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Canadian Inflation Tracker (1978 to 2024)

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  This is an interactive Canadian inflation tracker, showing price changes for various items (housing, food, transportation, etc.) from 1978 to 2024 — all based on data from Statistics Canada. We can use this tool to answer questions like: - How much higher are today’s prices versus pre-pandemic prices? - What has the average inflation rate been over the last 1 / 5 / 10 years? - Which specific price items — housing, food, transportation, etc. — have had the highest price inflation? - By how much would Canadian prices need to drop to get back to “normal”? From what I typically see in the media, inflation storylines are too focused on short-term price comparisons (changes versus the previous month or previous year). This Canadian inflation tracker seeks to show the cumulative change in prices over longer time periods — for example, comparing today’s prices for housing and food versus prices before the COVID-19 pandemic. --- The charts were built with chart.js