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Canada food retail prices continue to outpace inflation
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- The price of food bought from stores in Canada again rose faster than headline inflation last month, government data shows.
- According to a breakdown of Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for May, the inflation metric for food purchased from stores rose 4.3% year over year in May, up from 3.8% in April.
- It was the 16th consecutive month the metric had outpaced headline inflation on a year-over-year basis, the Canadian government said.
Canada food retail prices continue to outpace inflation https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/shoppers-at-a-grocery-store-in-ottawa-ontario-canada-on-news-photo/2279337305?adppopup=true · Just Food Dean Best Mon, June 22, 2026 at 9:31 PM GMT+7 2 min read. The price of food bought from stores in Canada again rose faster than headline inflation last month, government data shows.
According to a breakdown of Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for May, the inflation metric for food purchased from stores rose 4.3% year over year in May, up from 3.8% in April.
It was the 16th consecutive month the metric had outpaced headline inflation on a year-over-year basis, the Canadian government said.
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