Chip Somodevilla
The annual inflation rate was 1.3 per cent in December. Here's what happened in the provinces and territories. (Previous month in brackets):
- Newfoundland and Labrador 1.9 (1.1)
- Prince Edward Island 3.0 (1.9)
- Nova Scotia 2.6 (1.7)
- New Brunswick 3.0 (2.2)
- Quebec 2.1 (1.7)
- Ontario 1.2 (1.0)
- Manitoba 1.1 (0.8)
- Saskatchewan 1.1 (0.8)
- Alberta 0.6 (0.8)
- British Columbia 0.4 (0.1)
- Whitehorse, Yukon -0.4 (-0.6)
- Yellowknife, N.W.T. 1.2 (0.5)
- Iqaluit, Nunavut -1.0 (-0.6)
Statistics Canada 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., 1.7 (1.2)
- Charlottetown-Summerside, 2.9 (1.9)
- Halifax, 2.5 (1.7)
- Saint John, N.B., 3.2 (2.4)
- Quebec, 2.4 (2.0)
- Montreal, 2.0 (1.8)
- Ottawa, 1.2 (1.1)
- Toronto, 0.8 (0.8)
- Thunder Bay, Ont., 0.3 (0.1)
- Winnipeg, 1.0 (0.8)
- Regina, 1.5 (1.2)
- Saskatoon, 1.0 (0.7)
- Edmonton, 0.8 (1.1)
- Calgary, 0.2 (0.6)
- Vancouver, 0.7 (0.2)
- Victoria, 0.5 (0.1)