The Canadian dollar has lost 1% its value since 2023
Updated: November 13, 2024$100 in 2023 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $101.15 today. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 1.15% in the last 12 months. As a result, the real value of a dollar has been decreasing recently.
This means that today's prices are 1.01 times as high as average prices since 2023, according to Statistics Canada consumer price index. A dollar today only buys 98.863% of what it could buy back then.
The inflation rate in 2023 was 3.81%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 1.15%. If this number holds, $100 today will be equivalent in buying power to $101.15 next year.
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| Average inflation rate | 1.15% |
| Converted amount $100 base | $101.15 |
| Price difference $100 base | $1.15 |
| CPI in 2023 | 157.000 |
| CPI in 2024 | 158.800 |
| Inflation in 2023 | 3.81% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 1.15% |
| $100 in 2023 | $101.15 in 2024 |
How to calculate inflation rate for $100 since 2023
Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 2023 and today:
CPI today CPI in 2023
×
2023 CAD value
=
Today's value
Then plug in historical CPI values. The Canadian CPI was 156.99999999999997 in the year 2023 and 158.8 in 2024:
158.8156.99999999999997
×
$100
=
$101.15
$100 in 2023 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as $101.15 in 2024.
To get the total inflation rate for the 1 years between 2023 and 2024, we use the following formula:
CPI in 2024 - CPI in 2023CPI in 2023
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (1 years)
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
158.8 - 156.99999999999997156.99999999999997
×
100
=
1%
Data source & citation
Raw data for these calculations comes from the government of Canada's annual Consumer Price Index (CPI), established in 1914 and computed by Statistics Canada (StatCan).
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “Value of 2023 Canadian dollars today | Canada Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 12 Dec. 2024, https://www.officialdata.org/canada/inflation/2023.
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in2013dollars.com is a reference website maintained by the Official Data Foundation.
| Average inflation rate | 1.15% |
| Converted amount $100 base | $101.15 |
| Price difference $100 base | $1.15 |
| CPI in 2023 | 157.000 |
| CPI in 2024 | 158.800 |
| Inflation in 2023 | 3.81% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 1.15% |
| $100 in 2023 | $101.15 in 2024 |