- Higher prices at the pump pushed Canadian headline inflation rate up.
- Food costs are still high but growing at a slower pace.
- Mortgage interest costs continue to drive a disproportionate share of headline price growth.
- But the Bank of Canada’s preferred inflation measures also accelerated further above the 2% target.
- The breadth of inflationary pressures remain wide in Canada.
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