Ryan Remiorz
Provinces
Canada's national inflation rate was 3.7 per cent in May, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces and territories. (Previous month in brackets):
- Newfoundland and Labrador 3.7 (3.8)
- Prince Edward Island 3.9 (3.5)
- Nova Scotia 4.6 (4.2)
- New Brunswick 4.1 (3.6)
- Quebec 3.5 (3.2)
- Ontario 4.0 (3.6)
- Manitoba 3.9 (3.0)
- Saskatchewan 3.4 (2.6)
- Alberta 2.8 (3.0)
- British Columbia 3.1 (2.7)
- Whitehorse, Yukon 3.6 (3.3)
- Yellowknife, N.W.T., 3.2 (3.2)
- Iqaluit, Nunavut 1.2 (1.3)
Cities
Statscan 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., 3.6 (3.7)
- Charlottetown-Summerside, 3.7 (3.3)
- Halifax, 4.3 (3.9)
- Saint John, N.B., 4.1 (3.5)
- Quebec, 3.5 (3.2)
- Montreal, 3.2 (3.0)
- Ottawa, 4.0 (3.5)
- Toronto, 3.9 (3.6)
- Thunder Bay, Ont., 4.3 (3.7)
- Winnipeg, 3.7 (2.9)
- Regina, 3.4 (2.7)
- Saskatoon, 3.1 (2.3)
- Edmonton, 3.0 (2.9)
- Calgary, 2.4 (2.6)
- Vancouver, 3.0 (2.6)
- Victoria, 3.0 (2.7)