Canada’s inflation rates continue to soar but Saskatchewan fares best in the country
Global News
Saskatchewan's year-over-year inflation rate for December was 3.5 per cent, the lowest among all Canadian provinces.
Not since 1991 has Canada seen a rate of inflation like the one it’s currently facing.
Statistics Canada says the annual pace of inflation climbed to a 30-year-high in December.
A 4.8-per cent annual increase on inflation rates does not come as a shock for some, considering that December marked nine months in a row that headline inflation has come in above the Bank of Canada’s target zone of between one and three per cent.
The biggest drivers of inflation were transportation rising nearly 9 per cent, shelter up 5.4 per cent and food going up by 5.2 per cent.
However, when comparing provincial inflation rates it’s evident that Saskatchewan is better off than its provincial counterparts.
In fact, Saskatchewan’s year-over-year inflation rate for December was 3.5 per cent, the lowest among all Canadian provinces.
Jason Childs, an associate economics professor at the University of Regina, explains why Saskatchewan is faring much better.
“Saskatchewan is seeing a major advantage in terms of shelter. Nationwide shelter increased in cost by about 5.5 per cent, a little over 6 per cent in Ontario but just 2.25 per cent in Saskatchewan,” Childs explained.
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