Preliminary Weighting Diagram of the Consumer Price Index - 2009 basket at 2009 prices, Canada, Provinces, Whitehorse, and Yellowknife

Note: The weighting diagram of the 2009 CPI basket will be finalized on June 29. In the meanwhile, small corrections or adjustments may be made to the weights. Figures may not add up to 100 due to rounding.

  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Whitehorse Yellowknife
All Items 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Food 16.03 16.67 15.82 16.66 16.72 19.12 14.73 15.92 14.58 15.10 15.88 16.57 14.96
Food purchased from stores 11.15 13.00 12.64 12.09 12.16 13.68 10.32 10.74 9.70 10.08 10.47 11.29 10.48
Meat 1.97 2.69 1.99 2.02 2.28 2.52 1.79 2.02 1.72 1.84 1.71 2.00 1.86
Fresh or frozen meat (excluding poultry) 0.84 1.15 0.74 0.79 0.86 1.22 0.74 0.83 0.52 0.78 0.63 0.85 0.79
Fresh or frozen beef 0.55 0.81 0.58 0.54 0.57 0.78 0.50 0.56 0.32 0.53 0.39 0.56 0.52
Fresh or frozen pork 0.24 0.33 0.16 0.23 0.28 0.34 0.20 0.26 0.17 0.22 0.18 0.24 0.22
Other fresh or frozen meat (excluding poultry) 0.05 0.01 - 0.02 0.01 0.10 0.04 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.05 0.05 0.05
Fresh or frozen poultry meat 0.50 0.68 0.44 0.52 0.68 0.53 0.54 0.44 0.47 0.37 0.46 0.51 0.47
Fresh or frozen chicken 0.43 0.57 0.37 0.38 0.60 0.47 0.45 0.40 0.38 0.32 0.39 0.43 0.40
Other fresh or frozen poultry meat 0.07 0.11 0.07 0.13 0.08 0.06 0.08 0.04 0.08 0.05 0.07 0.07 0.07
Processed meat 0.63 0.86 0.80 0.72 0.74 0.76 0.51 0.74 0.73 0.70 0.62 0.64 0.60
Fish, seafood and other marine products 0.42 0.33 0.40 0.42 0.38 0.60 0.38 0.27 0.23 0.33 0.40 0.42 0.39
Fish 0.28 0.27 0.16 0.27 0.25 0.37 0.27 0.20 0.16 0.21 0.26 0.28 0.26
Seafood and other marine products 0.14 0.06 0.24 0.15 0.12 0.22 0.11 0.06 0.07 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.13
Dairy products and eggs 1.74 1.82 2.30 2.04 1.95 2.22 1.58 1.57 1.55 1.45 1.68 1.76 1.63
Dairy products 1.61 1.66 2.13 1.90 1.81 2.09 1.46 1.46 1.41 1.36 1.52 1.63 1.51
Fresh milk 0.47 0.58 0.83 0.71 0.67 0.60 0.44 0.41 0.40 0.34 0.42 0.48 0.44
Butter 0.07 0.03 0.12 0.07 0.08 0.11 0.06 0.08 0.08 0.03 0.08 0.07 0.07
Cheese 0.57 0.50 0.60 0.50 0.54 0.79 0.50 0.49 0.51 0.48 0.56 0.58 0.54
Ice cream and related products 0.13 0.13 0.19 0.18 0.14 0.14 0.12 0.13 0.12 0.14 0.09 0.13 0.12
Other dairy products 0.37 0.41 0.38 0.44 0.38 0.45 0.33 0.34 0.30 0.37 0.36 0.37 0.35
Eggs 0.13 0.16 0.17 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.12 0.11 0.14 0.09 0.16 0.13 0.12
Bakery and cereal products (excluding infant food) 1.83 2.10 2.30 1.98 2.01 2.28 1.71 1.88 1.51 1.55 1.69 1.85 1.72
Bakery products 1.11 1.27 1.40 1.12 1.19 1.53 1.05 1.07 0.82 0.89 0.90 1.12 1.04
Cereal products (excluding infant food) 0.71 0.83 0.90 0.86 0.81 0.75 0.66 0.81 0.69 0.65 0.79 0.72 0.67
Fruit, fruit preparations and nuts 1.27 1.29 1.33 1.21 1.32 1.54 1.25 1.05 1.01 1.08 1.21 1.29 1.19
