Grocery Prices in Canada: Tracker, Reports & What Things Cost

This page is the home of our Canadian grocery price coverage. Everything here is checked from Canadian sources: Statistics Canada price data, retailer online listings in British Columbia, and the weekly chain flyers.

The latest headline: prices for food purchased from stores rose 1.7% year over year in September 2026, the smallest yearly increase since May 2024, according to Statistics Canada. Prices are still high in level terms. Statistics Canada notes grocery prices have risen 33.0% since September 2020.

Our own weekly shelf check on October 19, 2026 priced a fixed basket of 14 staples at $91.28 at Real Canadian Superstore in BC. That basket is repriced every week, so you can watch the shelf-level version of the national story.

Start here: the tracker and the monthly report

The Canadian Staple Grocery Prices tracker is the living page: the same 14 staples, priced every week, with the basket total and the items where another store beat the price. The Canada Grocery Price Report is the monthly companion: each Statistics Canada release, explained item by item in plain language.

The September 2026 report covers the slowdown in grocery inflation, beef still rising at 8.7% year over year, fresh vegetables falling 2.9%, and the 2026 Food Price Report forecast from Dalhousie University and partner universities, which expects a family of four to spend about $17,571.79 on food in 2026.

What individual staples cost

Each staple has its own guide with the price we verified, what counts as a good deal, why the price moves, and how to pay less: eggs, milk, butter, bread, chicken, ground beef, coffee, bananas, cheese, and potatoes. Every guide is linked below.

These guides matter because the national average hides the decisions you actually make. A dozen eggs at $3.93 and a dozen at $4.99 are both real prices we verified in the same week, at different stores, for different products.

Deals and store comparisons

Flyer Watch rounds up the best verified deals in the current Canadian flyer week, with stock-up or skip verdicts. The store comparison prices the same basket at Walmart, Superstore, and Save-On-Foods, using only prices we could verify, and says plainly where a store's prices could not be checked.

How we check Canadian prices

Regular prices come from retailer online listings, checked and dated. Flyer prices are labeled as flyer prices and expire with that flyer. Our tracked prices are BC online list prices; your province and your store can differ, and the guides say so.

We also publish a United States hub with the same system, and more countries are coming. A same-basket comparison across countries is planned once enough country trackers are live.

Canadian prices are only half the picture. Your own receipts show what you actually pay. Scan them free (5 scans a month, no credit card) and Grocery Spending Tracker builds your personal price history. Premium adds price-change alerts on your regular items and Ask Grocery AI.