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Here's a list of April inflation rates for Canadian provinces

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 20 May, 2025 10:58 AM
  • Here's a list of April inflation rates for Canadian provinces

Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.7 per cent in April, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets):

— Newfoundland and Labrador: 0.4 per cent (1.1)

— Prince Edward Island: 0.6 per cent (1.8)

— Nova Scotia: 1.3 per cent (2.3)

— New Brunswick: 0.2 per cent (1.9)

— Quebec: 2.2 per cent (1.9)

— Ontario: 1.6 per cent (2.3)

— Manitoba: 2.1 per cent (3.0)

— Saskatchewan: 1.9 per cent (2.5)

— Alberta: 1.5 per cent (2.8)

— British Columbia: 2.0 per cent (2.6)

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