Grocery price increases
Which foods became more expensive over 1, 3 or 5 years?
Explore ranking →EXPLORE THE BIGGEST CHANGES
Everyday life,
in rankings.
Start with grocery and household prices. Other topics will appear here as comparable data becomes available.
AVAILABLE NOW / PRICE CHANGES
The biggest grocery price increases
Loading official data…
Select a product to open its price history on the overview page.
MORE WAYS TO EXPLORE
A place for the next questions.
Grocery price decreases
Find foods whose published average price fell.
Explore ranking →Household price changes
Compare the published cleaning and personal care products.
Explore ranking →Rent & vacancy
Local housing comparisons will live here. Survey coverage and estimate quality need to be aligned before ranking cities.
Wages & work
Average hourly wage levels and changes by industry in BC and Canada.
Explore wages →Restaurants & local business
Openings, closures and neighbourhood change. Licence issuance and confirmed opening dates will be kept distinct.
THE DETAILS MATTER
What these rankings mean.
Source: Statistics Canada table 18-10-0245-01, monthly average retail prices in CAD. Each ranking uses the region’s latest published month and the same calendar month 12, 36 or 60 months earlier. Both endpoint prices must exist; a zero base is excluded. No missing value is replaced with zero.
Percentage change = (latest price ÷ earlier price − 1) × 100. Dollar change = latest price − earlier price, per published quantity. Ranks use unrounded percentages; equal changes are ordered by product name. Only increases appear in the increases ranking and only decreases in the decreases ranking.
The ranking covers eligible published series, not all groceries or all brands. Food & drink excludes the published detergent, deodorant, shampoo and toothpaste series, which appear under Household & personal care. Average prices can change with brand, promotion and purchase mix. These are not CPI inflation rates or matched-brand price comparisons. Product histories retain the source status codes.
Results use a rolling reference month and can change after monthly refreshes or source revisions. Articles should record their comparison months and retrieval date. Planned topics are placeholders; no vacancy or restaurant rankings have been collected or calculated here yet. Wage comparisons are available on their own page.
Source table and notes ↗Independent project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Statistics Canada. Statistics Canada Open Licence.