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May 19, 2021CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, APRIL 2021 
YEAR-OVER-YEAR (Apr 2021 vs Apr 2020)
NOTE: Statistics Canada reports that the sharp increase in April 2021 is many due to the steep decline in prices seen in April 2020.
"In April 2020, the headline CPI fell 0.2% year over year—the first CPI decline in over a decade. As a result of the broad decrease in prices in 2020, base-year effects continued to have an upward impact on consumer inflation, contributing to the strong acceleration in April 2021." STC Daily
All items (index 2002=100)
Consumer prices in Nova Scotia increased 4.2% year-over-year in April 2021. This was over the national average of a 3.4% increase. In Halifax, consumer prices were up 4.1% in April 2021.
Excluding food and energy (index 2002=100)
Nova Scotia consumer prices excluding food and energy increased 2.3% year-over-year and the national average was up 3.8%.
MONTH-OVER-MONTH (Apr 2021 vs Mar 2021)
All items (index 2002=100)
Consumer prices in Nova Scotia increased 0.4% month-over-month in April 2021, below the national average of 0.5% increase. In Halifax, prices were up 0.4% from the previous month.
Excluding food and energy (index 2002=100)
Nova Scotia consumer prices excluding food and energy increased 0.5% in April 2021 while the national average increased 0.6%.
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 18-10-0004-01 Consumer Price Index, monthly, not seasonally adjusted
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