Canadian Consumer Price Index values since 1914

Statistics Canada (aka STATCAN) is the national statistics agency of Canada. It has tracked consumer price index (CPI) ever since 1914 by sampling prices across the country. CPI is used to calculate the rate of inflation from year to year.

The information is tracked on the official STATCAN CPI page, available here. But it's not always in an easy-to-use format. We've reproduced the yearly numbers below as table for your convenience.

Note: this post details the Consumer Price Index for Canadian Dollars. Follow this link for U.S. CPI data.

Year Annual CPI Average Annual Percent Change
(rate of inflation)
1914 6.2
1915 6.3 3.28
1916 7.2 14.29
1917 8.3 15.28
1918 9.4 13.25
1919 10.2 8.51
1920 11.2 9.80
1921 9.4 -16.07
1922 9.2 -2.13
1923 9.2 0.00
1924 9.1 -1.09
1925 9.3 2.20
1926 9.2 -1.08
1927 9.1 -1.09
1928 9.2 1.10
1929 9.4 2.17
1930 8.8 -6.38
1931 7.9 -10.23
1932 7.3 -7.59
1933 7.1 -2.74
1934 7.2 1.41
1935 7.4 2.78
1936 7.5 1.35
1937 7.8 4.00
1938 7.6 -2.56
1939 7.8 2.63
1940 8.2 5.13
1941 8.7 6.10
1942 9 3.45
1943 9.2 2.22
1944 9 -2.17
1945 9.2 2.22
1946 9.7 5.43
1947 11.1 14.43
1948 12.1 9.01
1949 12.2 0.83
1950 12.9 5.74
1951 14.3 10.85
1952 14.1 -1.40
1953 14.1 0.00
1954 14.1 0.00
1955 14.2 0.71
1956 14.6 2.82
1957 14.9 2.05
1958 15.3 2.68
1959 15.5 1.31
1960 15.7 1.29
1961 15.7 0.00
1962 16 1.91
1963 16.3 1.88
1964 16.6 1.84
1965 17.1 3.01
1966 17.7 3.51
1967 18.4 3.95
1968 19.2 4.35
1969 20.1 4.69
1970 20.3 1.00
1971 21.3 4.93
1972 22.4 5.16
1973 24.5 9.38
1974 27.6 12.65
1975 30.2 9.42
1976 31.9 5.63
1977 34.9 9.40
1978 37.9 8.60
1979 41.6 9.76
1980 46.2 11.06
1981 51.8 12.12
1982 56.6 9.27
1983 59.2 4.59
1984 61.4 3.72
1985 64.1 4.40
1986 66.8 4.21
1987 69.6 4.19
1988 72.3 3.88
1989 76.1 5.26
1990 79.9 4.99
1991 82.9 3.75
1992 84.7 2.17
1993 86.1 1.65
1994 86.3 0.23
1995 87.8 1.74
1996 89.7 2.16
1997 90.4 0.78
1998 91.3 1.00
1999 93.7 2.63
2000 96.7 3.20
2001 97.4 0.72
2002 101.1 3.80
2003 103.2 2.08
2004 105.4 2.13
2005 107.6 2.09
2006 109.4 1.67
2007 112 2.38
2008 113.3 1.16
2009 114.8 1.32
2010 117.5 2.35
2011 120.2 2.30
2012 121.2 0.83
2013 122.7 1.24
2014 124.5 1.47
2015 126.5 1.61
2016 128.6 1.66