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Price trends
What things cost in Canada, over time.
Canada-wide average retail prices and Consumer Price Index series published by Statistics Canada — not the price at any specific store. Below are the series people check most, with five years of monthly history each.
Average retail price
Eggs, 1 dozen
$4.95
0.0% / yr
per dozen · July 2026
August 2021 → July 2026
The average price Canadian shoppers paid for one dozen eggs, collected monthly from… See details →
Average retail price
Butter, 454 g
$5.92
1.2% / yr
per 454 g · July 2026
August 2021 → July 2026
The average retail price of a one-pound (454 g) block of butter in Canada, tracked… See details →
Average retail price
Chicken breasts, per kilogram
$14.68
-0.5% / yr
per kg · July 2026
August 2021 → July 2026
The average national price per kilogram of chicken breasts — useful as the benchmark when… See details →
Average retail price
Roasted or ground coffee, 340 g
$9.54
2.6% / yr
per 340 g · July 2026
August 2021 → July 2026
The average price of a 340 g package of roasted or ground coffee in Canada — the standard… See details →
Index
CPI — Food purchased from stores
200.5
3.1% / yr
index (2002=100) · July 2026
August 2021 → July 2026
The Consumer Price Index for groceries bought from stores, tracking how the overall cost… See details →
Sparklines show 5 years of monthly observations. Percentages are the change over the last 12 months of published data.
Every other series we track
| Category | What it measures | Unit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milk, 4 litres | The average national retail price of a 4 litre jug of milk — the standard large format sold in most Canadian grocery stores. | per 4 L | View trend → |
| White bread, 675 g | The average price of a standard 675 g loaf of white bread sold in Canadian grocery stores. | per 675 g loaf | View trend → |
| Ground beef, per kilogram | The average price per kilogram of ground beef across Canadian retailers, all lean percentages combined. | per kg | View trend → |
| Bananas, per kilogram | The average price per kilogram of bananas in Canada — one of the least volatile items in the retail price table. | per kg | View trend → |
| Apples, per kilogram | The average price per kilogram of apples sold in Canadian grocery stores across all varieties. | per kg | View trend → |
| Potatoes, per kilogram | The average price per kilogram of loose potatoes in Canada — the cleanest way to compare against a 4.54 kg (10 lb) bag. | per kg | View trend → |
| Laundry detergent, 4.43 L | The average price of a 4.43 L jug of liquid laundry detergent in Canada — the format used for cost-per-load math. | per 4.43 L | View trend → |
| CPI — All-items | The Canadian Consumer Price Index, all-items — the headline inflation number covering the whole basket of goods and services Canadian households buy. | index (2002=100) | View trend → |
| CPI — Shelter | The Consumer Price Index for shelter in Canada — rent, mortgage interest cost, homeowners' replacement cost, property taxes, and home utilities. | index (2002=100) | View trend → |
| CPI — Energy | The Consumer Price Index for energy — gasoline, electricity, natural gas and home heating fuels bought by Canadian households. | index (2002=100) | View trend → |
Retail price series come from Statistics Canada Table 18-10-0245, gasoline from Table 18-10-0001 (published in cents per litre and shown here in dollars per litre), and CPI series from Table 18-10-0004, all for Canada as a whole.