$1 in 2025 is worth $1.02 today

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Value of $1 from 2025 to 2026

$1 in 2025 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $1.02 today. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.22% 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 1.02 times as high as average prices since 2025, according to Statistics Canada consumer price index. A dollar today only buys 98.039% of what it could buy back then.

The inflation rate in 2025 was 0.61%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 2.22%. If this number holds, $1 today will be equivalent in buying power to $1.02 next year.

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Inflation from 2025 to 2026
Average inflation rate2.22%
Converted amount
$1 base		$1.02
Price difference
$1 base		$0.02
CPI in 2025161.800
CPI in 2026165.400
Inflation in 20250.61%
Inflation in 20262.22%
$1 in 2025$1.02 in 2026
Recent CAD inflation
Annual Rate, Statistics Canada CPI
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How to calculate inflation rate for $1 since 2025

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 2025 and today:

CPI today CPI in 2025
×
2025 CAD value
=
Today's value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The Canadian CPI was 161.8 in the year 2025 and 165.4 in 2026:

165.4161.8
×
$1
=
$1.02

$1 in 2025 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as $1.02 in 2026.

To get the total inflation rate for the 1 years between 2025 and 2026, we use the following formula:

CPI in 2026 - CPI in 2025CPI in 2025
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (1 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

165.4 - 161.8161.8
×
100
=
2%

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 → 2026 | Canada Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 7 Jan. 2026, https://www.officialdata.org/canada/inflation/2025?amount=1&endYear=2026.

Special thanks to QuickChart for their chart image API, which is used for chart downloads.

in2013dollars.com is a reference website maintained by the Official Data Foundation.

Ian Webster

About the author

Ian Webster is an engineer and data expert based in San Mateo, California. He has worked for Google, NASA, and consulted for governments around the world on data pipelines and data analysis. Disappointed by the lack of clear resources on the impacts of inflation on economic indicators, Ian believes this website serves as a valuable public tool. Ian earned his degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

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Inflation from 2025 to 2026
Average inflation rate2.22%
Converted amount
$1 base		$1.02
Price difference
$1 base		$0.02
CPI in 2025161.800
CPI in 2026165.400
Inflation in 20250.61%
Inflation in 20262.22%
$1 in 2025$1.02 in 2026