Canadian Consumer Price Index values since 1914
Statistics Canada (aka STATCAN) is the national statistics agency of Canada. It has tracked consumer price index (CPI) ever since 1914 by sampling prices across the country. CPI is used to calculate the rate of inflation from year to year.
The information is tracked on the official STATCAN CPI page, available here. But it's not always in an easy-to-use format. We've reproduced the yearly numbers below as table for your convenience.
Note: this post details the Consumer Price Index for Canadian Dollars. Follow this link for U.S. CPI data.
| Year | Annual CPI Average | Annual Percent Change (rate of inflation) |
| 1914 | 6.2 | |
| 1915 | 6.3 | 3.28 |
| 1916 | 7.2 | 14.29 |
| 1917 | 8.3 | 15.28 |
| 1918 | 9.4 | 13.25 |
| 1919 | 10.2 | 8.51 |
| 1920 | 11.2 | 9.80 |
| 1921 | 9.4 | -16.07 |
| 1922 | 9.2 | -2.13 |
| 1923 | 9.2 | 0.00 |
| 1924 | 9.1 | -1.09 |
| 1925 | 9.3 | 2.20 |
| 1926 | 9.2 | -1.08 |
| 1927 | 9.1 | -1.09 |
| 1928 | 9.2 | 1.10 |
| 1929 | 9.4 | 2.17 |
| 1930 | 8.8 | -6.38 |
| 1931 | 7.9 | -10.23 |
| 1932 | 7.3 | -7.59 |
| 1933 | 7.1 | -2.74 |
| 1934 | 7.2 | 1.41 |
| 1935 | 7.4 | 2.78 |
| 1936 | 7.5 | 1.35 |
| 1937 | 7.8 | 4.00 |
| 1938 | 7.6 | -2.56 |
| 1939 | 7.8 | 2.63 |
| 1940 | 8.2 | 5.13 |
| 1941 | 8.7 | 6.10 |
| 1942 | 9 | 3.45 |
| 1943 | 9.2 | 2.22 |
| 1944 | 9 | -2.17 |
| 1945 | 9.2 | 2.22 |
| 1946 | 9.7 | 5.43 |
| 1947 | 11.1 | 14.43 |
| 1948 | 12.1 | 9.01 |
| 1949 | 12.2 | 0.83 |
| 1950 | 12.9 | 5.74 |
| 1951 | 14.3 | 10.85 |
| 1952 | 14.1 | -1.40 |
| 1953 | 14.1 | 0.00 |
| 1954 | 14.1 | 0.00 |
| 1955 | 14.2 | 0.71 |
| 1956 | 14.6 | 2.82 |
| 1957 | 14.9 | 2.05 |
| 1958 | 15.3 | 2.68 |
| 1959 | 15.5 | 1.31 |
| 1960 | 15.7 | 1.29 |
| 1961 | 15.7 | 0.00 |
| 1962 | 16 | 1.91 |
| 1963 | 16.3 | 1.88 |
| 1964 | 16.6 | 1.84 |
| 1965 | 17.1 | 3.01 |
| 1966 | 17.7 | 3.51 |
| 1967 | 18.4 | 3.95 |
| 1968 | 19.2 | 4.35 |
| 1969 | 20.1 | 4.69 |
| 1970 | 20.3 | 1.00 |
| 1971 | 21.3 | 4.93 |
| 1972 | 22.4 | 5.16 |
| 1973 | 24.5 | 9.38 |
| 1974 | 27.6 | 12.65 |
| 1975 | 30.2 | 9.42 |
| 1976 | 31.9 | 5.63 |
| 1977 | 34.9 | 9.40 |
| 1978 | 37.9 | 8.60 |
| 1979 | 41.6 | 9.76 |
| 1980 | 46.2 | 11.06 |
| 1981 | 51.8 | 12.12 |
| 1982 | 56.6 | 9.27 |
| 1983 | 59.2 | 4.59 |
| 1984 | 61.4 | 3.72 |
| 1985 | 64.1 | 4.40 |
| 1986 | 66.8 | 4.21 |
| 1987 | 69.6 | 4.19 |
| 1988 | 72.3 | 3.88 |
| 1989 | 76.1 | 5.26 |
| 1990 | 79.9 | 4.99 |
| 1991 | 82.9 | 3.75 |
| 1992 | 84.7 | 2.17 |
| 1993 | 86.1 | 1.65 |
| 1994 | 86.3 | 0.23 |
| 1995 | 87.8 | 1.74 |
| 1996 | 89.7 | 2.16 |
| 1997 | 90.4 | 0.78 |
| 1998 | 91.3 | 1.00 |
| 1999 | 93.7 | 2.63 |
| 2000 | 96.7 | 3.20 |
| 2001 | 97.4 | 0.72 |
| 2002 | 101.1 | 3.80 |
| 2003 | 103.2 | 2.08 |
| 2004 | 105.4 | 2.13 |
| 2005 | 107.6 | 2.09 |
| 2006 | 109.4 | 1.67 |
| 2007 | 112 | 2.38 |
| 2008 | 113.3 | 1.16 |
| 2009 | 114.8 | 1.32 |
| 2010 | 117.5 | 2.35 |
| 2011 | 120.2 | 2.30 |
| 2012 | 121.2 | 0.83 |
| 2013 | 122.7 | 1.24 |
| 2014 | 124.5 | 1.47 |
| 2015 | 126.5 | 1.61 |
| 2016 | 128.6 | 1.66 |