Overview

Monthly inflation rate in Canada was -0.07% in December 2018. That is 0.37 more than it was in November 2018 and 0.31 more than in December 2017. At the same time, 2018 year to date inflation rate is 1.99% and year over year inflation rate is 1.99%.

In 2018 Canada ranks #10 in the world by yearly inflation rate.

Inflation rate in Canada is based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) - prices that consumers have to pay for the products and services, which includes not only the producers price, but also various taxes.

Current Inflation Rate


Inflation rate in December 2018:
(month over month, MOM)
-0.07%
Inflation rate year to date, YTD:1.99%
Inflation rate in November 2018, MOM:-0.45%
Inflation rate in December 2017, MOM:-0.38%
Inflation rate in December 2017, YTD:1.87%
Inflation rate in 2017:1.87%
Last 12 months inflation rate:
(year over year, YOY)
1.99%
Last 60 months inflation rate (5 years):8.72%
Last 120 months inflation rate (10 years):17.74%


Month over month inflation rate is calculated for just the subject month itself - from the first to the last day of that month:

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Month to month, % 0.69 0.61 0.30 0.30 0.08 0.15 0.52 -0.07 -0.37 0.30 -0.45 -0.07 1.99
2018 Canada Inflation Rate: Month to Month


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Year to year inflation rate is calculated for 12 months: 11 months preceding the subject one and the subject month itself:

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Year over year (12 months), % 1.70 2.16 2.31 2.22 2.22 2.45 2.99 2.84 2.22 2.44 1.68 1.99 1.99
2018 Canada Inflation Rate: Year over Year


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Progressive inflation rate is an incremental year to date inflation that sums rates from the beginning of the calendar year to the end of the subject month:

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Progressive (year to date), % 0.69 1.30 1.61 1.91 1.99 2.14 2.68 2.60 2.22 2.52 2.06 1.99 1.99
2018 Canada Progressive Inflation Rate


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About Data

All data and calculations are based on the Consumer Price Index published monthly by the Statistics Service of Canada.

Inflation data in Canada is published in the middle of the month following the reported one.

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