Canada CPI Inflation (12-Month)

## What this measures

The 12-month percent change in the all-items Consumer Price Index (canada.cpi): headline inflation.

## Why it matters

It is the number the Bank of Canada targets at 2%, within a 1–3% range.

## How to read it

Above 3% is outside the Bank's range. Compare with core inflation (canada.cpi.common) to separate broad price pressure from swings in energy and food.

## What it does not say

It matches Statistics Canada's published 12-month rate to one decimal in most months; small differences come from rounding of the index.

## Source

Statistics Canada, table 18-10-0004-01 (vector v41690973), "Consumer Price Index, monthly, not seasonally adjusted; All-items". Palanor pulls it from Statistics Canada's Web Data Service every day and rewrites recent periods so revisions carry through.

Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. Statistics Canada Open Licence.