If you go to the grocery store regularly or pull up to the pumps then this will not surprise you.

Canada’s inflation rose 4.4% year-over-year last month, soaring to a level not seen since February 2003.

Driving most of that increase were gasoline prices which motorists 32.8% more in September than a year ago.

Statistics Canada says the annual inflation rate would have been 3.5% had gas prices been excluded.

Another major reason for the big increase was the price of vehicles, which went up 7.2%.

The worldwide semi-conductor chip shortage lead to, and continues to lead to limited supply, so what’s on the lot of a dealership costs more.

Shelter costs have gone up 4.8% in the last year, while food prices are up 3.9%.

You name it, just about every type of food rose sharply; especially meat, which went up 9.5% from last year – the biggest increase in six years.

Beef’s up more than 13%, chicken prices are up 10%, pork more than 9%.

Believe it or not fresh vegetable prices are actually 3.2% cheaper than a year ago.