{"id":887840,"date":"2026-10-19T15:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/887840\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T15:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:40:15","slug":"the-daily-consumer-price-index-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/887840\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daily\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Consumer Price Index, September 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Released:\u00a02026-10-19<\/p>\n

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\nConsumer Price Index \n<\/p>\n

September\u00a02026<\/p>\n

3.1%\u00a0\"increase\"\/<\/p>\n

(12-month change)<\/p>\n


\nFood purchased from stores \n<\/p>\n

September\u00a02026<\/p>\n

1.7%\u00a0\"increase\"\/<\/p>\n

(12-month change)<\/p>\n


\nShelter \n<\/p>\n

September\u00a02026<\/p>\n

1.8%\u00a0\"increase\"\/<\/p>\n

(12-month change)<\/p>\n


\nTransportation \n<\/p>\n

September\u00a02026<\/p>\n

8.4%\u00a0\"increase\"\/<\/p>\n

(12-month change)<\/p>\n

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI<\/a>) rose\u00a03.1% year over year in September, following a\u00a03.0% increase in August. The acceleration was led by higher prices for gasoline in September (+27.8%) compared with August (+22.8%). Excluding gasoline, the CPI<\/a> rose\u00a02.2%, after increasing\u00a02.4% in August.<\/p>\n

Moderating the acceleration in the all-items CPI<\/a> in September were smaller year-over-year price increases for travel tours and groceries compared with the previous month.<\/p>\n

The CPI<\/a> increased\u00a00.1% month over month in September. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI<\/a> rose\u00a00.4%. <\/p>\n

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\nPrices accelerate in three major components in September <\/p>\n


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\nEnergy prices increase at a faster pace<\/p>\n

Prices for energy accelerated in September, rising\u00a019.0% year over year following a\u00a015.4% gain in August. Crude oil prices increased in September, reaching their highest level since May<\/a> amid ongoing uncertainty about the wars in the Middle East, resulting in higher prices for gasoline and fuel oil.<\/p>\n

Year over year, prices for gasoline rose at a faster pace in September (+27.8%) compared with August (+22.8%). Moderating the increase in gasoline prices in September was the switch to the less expensive winter blend. <\/p>\n

Similarly, prices for fuel oil and other fuels rose\u00a057.8% year over year in September, following a\u00a043.7% increase in August. The price increase in September had a greater impact on consumers in Atlantic Canada, where fuel oil is more widely used.<\/p>\n

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\nGrocery price growth continues to slow <\/p>\n

Prices for food purchased from stores rose\u00a01.7% year over year in September, after increasing\u00a02.8% in August. Although price levels remain high, this was the smallest yearly increase since May\u00a02024\u00a0(+1.5%), and the second consecutive month where grocery price growth increased at a slower pace than the all-items CPI<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Driving the year-over-year slowdown in grocery prices in September\u00a02026\u00a0were declines in prices for fresh vegetables (-2.9%) and sugar and confectionery (-2.7%). Prices for other food preparations (+1.8%) and fresh or frozen beef (+8.7%) rose at a slower pace in September than in August (+2.8% and +11.0%, respectively), also contributing to the slowdown.<\/p>\n

Despite the year-over-year slowdown in prices for groceries, prices have increased\u00a033.0% since September\u00a02020. <\/p>\n

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\nPrice growth in food purchased from stores slows, but prices remain elevated <\/p>\n


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\nShelter prices increase year over year<\/p>\n

In September, shelter prices rose\u00a01.8% year over year, up from a\u00a01.5% increase in August. In addition to higher prices for fuel oil and other fuels (+57.8%), driving the acceleration was faster price growth for homeowners’ home and mortgage insurance (+4.9%) and homeowners’ maintenance and repairs (+1.2%). <\/p>\n

The homeowners’ replacement cost (-1.9%) and mortgage interest cost (-0.2%) indexes fell at the same rate in September as they did in August. Meanwhile, prices for rent rose\u00a02.8% year over year, matching the increase in August. <\/p>\n

Regional highlights<\/p>\n

Year over year, prices rose at a faster pace in five provinces in September compared with August, mainly due to higher prices for gasoline and fuel oil. <\/p>\n

Excluding energy, inflation was higher in Nova Scotia (+3.3%), Prince Edward Island (+2.6%), New Brunswick (+2.6%) and Newfoundland and Labrador (+2.4%) in September, compared with the movement at the national level (+2.1%). At the provincial level and on a year-over-year basis, rent prices rose at the fastest pace in Atlantic Canada.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Consumer Price Index increases at a faster pace in five provinces <\/p>\n


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\nStudents pay more for tuition in\u00a02026\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tuition fees, priced annually in September, increased\u00a02.4% in\u00a02026\u00a0compared with a\u00a01.7% increase in\u00a02025.<\/p>\n

In\u00a02026, students from Prince Edward Island (+4.9%) experienced the largest price increase. At the same time, students from Newfoundland and Labrador (+0.6%) had the smallest increase, coinciding with a freeze on tuition fees. <\/p>\n

Tuition fees in Ontario rose\u00a02.1% year over year in\u00a02026, the largest increase since\u00a02018, as the province ended its freeze on tuition fees. <\/p>\n


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The “Consumer Price Index Data Visualization Tool<\/a>” is available on the Statistics Canada website.<\/p>\n

More information on the concepts and use of the Consumer Price Index (CPI<\/a>) is available in The Canadian Consumer Price Index Reference Paper (Catalogue number62-553-X<\/a>).<\/p>\n

For information on the history of the CPI<\/a> in Canada, consult the publication Exploring the first century of Canada’s Consumer Price Index (Catalogue number62-604-X<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Two videos, “An Overview of Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI)<\/a>” and “The Consumer Price Index and Your Experience of Price Change<\/a>,” are available on Statistics Canada’s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n

The podcast ”Eh Sayers Episode\u00a018\u00a0– Why Food Inflation Is Such A Hard Nut To Crack<\/a>” is also available.<\/p>\n

Find out answers to the most common questions<\/a> posed about the CPI<\/a> in the context of the COVID-19\u00a0pandemic and beyond.<\/p>\n

Contact information<\/p>\n

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact us (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; 514-283-8300; infostats@statcan.gc.ca<\/a>) or Media Relations (statcan.mediahotline-ligneinfomedias.statcan@statcan.gc.ca<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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