Canada's annual inflation rate inched up to 1.9% in January from the previous month as higher gasoline and natural gas costs reduced the impact of a sales tax reprieve on broader consumer prices, official data showed on Tuesday.

Canadian consumer prices reaccelerated for the first time in three months as the central bank’s preferred core measures are proving sticky.

Canada’s yearly inflation rate rose to 1.9 percent in January, after slowing to 1.8 percent in December. January was the first full month of the GST holiday, which temporarily reduced prices on products typically subject to the tax.