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Canadian inflation rate

Canada inflation summary for August 2024

Updated: September 17, 2024
Next update: October 15, 2024

Current Canada inflation rate

August 2024
2.0%
The Consumer Price Index for Canada is 161.8 for the month of August 2024. The inflation rate year over year is 2.0% (compared to 2.5% for the previous month). Inflation from July 2024 to August 2024 was -0.2%.

Previous Canada Inflation Rate

July 2024 to August 2024
-0.2%

Month-to-Month Canada Inflation Rate

July 2024
2.5%

Recent inflation rates for Canada

YearjanfebmaraprmayjunjulaugsepoctnovdecAnnual
20242.9%2.8%2.9%2.7%2.9%2.7%2.5%2.0%
20235.9%5.2%4.3%4.4%3.4%2.8%3.3%4.0%3.8%3.1%3.1%3.4%3.9%
20225.1%5.7%6.7%6.8%7.7%8.1%7.6%7.0%6.9%6.9%6.8%6.3%6.8%
20211.0%1.1%2.2%3.4%3.6%3.1%3.7%4.1%4.4%4.7%4.7%4.8%3.4%
20202.4%2.2%0.9%-0.2%-0.4%0.7%0.1%0.1%0.5%0.7%1.0%0.7%0.7%
All inflation rates are calculated using the Canada Consumer Price Index (CPI) series.