QuickList: Annual inflation rate in May for selected Canadian cities
Posted Jun 19, 2019 08:43:04 AM.
OTTAWA — Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 2.4 per cent in May, Statistics Canada says. 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., 1.5 per cent (1.2)
— Charlottetown-Summerside, 1.3 (1.3)
— Halifax, 1.8 (1.1)
— Saint John, N.B., 2.1 (1.7)
— Quebec, 1.9 (1.3)
— Montreal, 2.5 (1.9)
— Ottawa, 2.3 (1.7)
— Toronto, 2.6 (2.2)
— Thunder Bay, Ont., 2.3 (1.6)
— Winnipeg, 2.8 (2.2)
— Regina, 1.7 (2.0)
— Saskatoon, 1.8 (2.1)
— Edmonton, 2.3 (2.1)
— Calgary, 1.8 (1.8)
— Vancouver, 2.7 (2.5)
— Victoria, 2.6 (2.7)
The Canadian Press