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Value of $1 from 2025 to 2021
$1 in 2025 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $0.88 in 2021, an increase of $-0.12 over 4 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.39% per year between 2021 and 2025, producing a cumulative price increase of -12.48%.
This means that prices in 2021 are 12.48% lower than average prices since 2025, according to Statistics Canada consumer price index.
The inflation rate in 2021 was 3.40%. The inflation rate in 2025 was 0.61%. The 2025 inflation rate is lower compared to the average inflation rate of 2.22% per year between 2025 and 2026.
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| Cumulative price change | -12.48% |
| Average inflation rate | 3.39% |
| Converted amount $1 base | $0.88 |
| Price difference $1 base | $-0.12 |
| CPI in 2025 | 161.800 |
| CPI in 2021 | 141.608 |
| Inflation in 2021 | 3.40% |
| Inflation in 2025 | 0.61% |
| $1 in 2025 | $0.88 in 2021 |
Buying power of $1 in 2021
This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for $1 in 2021 (price index tracking began in 1914).
For example, if you started with $1, you would need to end with $0.88 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").
When $1 is equivalent to $0.88 over time, that means that the "real value" of a single Canadian dollar decreases over time. In other words, a dollar will pay for fewer items at the store.
This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a dollar over time. By calculating the value in 2021 dollars, the chart below shows how $1 is worth less over 4 years.
According to Statistics Canada, each of these CAD amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:
This conversion table shows various other 2021 amounts in 2025 dollars, based on the -12.48% change in prices:
| Initial value | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
| $1 dollar in 2021 | $1.14 dollars in 2025 |
| $5 dollars in 2021 | $5.71 dollars in 2025 |
| $10 dollars in 2021 | $11.43 dollars in 2025 |
| $50 dollars in 2021 | $57.13 dollars in 2025 |
| $100 dollars in 2021 | $114.26 dollars in 2025 |
| $500 dollars in 2021 | $571.29 dollars in 2025 |
| $1,000 dollars in 2021 | $1,142.59 dollars in 2025 |
| $5,000 dollars in 2021 | $5,712.94 dollars in 2025 |
| $10,000 dollars in 2021 | $11,425.88 dollars in 2025 |
| $50,000 dollars in 2021 | $57,129.41 dollars in 2025 |
| $100,000 dollars in 2021 | $114,258.81 dollars in 2025 |
| $500,000 dollars in 2021 | $571,294.06 dollars in 2025 |
| $1,000,000 dollars in 2021 | $1,142,588.12 dollars in 2025 |
How to calculate inflation rate for $1, 2021 to 2025
Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 2021 and 2025:
CPI in 2021 CPI in 2025
×
2025 CAD value
=
2021 CAD value
Then plug in historical CPI values. The Canadian CPI was 161.8 in the year 2025 and 141.60833333333335 in 2021:
141.60833333333335161.8
×
$1
=
$0.88
$1 in 2025 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as $0.88 in 2021.
To get the total inflation rate for the 4 years between 2021 and 2025, we use the following formula:
CPI in 2021 - CPI in 2025CPI in 2025
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (4 years)
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
141.60833333333335 - 161.8161.8
×
100
=
-12%
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: “$1 in 2025 → 2021 | Canada Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 7 Jan. 2026, https://www.officialdata.org/canada/inflation/2025?amount=1&endYear=2021.
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in2013dollars.com is a reference website maintained by the Official Data Foundation.
| Cumulative price change | -12.48% |
| Average inflation rate | 3.39% |
| Converted amount $1 base | $0.88 |
| Price difference $1 base | $-0.12 |
| CPI in 2025 | 161.800 |
| CPI in 2021 | 141.608 |
| Inflation in 2021 | 3.40% |
| Inflation in 2025 | 0.61% |
| $1 in 2025 | $0.88 in 2021 |