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Index numbers of retail prices, rents and costs of services (on the 1926 base), 1913 to 1936

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Index numbers of retail prices, rents and costs of services (on the 1926 base), 1913 to 1936
	Food index	Fuel index	Rent index	Clothing index	Sundries index	Total index
	%
1913	66.2	65.8	64.1	63.3	66.2	65.4
1914	68.9	64.5	62.2	63.9	66.2	66.0
1915	69.5	63.2	60.3	69.6	66.9	67.3
1916	77.5	64.5	60.9	79.7	70.2	72.5
1917	100.0	71.7	65.4	93.7	76.8	85.6
1918	114.6	78.9	69.2	109.5	86.1	97.4
1919	122.5	86.2	75.6	125.9	95.4	107.2
1920	141.1	102.6	86.5	153.2	104.0	124.2
1921	107.9	109.2	94.2	124.7	106.0	109.2
1922	91.4	104.6	98.1	105.7	106.0	100.0
1923	92.1	104.6	100.6	104.4	105.3	100.0
1924	90.7	102.0	101.3	101.9	103.3	98.0
1925	94.7	100.0	101.3	101.9	101.3	99.3
1926	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1927	980.0	97.9	98.8	97.5	99.1	98.4
1928	98.6	96.9	101.2	97.4	98.8	98.9
1929	101.0	96.4	103.3	96.9	99.0	99.9
1930	98.6	95.7	105.9	93.9	99.4	99.2
1931	77.3	94.2	103.0	82.2	97.4	89.6
1932	64.3	91.4	94.7	72.3¹	94.6	81.4
1933	63.7	87.7	85.1	67.12¹	92.6	77.52¹
1934	69.4	87.7	80.1	69.7¹	92.1	78.62¹
1935	70.4	86.8	81.3	69.92¹	92.22¹	79.12¹
1936²	73.4	86.6	83.7	70.5	92.1	80.6
1. Subject to revision.
2. Revised since the publication of the Canada Year Book, 1936.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1937.