Consumer Price Index: Here's Which Foods You're Paying More For At Canada's Grocery Stores

If you've noticed the total of your grocery bill has gone up, you're not alone.

The feds have released the latest Consumer Price Index in Canada and it shows which foods people are paying more for across the country.

The data from the release shows that from November 2023 to December 2023, the price of food went up by 0.3%, with bakery products up month over month by 0.2%, fruit, fruit preparations and nuts up 2.2% and fresh vegetables up 1.5%.

In particular, cookies and crackers increased by 2.3% from November to December, apples went up 1.5%, bananas went up 1.8%, lettuce went up 2.7% and frozen and dried vegetables went up 2.8%.

It's not all bad news though — meat, fish, dairy products and eggs all decreased in price month over month, albeit by less than 1%.

In terms of year over year, from December 2022 to December 2023, food in general is 5% more expensive.

The price of meat went up by 5.5%, dairy products and eggs went up by 3.4%, fresh fruit went up by 3.3% and fresh vegetables went up by 0.5%.

Taking a look back at 2023, prices for food purchased from stores rose 7.8% on an annual average basis.

"While this was a smaller increase than in 2022 (+9.8%), it was still larger than the annual average increase in the all-items CPI," says the Index.

"Grocery price inflation remained broad-based in 2023 with a number of contributing factors, including poor weather in growing regions, higher input costs, diseases such as bird flu and African swine fever, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine."