From January 2022 to January 2025, the consumer price index (CPI) of food purchased from the store generally increased monthly in every province. In Prince Edward Island, the CPI reached 204.1 by January 2025, making it the highest CPI in Canada in that month.

Monthly average retail prices for selected food products, for Canada and provinces. Prices are presented for the current month and the previous four months. Prices are based on transaction data from Canadian retailers, and are presented in Canadian current dollars.

In 2024, the annual growth in food prices in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada reached approximately 3.8 percent. Newfoundland and Labrador had the highest inflation rate among all provinces. British Columbia had a food inflation rate of 2.8 percent.

Monthly indexes and percentage changes for selected sub-groups of the food component of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), not seasonally adjusted, for Canada, provinces, Whitehorse and Yellowknife. Data are presented for the corresponding month of the previous year, the previous month and the current month. The base year for the index is 2002=100.

According to a survey carried out in July 2023, 61 percent of consumers in Saskatchewan found it very difficult or difficult to afford to feed their household. Conversely, 60 percent of consumers in Ontario found it very easy or easy.

According to a survey conducted in Canada in 2023, close to 52 percent of respondents from Nova Scotia believed grocery chain price gouging to be the main reason food prices have been rising in Canada. Conversely, close to 22 percent of those from Quebec believed the same.

This statistic displays the share of consumers who agree that they are worried about rising food costs in Canada as of May 2019, by region. Some 59 percent of survey respondents in Saskatchewan and Manitoba absolutely agreed that they were worried about rising food costs.

Survey of Household Spending (SHS), average household spending on detailed food categories.

According to a survey carried out in Canada in December 2019, some 89 percent of respondents from Manitoba, Quebec and Alberta felt that food prices were increasing faster than their household income. Comparatively, respondents from British Columbia were the least likely to think that food costs were rising quicker than income.

Monthly indexes and percentage changes for major components and special aggregates of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), not seasonally adjusted, for Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit. Data are presented for the corresponding month of the previous year, the previous month and the current month. The base year for the index is 2002=100.

Consumer Price Index, food, by province (monthly)

This statistic shows the actions taken by households in response to the rising price of food in Canada as of March 2019, by region. During the survey, 66 percent of respondents in Ontario said they had switched to cheaper brands in the past year, while 49 percent said they had chosen less healthy food options because it was cheaper.

This dashboard contains the most up-to-date monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) information for food categories in Manitoba and other provincial jurisdictions in Canada. This dashboard contains the most up-to-date monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) information for food categories in Manitoba and other provincial jurisdictions in Canada. Data is shown with respect to the previous year, as well as year-to-date. This dashboard contains two tabs. One tab contains a table with the CPI variation for Manitoba from the previous year as well as year-to-date. The other tab contains the CPI variation for all food categories for each province and territory, as well as the average for Canada. CPI information is shown in the table for each of the following food categories: Meat Fish, seafood and other marine products Dairy products Eggs Bakery and cereal products Fruit, fruit preparations and nuts Vegetables and vegetable preparations Other food products and non-alcoholic beverages All Foods The data table used for this dashboard is the Consumer Price Index Monthly Summary table. The source of the information is the Statistics Canada Table 18-10-0004-01 Consumer Price Index, monthly, not seasonally adjusted. Data are updated monthly by Manitoba Agriculture from Statistics Canada sources.

This dataset contains data for food prices on several key food items in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador collected using citizen science, from October 2020 to December 2021. Data were collected in different places in the province on different timelines, with some locations receiving regular biweekly data and others having a single date inputted. The goal of this dataset was to gain high-resolution temporal data on food pricing to see variations over time, place, stores, online vs in-person shopping, sales, and food items.

This data is the basis of the report: Liboiron, Max, Willa Neilsen, Morgan Davidson, Sarah Crocker, Amanda Asiamah, Kaitlyn Hawkins, Brittany Marie Schaefer, Patricia Johnson-Castle, Kerri Claire Neil, Lynn Blackwood, Corinne Neil, Sarah Sauvé, and Charlotte Florian. (2023). Comparative Food Pricing in Newfoundland and Labrador using Citizen Science, 2020-2021. Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR). St. John’s: Memorial University.

