{"id":"canada-consumer-inflation-holds-at-3-percent-august-2026","canonicalSlug":"canada-consumer-inflation-holds-at-3-percent-august-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/canada-consumer-inflation-holds-at-3-percent-august-2026","language":"en","title":"Canada’s annual inflation stays at 3.0% in August","summary":"The CPI matched July’s annual increase as slower gasoline-price growth weighed on the headline rate.","body":["Canada’s Consumer Price Index rose 3.0% year over year in August 2026, matching July’s increase, Statistics Canada reported. Excluding gasoline, the CPI rose 2.4%, compared with 2.2% in July.","Prices for food purchased from stores were up 2.8% over the year, shelter prices 1.5%, and transportation 7.5%. The monthly release describes consumer price changes; it does not represent an individual household’s personal inflation rate."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Canada’s annual inflation stays at 3.0% in August\n\nThe CPI matched July’s annual increase as slower gasoline-price growth weighed on the headline rate.\n\nCanada’s Consumer Price Index rose 3.0% year over year in August 2026, matching July’s increase, Statistics Canada reported. Excluding gasoline, the CPI rose 2.4%, compared with 2.2% in July.\n\nPrices for food purchased from stores were up 2.8% over the year, shelter prices 1.5%, and transportation 7.5%. The monthly release describes consumer price changes; it does not represent an individual household’s personal inflation rate.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-09-14","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-14","translatedAt":"2026-10-05T23:18:42Z","sources":[{"name":"Statistics Canada","url":"https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260914/dq260914a-eng.htm","checkedAt":"2026-10-05","publishedAt":"2026-09-14"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/canada-consumer-inflation-holds-at-3-percent-august-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/canada-consumer-inflation-holds-at-3-percent-august-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/canada-consumer-inflation-holds-at-3-percent-august-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/canada-consumer-inflation-holds-at-3-percent-august-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/canada-consumer-inflation-holds-at-3-percent-august-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/canada-consumer-inflation-holds-at-3-percent-august-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/canada-consumer-inflation-holds-at-3-percent-august-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}