% in the 12 months to September 2026, according to Statistics Canada’s Consumer Price Index released October 19, 2026. The Bank of Canada’s core measures were 1.8% (CPI-trim) and 1.9% (CPI-median).
How is Canadian inflation measured?
Statistics Canada prices a fixed basket of goods and services every month across the country and publishes the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Inflation is the percentage change in the CPI, usually over 12 months.
Where does InflationTool.ca get its data?
From Statistics Canada tables 18-10-0004-01 (monthly CPI) and 18-10-0005-01 (annual averages), table 14-10-0223-01 (average weekly earnings), and the Bank of Canada’s Valet API for the policy rate and core inflation. The data is refreshed from those sources after each monthly CPI release.
Is InflationTool.ca affiliated with the government?
No. It is an independent site in the MITEY network that republishes official statistics under the Statistics Canada Open Licence and the Bank of Canada’s terms of use.
