To measure inflation every month, Statistics Canada tracks the prices for a long list—what it calls a representative “basket”—of goods and services. The contents of the basket reflect how much ...

OTTAWA—A jump in energy costs stoked Canadian inflation at the start of the ... and advanced 1.9% compared with a year earlier, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is expected to release its January consumer price index report this morning. Economists polled by Reuters expect the annual inflation rate for January to tick up to 1. ...

In December, inflation stood at 1.8%. On a monthly basis, prices were up 0.1% in January, Statistics Canada said. The government announced a sales tax holiday on a range of products such as food ...

Canada's annual inflation rate ticked down to 1.8 per cent in December, in large part because of the federal government's pause on sales tax for various items.

Statistics Canada said Tuesday. That marked the first acceleration since October, though inflation has been at or below the Bank of Canada's 2% target for six months running. The pace of inflation ...

The consumer price index rose at a faster yearly pace in January, rising 1.9% and up from 1.8% in December, Statistics ... The Bank of Canada’s two preferred core inflation measures also ...

Canada's annual inflation rate edged up to 1.9% in January, as higher energy prices offset the effect of the GST/HST "holiday" on food and certain other items, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday.