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

All items: Consumer prices in Nova Scotia increased 2.4%, down 0.2 percentage points from inflation in the previous month. The national average inflation was 2.2%. In Halifax consumer prices increased 2.2%.

All items excluding food and energy: Nova Scotia consumer prices outside of food and energy increased 2.9%. This was above the national average increase of 2.4%.

Month-over-month (November 2025 vs October 2025)

All items: Consumer prices in Nova Scotia were up 0.2% in November 2025 compared with October 2025. Nationally, consumer prices were up 0.1% compared to the previous month. In Halifax consumer prices were up 0.2%.

All items excluding food and energy: Nova Scotia consumer prices excluding food and energy were down 0.2% month over month in November 2025. Nationally, consumer prices outside of food and energy decreased 0.4% from the previous month.

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