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 ...

Canada's inflation rate fell to 1.8 per cent in December, with the federal government's GST holiday bringing prices down for restaurant food, alcohol and children's clothing, Statistics Canada ...

OTTAWA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate slowed in December, data showed on Tuesday, helped by a sales tax break which kicked off in the middle of the month and brought down ...

Canada’s inflation rate fell to 1.8% in December, a surprising drop. This decrease is largely due to a sales tax break introduced mid-month, which reduced the cost of goods like alcohol ...

The consumer price index fell 0.4% in December, leaving inflation to ease slightly to a three-month low of 1.8% compared with a year earlier, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. That was in line with ...

O ttawa, Canada — Canadian inflation fell 0.1 percentage points to 1.8 percent in December as a brief sales tax holiday on selected consumer goods kicked off, the government statistical agency ...