Prices for consumer goods in B.C. rose 1.6% in the 12-month period to September, Statistics Canada reported Friday.
The increase follows a 1.5% climb in the consumer price index (CPI) in August.
The September increase was felt in every province across Canada.
In B.C., prices for food purchased from restaurants increased 6.1% in September while homeowners’ replacement costs advanced 8.5%.
Statistics Canada said prices for passenger cars were also on the rise in September. Outside B.C., it was energy prices that led CPI growth.
In Canada, consumers prices were up 1.9% in the 12 months to September, which follows a 1.7% jump the month before.
This occurred as energy prices advanced 5.6% in the 12 months to September following a 5% increase in August. Electricity prices across the nation increased 7.7% in September.
But when energy prices are cut from the equation, the CPI was up only 1.5% in the 12 months to September.
Canada’s national statistical agency also reported that prices were on the rise in seven of the eight major product categories.
The only category where prices declined was clothing and footwear, which showed a 2.2% decrease across the country.