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For additional information relating to this article, please contact: March 05, 2025AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES, JANUARY 2025 Year-over-year (January 2025 vs January 2024)
Over the last year (January 2025 vs January 2024), the consumer price index for all items in Nova Scotia excluding food increased by 2.2%. Food prices as a whole declined by 2.9%. At the same time average weekly earnings across all Nova Scotia industries increased by 7.2%.
In the last year, the following products reported lower prices in Nova Scotia:
- Beef stewing cuts, per kilogram
- Beef striploin cuts, per kilogram
- Beef rib cuts, per kilogram
- Pork rib cuts, per kilogram
- Pork shoulder cuts, per kilogram
- Shrimp, 300 grams
- Canned salmon, 213 grams
- Canned tuna, 170 grams
- Soy milk, 1.89 litres
- Nut milk, 1.89 litres
- Margarine, 907 grams
- Block cheese, 500 grams
- Apples, per kilogram
- Bananas, per kilogram
- Lemons, unit
- Limes, unit
- Strawberries, 454 grams
- Cabbage, per kilogram
- Carrots, 1.36 kilograms
- Onions, 1.36 kilograms
- Celery, unit
- Broccoli, unit
- Squash, per kilogram
- Salad greens, 142 grams
- Frozen spinach, 300 grams
- White bread, 675 grams
- Flatbread and pita, 500 grams
- Cookies and sweet biscuits, 300 grams
- Dry or fresh pasta, 500 grams
- Brown rice, 900 grams
- White rice, 2 kilograms
- Cereal, 400 grams
- Wheat flour, 2.5 kilograms
- Apple juice, 2 litres
- Tea (20 bags)
- Vegetable oil, 3 litres
- Canola oil, 3 litres
- Baby food, 128 millilitres
- Canned soup, 284 millilitres
- Canned beans and lentils, 540 millilitres
- Canned peach, 398 millilitres
- Canned pear, 398 millilitres
- Dried lentils, 900 grams
- Pasta sauce, 650 millilitres
- Salad dressing, 475 millilitres
- Sunflower seeds, 400 grams
- Shampoo, 400 millilitres
- Laundry detergent, 4.43 litres
The following products reported price growth that exceeded the gains in average weekly earnings:
- Beef top sirloin cuts, per kilogram
- Ground beef, per kilogram
- Whole chicken, per kilogram
- Chicken breasts, per kilogram
- Chicken thigh, per kilogram
- Chicken drumsticks, per kilogram
- Eggs, 1 dozen
- Oranges, 1.36 kilograms
- Pears, per kilogram
- Grapes, per kilogram
- Cantaloupe, unit
- Avocado, unit
- Potatoes, per kilogram
- Tomatoes, per kilogram
- Cucumber, unit
- Mushrooms, 227 grams
- Romaine lettuce, unit
- Crackers and crisp breads, 200 grams
- Orange juice, 2 litres
- Roasted or ground coffee, 340 grams
- Olive oil, 1 litre
- Infant formula, 900 grams
- Canned baked beans, 398 millilitres
- Peanuts, 450 grams
- Toothpaste, 100 millilitres
Nova Scotia prices relative to national average (January 2025)
Nova Scotia food prices were below national averages for the following products:
- Beef top sirloin cuts, per kilogram
- Pork rib cuts, per kilogram
- Chicken thigh, per kilogram
- Salmon, per kilogram
- Shrimp, 300 grams
- Milk, 2 litres
- Carrots, 1.36 kilograms
- Squash, per kilogram
- Frozen pizza, 390 grams
- Baby food, 128 millilitres
- Infant formula, 900 grams
- Canned pear, 398 millilitres
- Pasta sauce, 650 millilitres
- Shampoo, 400 millilitres
- Laundry detergent, 4.43 litres
Nova Scotia food prices were more than 10% higher than the national averages for the following products:
- Beef rib cuts, per kilogram
- Pork shoulder cuts, per kilogram
- Whole chicken, per kilogram
- Canned tuna, 170 grams
- Cream, 1 litre
- Eggs, 1 dozen
- Oranges, per kilogram
- Bananas, per kilogram
- Pears, per kilogram
- Limes, unit
- Cantaloupe, unit
- Strawberries, 454 grams
- Potatoes, per kilogram
- Sweet potatoes, per kilogram
- Tomatoes, per kilogram
- Celery, unit
- Cucumber, unit
- Mushrooms, 227 grams
- Iceberg lettuce, unit
- Broccoli, unit
- Frozen green beans, 750 grams
- Flatbread and pita, 500 grams
- White rice, 2 kilograms
- Wheat flour, 2.5 kilograms
- Roasted or ground coffee, 340 grams
- Vegetable oil, 3 litres
- Canola oil, 3 litres
- Canned baked beans, 398 millilitres
- Dry beans and legumes, 900 grams
- Toothpaste, 100 millilitres
Notes: Statistics Canada makes available scanner data on prices collected for a range of food and personal care items. These prices are collected through point-of-sale (transaction) data obtained directly from Canadian retailers. The data represent commonly purchased items (which do change over time), but are not representative of the Consumer Price Index weights. Over time, products are rotated and quantity or quality may change. Comparisons of prices from one time period to another reflect quantity and quality changes as well as price changes.
For the purposes of this analysis, the 110 items reported by Statistics Canada will be grouped into:
- Meat, fish, poultry and meat substitutes
- Dairy, eggs and substitute products
- Fruit (including canned and frozen products)
- Vegetables (including canned and frozen products)
- Grains, cereals, beans, legumes and nuts
- Sugar, juices, cooking oils, condiments and prepared foods
- Health and cleaning products
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 18-10-0245-01 Monthly average retail prices for selected products; Table 18-10-0004-01 Consumer Price Index, monthly, not seasonally adjusted; Table 14-10-0063-01 Employee wages by industry, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
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