Fresh fruit 0.79 0.75 0.81 0.69 0.77 0.95 0.80 0.65 0.63 0.67 0.74 0.80 0.75
Preserved fruit and fruit preparations 0.36 0.50 0.41 0.42 0.44 0.47 0.34 0.31 0.26 0.31 0.33 0.37 0.34
Nuts 0.11 0.05 0.11 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.11 0.08 0.12 0.11 0.14 0.12 0.11
Vegetables and vegetable preparations 1.16 1.16 1.06 1.11 1.17 1.49 1.06 0.97 0.93 1.06 1.15 1.18 1.09
Fresh vegetables 0.90 0.77 0.72 0.82 0.82 1.20 0.81 0.71 0.69 0.80 0.89 0.91 0.84
Preserved vegetables and vegetable preparations 0.27 0.39 0.34 0.28 0.35 0.29 0.25 0.26 0.24 0.26 0.27 0.27 0.25
Other food products and non-alcoholic beverages 2.76 3.61 3.26 3.31 3.05 3.03 2.55 2.98 2.75 2.77 2.64 2.80 2.60
Sugar and confectionery 0.45 0.70 0.55 0.53 0.55 0.48 0.41 0.50 0.50 0.42 0.48 0.46 0.43
Fats and oils 0.14 0.18 0.19 0.20 0.18 0.15 0.13 0.14 0.12 0.09 0.16 0.14 0.13
Coffee and tea 0.20 0.20 0.26 0.22 0.14 0.23 0.18 0.13 0.21 0.17 0.22 0.20 0.19
Condiments, spices and vinegars 0.39 0.42 0.42 0.39 0.44 0.50 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.39 0.37 0.40 0.37
Other food preparations 1.06 1.44 1.12 1.32 1.16 1.12 1.00 1.31 0.98 1.11 0.96 1.07 1.00
Non-alcoholic beverages 0.52 0.68 0.72 0.64 0.58 0.55 0.49 0.57 0.61 0.57 0.45 0.53 0.49
Food purchased from restaurants 4.88 3.67 3.18 4.57 4.57 5.45 4.41 5.19 4.88 5.02 5.41 5.29 4.47
Shelter 27.63 22.10 26.25 25.56 23.31 25.61 29.11 25.15 24.93 26.47 30.07 26.07 33.06
Rented accommodation 6.25 3.32 5.08 5.94 3.74 7.33 6.19 5.83 4.62 5.21 6.79 6.83 7.41
Rent 6.06 3.21 4.95 5.81 3.57 7.09 6.03 5.60 4.51 5.04 6.56 6.72 7.29
Tenants' insurance premiums 0.10 0.03 0.04 0.07 0.07 0.18 0.09 0.09 0.07 0.06 0.08 0.04 0.11
Tenants' maintenance, repairs and other expenses 0.09 0.08 0.09 0.07 0.10 0.07 0.08 0.15 0.04 0.12 0.15 0.07 0.01
Owned accommodation 16.91 12.37 13.97 13.87 13.27 14.54 18.18 14.71 14.76 16.32 19.89 13.79 19.31
Mortgage interest cost 5.83 4.14 4.88 4.72 4.51 4.38 6.30 4.96 4.94 6.10 7.37 5.09 10.76
Replacement cost 4.07 2.85 3.46 3.31 3.09 3.28 4.22 3.02 3.61 4.36 5.26 3.54 3.08
Property taxes (including special charges) 3.20 1.98 2.87 2.36 2.54 3.33 3.81 2.87 2.85 2.44 2.47 1.51 2.02
Homeowners' home and mortgage insurance 1.19 1.20 1.01 1.29 1.26 1.24 1.13 1.30 1.20 1.21 1.18 1.15 1.34
Homeowners' maintenance and repairs 1.29 0.79 0.93 0.92 0.79 1.01 1.47 1.19 0.99 1.14 1.60 0.74 1.76
Other owned accommodation expenses 1.34 1.40 0.82 1.27 1.09 1.30 1.23 1.37 1.17 1.07 2.01 1.76 0.34
Water, fuel and electricity 4.46 6.42 7.20 5.75 6.30 3.74 4.74 4.61 5.55 4.94 3.40 5.45 6.34
Electricity 2.41 4.74 3.30 3.15 4.67 3.15 2.15 2.44 2.49 2.01 1.67 2.33 2.86
Water 0.53 0.13 0.34 0.36 0.51 0.05 0.71 0.71 0.93 0.97 0.34 0.57 1.02
Natural gas 1.15 - 0.04 0.02 0.17 0.10 1.57 1.39 1.95 1.87 1.23 - 0.08
Fuel oil and other fuels 0.37 1.54 3.53 2.21 0.95 0.44 0.31 0.07 0.20 0.09 0.15 2.55 2.39
Household operations, furnishings and equipment 12.02 13.30 13.54 12.92 13.56 11.21 12.40 12.61 12.38 11.97 11.49 12.81 11.97
