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Year-over-year (April 2025 vs April 2024)

All items: Consumer price changes in Nova Scotia decelerated to 1.3%. The national average inflation was 1.7%. In Halifax consumer prices increased 1.7%.

All items excluding food and energy: Nova Scotia consumer prices outside of food and energy increased 2.6%. This the same as the national average increase of 2.6%.

Month-over-month (April 2025 vs March 2025)

All items: Consumer prices in Nova Scotia fell 0.5%. Nationally, consumer prices were down 0.1% compared to the previous month. In Halifax consumer prices fell 0.5%.

All items excluding food and energy: Nova Scotia consumer prices excluding food and energy were unchanged month over month in April 2025. Nationally, consumer prices outside of food and energy increased 0.5% from the previous month.

Source: Statistics Canada.  Table  18-10-0004-01   Consumer Price Index, monthly, not seasonally adjusted