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Ministry of Energy, Mines and Pertoleum Resources

CPI Price Indicies For Converting to Real/Constant $
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX* 1913 to 2011  (CPI 1992 = 100)
YEAR Canada British Columbia Vancouver Victoria
CPI % Inflation CPI % Inflation CPI % Inflation CPI % Inflation
2011 142.7 2.9 137.4 2.4 139.4 2.3 135.6 2.1
2010 138.6 1.7 134.2 1.3 136.3 1.8 132.8 1.1
2009 136.2 0.3 132.4 0.0 133.9 0.1 131.3 0.0
2008 135.8 2.3 132.4 2.1 133.8 2.4 131.3 1.8
2007 132.7 2.2 129.7 1.7 130.7 2.0 128.9 1.1
2006 129.9 2.0 127.5 1.8 128.1 1.9 127.5 1.6
2005 127.3 2.2 125.3 2.0 125.7 1.9 125.5 2.2
2004 124.6 1.9 122.8 2.0 123.4 2.0 122.8 2.3
2003 122.3 2.8 120.4 2.1 121.0 2.0 120.0 2.2
2002 119.0 2.2 117.9 2.3 118.6 2.2 117.4 2.7
2001 116.4 2.6 115.2 1.7 116.0 1.8 114.3 1.2
2000 113.5 2.7 113.3 1.9 113.9 2.2 113.0 1.7
1999 110.5 1.7 111.2 1.1 111.4 0.9 111.1 1.0
1998 108.6 1.4 110.0 0.2 110.4 0.5 110.0 0.2
1997 107.0 1.1 109.7 0.8 109.8 0.6 109.7 0.9
1996 105.9 1.5 108.9 0.9 109.2 0.8 108.7 0.9
1995 104.2 2.1 107.9 2.3 108.3 2.4 107.7 2.4
1994 102.0 0.2 105.5 1.9 105.7 2.0 105.1 2.0
1993 101.8 1.8 103.5 3.3 103.6 3.5 103.0 2.9
1992 100.0 1.5 100.0 2.7 100.0 2.9 100.0 2.1
1991 98.5 5.3 97.3 5.0 97.1 4.9 97.9 5.4
1990 93.3 4.6 92.5 5.2 92.3 5.2 92.6 5.0
1989 89.0 4.7 87.7 4.3 87.5 4.2 88.0 4.3
1988 84.8 3.9 83.9 3.5 83.8 3.5 84.2 3.7
1987 81.5 4.2 81.0 2.9 80.9 3.0 81.1 2.4
1986 78.1 4.0 78.6 2.9 78.5 3.2 79.1 1.8
1985 74.9 3.8 76.3 3.0 76.0 3.1 77.7 2.0
1984 72.1 4.2 74.1 3.9 73.6 3.8 76.1 **
1983 69.1 5.4 71.1 5.1 70.8 5.2 ** **
1982 65.3 9.8 67.5 9.5 67.1 9.6 ** **
1981 58.9 11.0 61.1 12.5 60.7 12.4 ** **
1980 52.5 9.2 53.5 8.5 53.1 8.6 ** **
1979 47.6 8.4 48.9 4.8 48.6 7.3 ** **
1978 43.6 8.2 46.5 ** 45.1 7.1 ** **
1977 40.0 7.4 ** ** 41.8 6.8 ** **
1976 37.1 6.9 ** ** 39.0 8.7 ** **
1975 34.5 9.7 ** ** 35.6 10.1 ** **
1974 31.1 9.8 ** ** 32.0 10.3 ** **
1973 28.1 7.2 ** ** 28.7 6.8 ** **
1972 26.1 4.5 ** ** 26.8 5.0 ** **
1971 24.9 2.8 ** ** 25.4 3.4 ** **
1970 24.2 3.2 ** ** 24.6 3.2 ** **
1969 23.4 4.3 ** ** 23.8 3.3 ** **
1968 22.4 3.8 ** ** 23.0 3.8 ** **
1967 21.5 3.6 ** ** 22.1 3.2 ** **
1966 20.8 3.4 ** ** 21.4 2.6 ** **
1965 20.1 2.3 ** ** 20.9 1.9 ** **
1964 19.6 2.0 ** ** 20.5 0.8 ** **
1963 19.2 1.6 ** ** 20.3 1.5 ** **
1962 18.9 1.2 ** ** 20.0 0.4 ** **
1961 18.7 0.8 ** ** 19.9 0.0 ** **
1960 18.5 1.3 ** ** 19.9 1.2 ** **
1959 18.3 1.3 ** ** 19.7 1.6 ** **
1958 18.0 2.6 ** ** 19.4 2.4 ** **
1957 17.6 3.1 ** ** 18.9 2.5 ** **
1956 17.0 1.4 ** ** 18.4 1.3 ** **
1955 16.8 0.0 ** ** 18.2 0.4 ** **
1954 16.8 0.5 ** ** 18.1 1.3 ** **
1953 16.7 -0.9 ** ** 17.9 -1.3 ** **
1952 16.9 2.3 ** ** 18.1 2.6 ** **
1951 16.5 10.0 ** ** 17.7 9.3 ** **
1950 14.8 2.6 ** ** 16.0 ** ** **
1949 14.4 2.9 ** ** ** ** ** **
1948 14.0 12.6 ** ** ** ** ** **
1947 12.3 8.5 ** ** ** ** ** **
1946 11.2 3.3 ** ** ** ** ** **
1945 10.8 0.5 ** ** ** ** ** **
1944 10.8 0.7 ** ** ** ** ** **
1943 10.7 1.6 ** ** ** ** ** **
1942 10.5 4.5 ** ** ** ** ** **
1941 10.1 5.4 ** ** ** ** ** **
1940 9.5 3.9 ** ** ** ** ** **
1939 9.1 -0.8 ** ** ** ** ** **
1938 9.2 1.1 ** ** ** ** ** **
1937 9.1 3.0 ** ** ** ** ** **
1936 8.8 2.0 ** ** ** ** ** **
1935 8.7 0.6 ** ** ** ** ** **
1934 8.6 1.7 ** ** ** ** ** **
1933 8.5 -5.3 ** ** ** ** ** **
1932 8.9 -10.1 ** ** ** ** ** **
1931 9.8 -10.7 ** ** ** ** ** **
1930 10.9 -0.7 ** ** ** ** ** **
1929 10.9 1.1 ** ** ** ** ** **
1928 10.8 0.2 ** ** ** ** ** **
1927 10.8 -1.6 ** ** ** ** ** **
1926 11.0 1.1 ** ** ** ** ** **
1925 10.8 0.9 ** ** ** ** ** **
1924 10.7 -1.9 ** ** ** ** ** **
1923 10.9 0.2 ** ** ** ** ** **
1922 10.9 -9.1 ** ** ** ** ** **
1921 11.9 -13.6 ** ** ** ** ** **
1920 13.5 13.6 ** ** ** ** ** **
1919 11.7 9.0 ** ** ** ** ** **
1918 10.6 11.7 ** ** ** ** ** **
1917 9.4 15.4 ** ** ** ** ** **
1916 7.9 7.8 ** ** ** ** ** **
1915 7.3 1.7 ** ** ** ** ** **
1914 7.2 0.7 ** ** ** ** ** **
1913 7.1 ** ** ** ** ** ** **

 

 *  CPI for all items
**  CPI not collected
Sources:  Statistics Canada; BC Stats

 

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Last updated January 30, 2012