Canada’s September inflation rises to 3.1% as gasoline costs accelerate
Statistics Canada reported annual CPI growth of 3.1% and gasoline inflation of 27.8%, while grocery price growth slowed to 1.7%.
Event / data period: 2026-09
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Canada’s consumer prices rose 3.1% from a year earlier in September, up from 3.0% in August, Statistics Canada reported on October 19. Gasoline prices, up 27.8% year over year, were the main driver of the acceleration.
Annual price growth for food bought in stores slowed to 1.7%. The all-items CPI increased 0.1% from the previous month. These changes use different comparison periods; slower grocery inflation does not mean that grocery prices fell.
Data
September consumer price changes
Unadjusted year-on-year changes for September 2026.
- All-items CPI year-on-year change
- 3.1 %
- 2026-09 · Observed
- CPI excluding gasoline year-on-year change
- 2.2 %
- 2026-09 · Observed
- Gasoline price year-on-year change
- 27.8 %
- 2026-09 · Observed
- Store-bought food price year-on-year change
- 1.7 %
- 2026-09 · Observed
Methodology
Values are from Statistics Canada’s September CPI release. Percentages are changes in price indexes from a year earlier, rather than price levels or monthly changes.
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Subjects and places
Subject proposals
- InflationSuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: inflationwww150.statcan.gc.ca ↗
- Economic growthSuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: growth of 3.1%www150.statcan.gc.ca ↗
- Oil and gasSuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: gasolinewww150.statcan.gc.ca ↗
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