Household operations 8.16 8.54 9.73 8.91 9.77 7.22 8.72 8.25 8.25 8.05 7.63 8.72 7.42
Communications 3.11 3.95 3.81 3.50 3.33 2.74 3.23 3.15 3.37 3.14 3.03 3.53 3.08
Telephone services 2.21 2.88 2.72 2.46 2.40 1.87 2.30 2.19 2.47 2.29 2.20 2.40 2.11
Postal services and other communication services 0.11 0.16 0.13 0.13 0.10 0.08 0.12 0.12 0.14 0.12 0.12 0.20 0.19
Internet access services 0.71 0.83 0.89 0.82 0.76 0.73 0.72 0.76 0.68 0.65 0.64 0.84 0.68
Telephone equipment 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.05 0.09 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.10
Child care and domestic services 1.09 0.88 1.03 0.95 1.33 1.03 1.24 0.74 0.82 1.09 0.91 1.40 1.17
Household chemical products 0.49 0.73 0.67 0.62 0.63 0.52 0.50 0.53 0.49 0.46 0.41 0.43 0.50
Paper, plastic and foil supplies 0.58 0.86 0.80 0.79 0.75 0.59 0.57 0.68 0.64 0.55 0.49 0.63 0.61
Other household goods and services 2.89 2.12 3.41 3.06 3.73 2.34 3.18 3.16 2.94 2.82 2.78 2.73 2.06
Pet food and supplies 0.51 0.57 0.72 0.88 0.70 0.45 0.47 0.64 0.51 0.56 0.54 0.68 0.60
Seeds, plants and cut flowers 0.24 0.17 0.27 0.22 0.23 0.21 0.25 0.23 0.27 0.25 0.23 0.24 0.22
Other horticultural goods 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.09 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.05
Other household supplies 0.18 0.19 0.30 0.26 0.24 0.15 0.18 0.21 0.23 0.18 0.16 0.17 0.15
Other household services 1.18 0.70 1.13 1.05 1.78 0.85 1.47 1.20 1.09 0.95 1.09 1.01 0.51
Financial services 0.71 0.41 0.93 0.56 0.70 0.61 0.74 0.79 0.79 0.82 0.68 0.56 0.54
Household furnishings and equipment 3.86 4.76 3.82 4.00 3.80 4.00 3.68 4.35 4.13 3.92 3.86 4.09 4.55
Furniture and household textiles 1.88 2.40 1.67 1.83 1.56 1.99 1.76 2.00 1.84 1.81 2.07 1.75 2.29
Furniture 1.56 1.96 1.35 1.51 1.28 1.73 1.43 1.62 1.48 1.49 1.73 1.49 1.79
Household textiles 0.32 0.44 0.32 0.32 0.28 0.26 0.33 0.38 0.37 0.32 0.34 0.27 0.50
Household equipment 1.63 2.09 1.91 1.85 2.01 1.74 1.50 1.97 1.97 1.76 1.46 2.04 1.65
Household appliances 0.78 0.97 0.75 0.80 0.77 0.92 0.70 0.91 0.92 0.77 0.74 0.79 0.81
Non-electric kitchen utensils and tableware 0.14 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.15 0.17 0.17 0.13 0.18 0.19
Tools and other household equipment 0.72 0.99 1.03 0.93 1.12 0.68 0.67 0.91 0.88 0.83 0.59 1.07 0.65
Services related to household furnishings and equipment 0.23 0.13 0.14 0.19 0.14 0.19 0.29 0.22 0.21 0.17 0.19 0.11 0.23
Clothing and footwear 5.63 5.95 5.21 4.97 5.13 5.52 5.86 5.61 5.38 5.77 5.29 5.35 5.85
Clothing 3.74 4.14 3.62 3.19 3.47 3.85 3.87 3.79 3.52 3.82 3.32 3.55 3.81
Women's clothing 1.97 2.02 1.85 1.68 1.78 2.03 2.05 2.01 1.74 1.97 1.78 1.79 2.06
Men's clothing 1.31 1.51 1.27 1.12 1.23 1.34 1.36 1.21 1.31 1.37 1.12 1.33 1.28
Children's clothing (including infants) 0.46 0.62 0.51 0.39 0.46 0.47 0.46 0.57 0.47 0.48 0.42 0.43 0.46
Footwear 0.94 0.99 0.87 0.90 0.84 0.89 0.99 0.86 0.91 0.96 0.91 0.93 0.87