Report, figures, etc are available at https://civiclaboratory.nl/nl-food-pricing-project/

This data table contains Consumer Price Index (CPI) monthly summary statistics for food categories, as well as year-to-date CPI data for Manitoba and other provincial jurisdictions in Canada. This data table contains Consumer Price Index (CPI) monthly summary statistics for food categories, as well as year-to-date (YTD) CPI data for Manitoba and other provincial jurisdictions in Canada. These data are displayed in the Manitoba Food Consumer Price Index Tables. The source of the information is the Statistics Canada Table 18-10-0004-01 Consumer Price Index, monthly, not seasonally adjusted. Data are updated monthly by Manitoba Agriculture from Statistics Canada sources. Fields included [Alias (Field Name): Field description] GEO (GEO): Province or territory name; lso includes Canada as a whole PRODUCT (PRODUCT): CPI product group; food categories include: meat; fish, seafood and other marine products; dairy products; eggs; bakery and cereal products; fruit, fruit preparations and nuts; vegetables and vegetable preparations; other food products and non-alcoholic beverages; all foods YEAR_1 (YEAR_1): Year value for previous year YEAR_2 (YEAR_2): Year value of current year MONTH (MONTH): Month name for the most recent month represented in the data MONTH_RANGE (MONTH_RANGE): Month range from January to the most recent month represented in the data CPI_1 (CPI_1): CPI value for the month indicated in MONTH and year indicated in YEAR_1 CPI_2 (CPI_2): CPI value for the month indicated in MONTH and year indicated in YEAR_2 YTD_AVERAGE_1 (YTD_AVERAGE_1): Average CPI value for the month range indicated in MONTH_RANGE and year indicated in YEAR_1 YTD_AVERAGE_2 (YTD_AVERAGE_2): Average CPI value for the month range indicated in MONTH_RANGE and year indicated in YEAR_2

GDP: CL 2017p: New Brunswick: Accommodation & Food Services data was reported at 715.700 CAD mn in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 713.100 CAD mn for 2023. GDP: CL 2017p: New Brunswick: Accommodation & Food Services data is updated yearly, averaging 703.000 CAD mn from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2024, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 773.800 CAD mn in 2019 and a record low of 510.500 CAD mn in 2020. GDP: CL 2017p: New Brunswick: Accommodation & Food Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.A029: CSMA: GDP by Industry: Chain Linked 2017 Price: by Province and Territory.

GDP: CL 2017p: Manitoba: Accommodation & Food Services data was reported at 1,376.400 CAD mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,327.200 CAD mn for 2022. GDP: CL 2017p: Manitoba: Accommodation & Food Services data is updated yearly, averaging 1,131.900 CAD mn from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2023, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,494.900 CAD mn in 2019 and a record low of 1,013.500 CAD mn in 2020. GDP: CL 2017p: Manitoba: Accommodation & Food Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.A029: CSMA: GDP by Industry: Chain Linked 2017 Price: by Province and Territory.

More respondents from Nova Scotia indicated that they planned on cutting back on convenience and snacks food than any other province in Canada in a 2023 survey. Over 56 percent of respondents from the province said they planned on cutting back in response to potential increases in food prices.

The statistic shows the gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices for the Canadian food manufacturing industry in 2023, broken down by province in million Canadian dollars. In 2023, the GDP for the food manufacturing sector stood at around 12.4 billion Canadian dollars in Ontario.

As of December 2024, there were 7,061 convenience stores located in Canada. Almost 3,000 of these were located in Canada’s most populous province of Ontario, whilst just four were in the Yukon and Nunavut territories. 3,656 of these stores had between one and four employees, whilst only one employed over 200 people. What are convenience stores? Convenience stores are small retail establishments which sell a limited selection of food, beverage and other everyday products. Due to their small size, prices are often noticeably higher than their large grocery store counterparts. A convenience store may be a standalone establishment or part of a gas station. Leading convenience store chains in Canada According to sales figures, Couche-Tard Inc. was the leading convenience store chain in Canada in financial year 2019/20, with sales amounting to around 59.12 billion Canadian dollars. Parkland Fuel Corporation and Shell Corporation Ltd. ranked in distant second and third places, with sales reaching around 14.4 and 3.6 billion Canadian dollars respectively. There were 9,331 Couche-Tard locations in North America in 2023.