Chip Somodevilla
By province
Canada's national inflation rate was 1.7 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces and territories. (Previous month in brackets):
- Newfoundland and Labrador 2.4 (2.1)
- Prince Edward Island 1.2 (0.9)
- Nova Scotia 1.7 (1.7)
- New Brunswick 1.7 (1.3)
- Quebec 0.6 (0.6)
- Ontario 2.9 (2.9)
- Manitoba 0.3 (-0.3)
- Saskatchewan 0.8 (0.4)
- Alberta 0.6 (1.5)
- British Columbia 1.5 (2.0)
- Whitehorse, Yukon 0.8 (0.6)
- Yellowknife, N.W.T., 1.5 (1.3)
- Iqaluit, Nunavut -1.7 (-1.1)
By city
The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples (Previous month in brackets):
- St. John's, N.L., 2.4 (2.1)
- Charlottetown-Summerside, 1.2 (0.9)
- Halifax, 1.6 (1.6)
- Saint John, N.B., 1.8 (1.5)
- Quebec, 0.7 (0.7)
- Montreal, 0.4 (0.6)
- Ottawa, 2.9 (3.0)
- Toronto, 3.1 (3.1)
- Thunder Bay, Ont., 2.8 (2.8)
- Winnipeg, 0.3 (-0.3)
- Regina, 0.9 (0.7)
- Saskatoon, 0.8 (0.5)
- Edmonton, 0.7 (1.4)
- Calgary, 0.5 (1.4)
- Vancouver, 1.8 (2.5)
- Victoria, 1.2 (1.4)