Clothing accessories and jewellery 0.63 0.65 0.48 0.59 0.63 0.52 0.61 0.65 0.76 0.71 0.76 0.50 0.85
Clothing material, notions and services 0.32 0.17 0.24 0.30 0.20 0.27 0.39 0.30 0.19 0.27 0.31 0.37 0.33
Transportation 19.33 22.13 19.51 20.32 22.00 19.69 19.06 20.62 22.34 20.23 17.13 17.18 16.37
Private transportation 17.43 20.52 18.33 18.80 20.88 18.18 17.02 18.88 20.86 18.25 14.85 13.43 12.51
Purchase, leasing and rental of passenger vehicles 7.78 10.07 7.69 8.81 9.79 8.84 7.10 8.58 10.51 8.85 5.87 4.44 6.86
Purchase and leasing of passenger vehicles 7.68 9.99 7.58 8.68 9.72 8.78 6.99 8.44 10.42 8.69 5.76 4.19 6.33
Rental of passenger vehicles 0.10 0.07 0.11 0.13 0.07 0.06 0.11 0.14 0.09 0.15 0.11 0.26 0.53
Operation of passenger vehicles 9.65 10.46 10.64 9.98 11.09 9.34 9.92 10.30 10.35 9.40 8.97 8.99 5.65
Gasoline 4.43 5.36 5.50 4.89 5.51 4.62 4.41 4.67 5.09 4.25 3.87 4.32 2.56
Passenger vehicle parts, maintenance and repairs 1.83 1.70 1.92 2.20 2.35 1.80 1.81 1.76 2.00 1.89 1.72 2.26 1.34
Other passenger vehicle operating expenses 3.39 3.39 3.22 2.90 3.23 2.92 3.70 3.87 3.26 3.26 3.39 2.41 1.75
Passenger vehicle insurance premiums 2.75 2.84 2.51 2.33 2.68 2.03 3.13 2.85 2.73 2.66 2.95 2.01 1.20
Passenger vehicle registration fees 0.25 0.40 0.32 0.25 0.30 0.38 0.18 0.52 0.17 0.26 0.19 0.23 0.36
Drivers' licences 0.10 0.06 0.07 0.04 0.06 0.28 0.05 0.22 0.10 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.06
Parking fees 0.15 0.04 0.06 0.10 0.08 0.13 0.17 0.18 0.14 0.19 0.11 0.07 0.07
All other passenger vehicle operating expenses 0.13 0.05 0.26 0.17 0.11 0.09 0.16 0.10 0.12 0.12 0.10 0.07 0.06
Public transportation 1.89 1.61 1.18 1.52 1.12 1.52 2.04 1.74 1.48 1.98 2.29 3.75 3.86
Local and commuter transportation 0.62 0.32 0.17 0.37 0.24 0.63 0.78 0.45 0.20 0.47 0.58 0.47 0.36
City bus and subway transportation 0.46 0.04 0.03 0.17 0.07 0.49 0.61 0.30 0.10 0.32 0.36 0.15 0.06
Taxi and other local and commuter transportation 0.16 0.28 0.14 0.21 0.16 0.13 0.16 0.15 0.10 0.15 0.22 0.32 0.30
Inter-city transportation 1.17 1.17 0.91 1.02 0.77 0.77 1.17 1.21 1.20 1.44 1.57 3.12 3.37
Health and personal care 4.97 5.15 5.62 4.64 5.13 5.33 4.77 5.35 5.10 4.93 4.93 4.44 3.85
Health care 2.59 2.69 3.01 2.27 2.82 2.81 2.37 2.97 2.72 2.56 2.80 2.39 1.70
Health care goods 1.48 1.71 2.06 1.49 1.62 1.68 1.27 2.03 1.86 1.40 1.53 1.22 1.05
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products 1.02 1.31 1.61 1.07 1.20 1.18 0.87 1.49 1.33 0.88 1.07 0.71 0.46
Prescribed medicines 0.64 1.04 1.27 0.73 0.86 0.86 0.47 1.11 0.86 0.47 0.66 0.27 0.17
Non-prescribed medicines 0.39 0.27 0.35 0.34 0.34 0.32 0.40 0.38 0.48 0.42 0.42 0.44 0.29
Optical goods 0.37 0.30 0.38 0.29 0.33 0.44 0.32 0.37 0.41 0.44 0.36 0.45 0.50
Other health care goods 0.08 0.09 0.07 0.13 0.09 0.06 0.08 0.18 0.11 0.07 0.10 0.06 0.09
Health care services 1.12 0.98 0.95 0.78 1.20 1.13 1.10 0.94 0.86 1.17 1.27 1.17 0.66
