Shoppers at a grocery store in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Friday, June 5, 2026. Statistics Canada (STCA) is scheduled to release consumer price index data on June 22. Photographer: Kamara Morozuk/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The prices of food bought from stores in Canada again rose faster than headline inflation last month, government data shows.

According to a breakdown of Canada’s Consumer Price Index figures for May, the inflation metric for food purchased from stores rose 4.3% year over year in May, up from 3.8% in April.

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It was the 16th consecutive month the metric had outpaced headline inflation on a year-over-year basis, the Canadian government said.

Higher prices for fresh fruit and fresh vegetables contributed to the acceleration. On a month-over-month basis, prices for fresh vegetables rose 5.5% in May following a decline of 3.9% in April.

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