Prices vs a year ago
Area: Victoria area (price index) September 2026 · Where this covers
What it measures
How much more a typical basket of goods and services (food, shelter, transport, clothing and more) costs in Victoria than 12 months earlier.
Why it matters
When prices rise faster than pay, households can afford less. A smaller number means prices are rising more slowly; it does not mean prices are falling.
Over time
How we decided “getting worse”
A lower number means prices are rising more slowly. A negative number means prices fell compared with a year earlier. Prices were 3.4% higher than a year earlier in September 2026, compared with 2.4% a year before that (September 2025). Index level 160.9. The rules.
Source
- Published by
- Statistics Canada, Consumer Price Index
- Period
- September 2026
- Updated by agency
- Monthly; latest release Oct 19, 2026
- Retrieved
- Nov 10, 2026, 11:52 PM B.C. time
Adapted from Statistics Canada, table 18-10-0004-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Show the numbers as a table
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-09 | +3.4% |
| 2026-08 | +3.2% |
| 2026-07 | +3.5% |
| 2026-06 | +2.9% |
| 2026-05 | +3.3% |
| 2026-04 | +2.8% |
| 2026-03 | +2.7% |
| 2026-02 | +2.1% |
| 2026-01 | +2.4% |
| 2025-12 | +2.4% |
| 2025-11 | +2.9% |
| 2025-10 | +3.0% |
| 2025-09 | +2.4% |
| 2025-08 | +2.3% |
| 2025-07 | +2.0% |
| 2025-06 | +1.9% |
| 2025-05 | +2.1% |
| 2025-04 | +1.9% |
| 2025-03 | +2.5% |
| 2025-02 | +2.4% |
| 2025-01 | +1.8% |
| 2024-12 | +2.8% |
| 2024-11 | +2.1% |
| 2024-10 | +2.0% |
Keep in mind
- The 12-month percentage is calculated here from Statistics Canada's published monthly index values (this month's index divided by the same month a year earlier).
- It measures the average basket for a typical household. Your own costs, especially rent and food, may move differently; the index does not show what any one household pays.
- Prices rising more slowly does not mean prices are falling or that the level is back where it was.
- The index is for the Victoria urban area as defined by Statistics Canada, and monthly values are not seasonally adjusted.
Where this covers
Area: Victoria area (price index)
Statistics Canada’s consumer price index for Victoria: prices collected in the Victoria urban area, not the City alone.
Included
- Prices sampled from stores and services in the Victoria urban area, as chosen by Statistics Canada
Not included
- Statistics Canada does not publish a City-of-Victoria-only price index
- This site does not have an official list of the municipalities in the price sample
Official definition
How the agency describes it: Victoria (Statistics Canada city index).
Connected to: Federal (measured nationally), Many market and global factors. This is a label, not a judgement.