Cost of living by province
One country.
Different pressures.
See where food prices are moving faster than wages—and where households are gaining ground.
- Prince Edward IslandGroceries−0.7%Wages+3.5% Wages 4.2 pts ahead
- Nova ScotiaGroceries+1.4%Wages+4.6% Wages 3.2 pts ahead
- New BrunswickGroceries+1.8%Wages+4.4% Wages 2.6 pts ahead
- QuebecGroceries+2.3%Wages+3.3% Wages 1.0 pts ahead
- British ColumbiaGroceries+3.5%Wages+4.0% Wages 0.5 pts ahead
- ManitobaGroceries+2.7%Wages+2.7% Wages 0.0 pts ahead
- Newfoundland and LabradorGroceries+1.6%Wages+1.3% Wages 0.3 pts behind
- OntarioGroceries+2.7%Wages+0.8% Wages 1.9 pts behind
- AlbertaGroceries+3.5%Wages+0.5% Wages 3.0 pts behind
- SaskatchewanGroceries+3.4%Wages+0.2% Wages 3.2 pts behind
Ranked by grocery inflation minus hourly wage growth over the same 12 months. Territories are not included because the wage series used covers provinces only.