JACQUES BOISSINOT
Canada's national inflation rate was 2.9 per cent in October, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces and territories. (Previous month in brackets):
- Newfoundland and Labrador 3.5 (3.8)
- Prince Edward Island 2.9 (3.4)
- Nova Scotia 3.9 (4.2)
- New Brunswick 4.0 (4.2)
- Quebec 3.3 (3.4)
- Ontario 2.7 (3.4)
- Manitoba 3.0 (3.5)
- Saskatchewan 2.8 (3.4)
- Alberta 3.4 (2.8)
- British Columbia 2.3 (2.4)
- Whitehorse, Yukon 3.1 (3.4)
- Yellowknife, N.W.T., 3.5 (3.6)
- Iqaluit, Nunavut 2.7 (1.2)
Inflation rates for selected Canadian cities during October:
- St. John's, N.L., 3.4 (3.6)
- Charlottetown-Summerside, 2.7 (3.1)
- Halifax, 3.6 (3.8)
- Saint John, N.B., 3.9 (4.1)
- Quebec, 3.3 (3.4)
- Montreal, 3.0 (3.1)
- Ottawa, 2.7 (3.2)
- Toronto, 2.9 (3.2)
- Thunder Bay, Ont., 3.0 (3.6)
- Winnipeg, 2.9 (3.4)
- Regina, 3.0 (3.7)
- Saskatoon, 2.5 (3.1)
- Edmonton, 3.5 (2.9)
- Calgary, 3.3 (2.5)
- Vancouver, 2.1 (2.3)
- Victoria, 2.1 (2.3)