$100 in 2025 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $102.22 today. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.22% in the last 12 months. As a result, the real value of a dollar has been decreasing recently.
This means that today's prices are 1.02 times as high as average prices in 2025, according to Statistics Canada consumer price index. A dollar today only buys 97.8% of what it could buy back then.
The inflation rate in 2025 was 0.61%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 2.22%. If this number holds, $100 today will be equivalent in buying power to $102.22 next year.
| Average inflation rate | 2.22% |
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Converted amount
$100 base | $102.22 |
|
Price difference
$100 base | $2.22 |
| CPI in 2025 | 161.800 |
| CPI in 2026 | 165.400 |
| Inflation in 2025 | 0.61% |
| Inflation in 2026 | 2.22% |
| $100 in 2025 | $102.22 in 2026 |
Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 2025 and today:
Then plug in historical CPI values. The Canadian CPI was 161.8 in the year 2025 and 165.4 in 2026:
$100 in 2025 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as $102.22 in 2026.
To get the total inflation rate for the 1 years between 2025 and 2026, we use the following formula:
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
$100 in 2025 has about the same buying power as $102.22 today, based on the consumer price index published by Statistics Canada. Prices today are 1.02 times as high as they were in 2025.
The Canadian inflation rate in 2025 was 0.61%, measured as the change in the consumer price index from 2024 to 2025. See inflation in 2025 for more detail.
Prices rose by an average of 2.22% per year between 2025 and today, a cumulative increase of 2.22%.
A dollar today buys about 97.8% of what it could in 2025. In other words, it has lost about 2.2% of its purchasing power.
Divide the CPI in 2026 (165.4) by the CPI in 2025 (161.8), then multiply by the original amount: 165.4 ÷ 161.8 × $100 = $102.22. See the step-by-step formula above.
Raw data for these calculations comes from the government of Canada's annual Consumer Price Index (CPI), established in 1914 and computed by Statistics Canada (StatCan).
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “$100 in 2025 → 2026 | Canada Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 4 Oct. 2026, https://www.officialdata.org/canada/inflation/2025?amount=100&endYear=2026.
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| Average inflation rate | 2.22% |
|
Converted amount
$100 base | $102.22 |
|
Price difference
$100 base | $2.22 |
| CPI in 2025 | 161.800 |
| CPI in 2026 | 165.400 |
| Inflation in 2025 | 0.61% |
| Inflation in 2026 | 2.22% |
| $100 in 2025 | $102.22 in 2026 |