Canada’s Annual Inflation Remained at 0.1 Percent in August

A gas pump fuels a vehicle in this file photo. Gasoline prices remained down 11.1 percent compared to August 2019, following a 14.9 percent decline recorded in July, according to a new StatsCan report. mocker_bat/iStock

OTTAWA—Statistics Canada says the consumer price index in August was up 0.1 percent compared with a year ago.

The annual inflation rate was unchanged from the year-over-year increase of 0.1 percent in July.