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Year-over-year (August 2026 vs August 2025)

All items: Consumer prices in Nova Scotia increased 5.1%, up 0.1 percentage points from inflation in the previous month. The national average inflation was 3.0%. In Halifax, consumer prices increased 4.8%.

All items excluding food and energy: Nova Scotia consumer prices outside of food and energy increased 3.5%. This was above the national average increase of 2.1%.

Month-over-month (August 2026 vs July 2026)

All items: Consumer prices in Nova Scotia were up 0.1% in August 2026 compared with July 2026. Nationally, consumer prices were down 0.1% compared to the previous month. In Halifax consumer prices were up 0.1%.

All items excluding food and energy: Nova Scotia consumer prices excluding food and energy were up 0.1% month over month in August 2026. Nationally, consumer prices outside of food and energy were unchanged compared to July 2026.

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