In February the national inflation rate increased 2.6 percent. That is up from a 1.9 percent increase back in January. The ...

Stats Canada says inflation was at 2.6 per cent in February after the end of a GST break from the federal government.

Consumer prices in Canada went up to 2.6 per cent in February, up from 1.9 per cent the month before, Statistics Canada ...

The annual rate of inflation accelerated sharply to 2.6 per cent in February as the federal government's temporary tax break came to an end mid-month, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

Canada's annual inflation rate showed a surprise jump to 2.6% in February, surpassing expectations as a sales tax break that ...

Statistics Canada said without the federal government’s GST break, which ended this month, overall inflation would have risen to 2.7% in January. “I think what’s really the key here is that ...

Economists expect little movement in Canada’s inflation numbers, if any, when January data is released this week, though the underlying change in prices will be clouded by a full month of the ...

That suggests price pressures are building underneath the headline CPI number, which has been weighed down by the two-month GST/HST break that started in mid-December and ended Feb. 15.

While renting out residential properties remains tax-exempt, commercial leasing comes with specific GST rules that every ...