Personal care 2.38 2.46 2.61 2.36 2.31 2.53 2.40 2.38 2.37 2.37 2.13 2.05 2.15
Personal care supplies and equipment 1.34 1.47 1.54 1.42 1.37 1.35 1.36 1.41 1.47 1.38 1.20 1.32 1.18
Personal care services 1.04 0.99 1.07 0.94 0.94 1.18 1.04 0.97 0.90 0.99 0.94 0.73 0.97
Recreation, education and reading 11.40 10.79 10.48 11.10 10.90 10.25 11.47 11.75 12.16 12.19 12.19 13.22 10.77
Recreation 8.48 9.06 7.68 8.37 8.48 8.23 8.14 9.33 9.77 9.41 8.56 10.92 9.01
Recreational equipment and services (excluding recreational vehicles) 1.78 1.61 1.64 1.82 1.68 1.77 1.68 1.79 1.95 2.19 1.69 2.54 2.00
Purchase and operation of recreational vehicles 1.02 2.37 0.55 1.08 1.36 1.07 0.66 1.17 1.52 1.34 1.38 2.12 1.03
Home entertainment equipment, parts and services 1.16 1.11 1.21 1.07 1.02 1.18 1.12 1.28 1.31 1.21 1.17 1.37 1.50
Travel services 2.25 1.58 1.84 1.98 2.00 2.17 2.36 2.52 2.30 2.17 2.22 2.66 2.17
Traveller accommodation 1.28 0.91 1.22 1.07 1.22 0.95 1.35 1.25 1.44 1.48 1.48 2.15 1.79
Travel tours 0.97 0.68 0.63 0.91 0.79 1.22 1.01 1.28 0.86 0.69 0.74 0.51 0.38
Other cultural and recreational services 2.27 2.38 2.44 2.41 2.42 2.04 2.32 2.57 2.69 2.50 2.10 2.24 2.31
Spectator entertainment (excluding cablevision) 0.50 0.31 0.52 0.44 0.41 0.44 0.52 0.58 0.66 0.61 0.44 0.41 0.41
Cablevision and satellite services (including pay television) 1.09 1.53 1.37 1.35 1.39 1.05 1.11 1.18 1.35 1.04 0.95 0.96 1.07
Use of recreational facilities and services 0.61 0.49 0.49 0.55 0.54 0.48 0.62 0.72 0.59 0.75 0.65 0.75 0.77
Education and reading 2.92 1.73 2.80 2.73 2.42 2.02 3.34 2.42 2.39 2.79 3.63 2.30 1.76
Education 2.46 1.33 2.24 2.21 1.93 1.56 2.87 1.90 1.92 2.30 3.24 1.54 1.11
Tuition fees 1.93 0.97 1.84 1.74 1.56 1.11 2.33 1.38 1.46 1.72 2.62 1.03 0.75
School textbooks and supplies 0.33 0.24 0.26 0.31 0.26 0.30 0.34 0.30 0.30 0.33 0.35 0.26 0.21
Other lessons, courses and education services 0.20 0.12 0.14 0.17 0.12 0.15 0.20 0.22 0.16 0.25 0.27 0.25 0.15
Reading material and other printed material (excluding textbooks) 0.46 0.40 0.55 0.52 0.49 0.46 0.46 0.53 0.46 0.49 0.39 0.76 0.66
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 2.98 3.91 3.56 3.83 3.25 3.25 2.60 2.99 3.13 3.34 3.00 4.35 3.17
Alcoholic beverages 1.79 1.79 1.57 1.81 1.64 1.95 1.69 1.54 1.67 1.71 2.02 2.42 2.06
Alcoholic beverages served in licensed establishments 0.55 0.36 0.49 0.50 0.38 0.52 0.54 0.53 0.56 0.56 0.70 0.85 0.82
Alcoholic beverages purchased from stores 1.24 1.43 1.09 1.31 1.26 1.43 1.15 1.01 1.11 1.15 1.32 1.57 1.24
Beer purchased from stores 0.55 0.76 0.51 0.62 0.69 0.69 0.49 0.43 0.52 0.51 0.50 0.75 0.52
Wine purchased from stores 0.35 0.18 0.18 0.23 0.21 0.55 0.31 0.19 0.14 0.26 0.40 0.30 0.18
Liquor purchased from stores 0.30 0.47 0.33 0.41 0.32 0.17 0.31 0.36 0.42 0.36 0.35 0.48 0.51
Tobacco products and smokers' supplies 1.19 2.12 1.99 2.02 1.61 1.30 0.91 1.45 1.46 1.63 0.98 1.92 1.11
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