# Claim table — Canada M2 money-supply X post

| Claim | Status |
|---|---|
| Canada M2 has hit about $2.83 trillion. | Mostly supported. Statistics Canada table 10-10-0116 / Bank of Canada monetary aggregates show M2 gross at 2.840 trillion dollars in 2026-06; the X chart rounded to about $2.83T. |
| M2 is nearly six times what it was in 2000. | Supported depending on start month and aggregate. M2 gross was 478.8 billion dollars in 2000-01 and 2.840 trillion in 2026-06, a 5.93× increase. |
| Canada did not create six times more oil, lumber or food. | Rhetorical claim not checked as a literal production calculation in this pass. Real output, population, productivity, imports, credit and asset markets all have to be measured separately. |
| Your wages did not increase 6×. | Likely directionally true for many workers, but not quantified in this pass from a wage table. The article treats this as a records-wanted wage comparison. |
| Your grocery bill did increase 6×. | Not proven by all-items CPI. Bank of Canada inflation-calculator CPI rose from 93.5 in Jan. 2000 to 169.9 in Jul. 2026, about 1.82× overall. Food-specific CPI and household basket choices need separate checking. |
| Your house payment did increase 6×. | Not proven as a national claim in this pass. House payments depend on local prices, down payment, mortgage rate and renewal timing; B.C. households may have experienced severe housing inflation, but a 6× payment claim needs scenario math. |
| Money supply growth alone explains affordability. | Too simple. Money/credit growth matters, but prices are also affected by supply constraints, taxes, energy, global commodity markets, immigration/population growth, interest rates, zoning and productivity. |