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Canada Inflation Rate (CPI)

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 21 April 2021

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 21 April 2021: 2.2% for March 2021, below the 2.3% forecast and up from 1.1% in February 2021. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. Printed 2.2%, inside the 1–3% target band. It was released on Wed 21 Apr 2021 at 12:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Statistics Canada. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
2.2%
March 2021
Forecast
2.3%
The market consensus
Previous
1.1%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A clear miss or continued cooling toward 2% would usually weigh on the Canadian dollar as markets price a more dovish Bank of Canada.

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 21 April 2021: 2.2% for March 2021 against a 2.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Apr 2021Mar2.2%2.3%1.1%
17 Mar 2021Feb1.1%1.3%1%
17 Feb 2021Jan1%0.9%0.7%
20 Jan 2021Dec0.7%1%1%
16 Dec 2020Nov1%0.8%0.7%
18 Nov 2020Oct0.7%0.4%0.5%
21 Oct 2020Sep0.5%0.4%0.1%
16 Sep 2020Aug0.1%0.4%0.1%
19 Aug 2020Jul0.1%0.5%0.7%
22 Jul 2020Jun0.7%0.3%-0.4%
17 Jun 2020May-0.4%0%-0.2%
20 May 2020Apr-0.2%-0.1%0.9%
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