Retail Sales in Canada increased 0.50 percent in April of 2025 over the previous month. This dataset provides - Canada Retail Sales MoM - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Retail Sales in Canada increased 5.60 percent in March of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - Canada Retail Sales YoY - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In December of 2024, retail sales amounted to an estimated 70 billion Canadian dollars. In April 2020, retail sales plummeted in Canada as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic caused most businesses to close temporarily.

This statistic shows the monthly sales of retail trade in Ontario from January 2017 to July 2024. Retail sales in Ontario amounted to approximately 24.5 billion Canadian dollars in July 2024, keeping steady with the sales recorded in the previous month.

Key information about Canada Retail Sales Growth

• Canada Retail Sales grew 1.1 % YoY in Apr 2023, compared with a 0.3 % increase in the previous month.
• Canada Retail Sales Growth YoY data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1992 to Apr 2023, with an average growth rate of 4.6 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 32.1 % in Apr 2021 and a record low of -19.2 % in Apr 2020.
• In the latest reports, Car Sales of Canada recorded 148,815.0 units in Apr 2023, representing a growth of 4.1 %.

CEIC calculates monthly Retail Sales: Excl. Motor Vehicles Growth from monthly Retail Sales. Motor Vehicle and Parts Sales are subtracted from Total Retail Sales. Statistics Canada provides Total Retail Sales and Motor Vehicle and Parts Sales in local currency. Retail Sales: Excl. Motor Vehicles Growth prior to January 2018 is based on NAICS 2017.

E-commerce sales and total sales for retail trade in Canada, available on an annual basis.

In 2022, retail trade sales in Canada amounted to approximately 815.5 billion Canadian dollars, up from 674 billion recorded a year earlier. This represents an increase of approximately 20 percent in comparison to 2021.

Retail in Canada

The Canadian retail trade industry constantly grew between 2012 and 2019. In that year retail trade sales increased by 1.6 percent from 2018. In 2020, however, sales decreased by nearly 1.5 percent amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Motor vehicle and parts dealers retail sales declined nearly nine percent in 2020, while new car dealers, which accounted for about 20 percent of total retail sales, declined nearly 12 percent. In contrast, retail sales in other sectors such as supermarkets, and building material and garden equipment suppliers were impacted positively in 2020. Sales at supermarkets and other grocery stores increased nearly 12 percent as they were essential at the start of the pandemic. On the other hand, with consumers spending more time at home, sales at building material and garden equipment suppliers grew significantly. The year-over-year change was around 11 percent in 2020, but the month-over-month change increased by nearly 20 percent in December 2020 against December 2019.

Canada Retail Sales: CC: Clothing Stores data was reported at 1,513.219 CAD mn in Jan 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3,190.235 CAD mn for Dec 2017. Canada Retail Sales: CC: Clothing Stores data is updated monthly, averaging 1,589.590 CAD mn from Jan 2004 (Median) to Jan 2018, with 169 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,207.501 CAD mn in Dec 2016 and a record low of 877.965 CAD mn in Feb 2004. Canada Retail Sales: CC: Clothing Stores data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.H003: Retail Sales: NAICS 2012.

Retail Sales Ex Autos in Canada decreased to -0.70 percent in March from 0.60 percent in February of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Canada Retail Sales Ex Autos MoM - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Graph and download economic data for Sales: Retail Trade: Total Retail Trade: Volume for Canada (CANSLRTTO01GPSAM) from Feb 1991 to Feb 2025 about Canada, trade, retail trade, sales, and retail.

This table contains 3 series, with data for years 2016 - 2017 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Sales (3 items: Retail trade; Electronic shopping and mail-order houses; Retail E-commerce sales).

Retail trade, sales, Canada, provinces, territories and specific Census Metropolitan Areas based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), monthly.

Retail trade sales, price, and volume, for Canada, includes all members under North American Industry Classification System. Data is seasonally adjusted, available on a monthly basis in dollars x 1,000,000.

This statistic illustrates total retail sales in Canada in 2017, broken down by province. In 2017, retail sales in the province of Ontario amounted to approximately 216.32 billion Canadian dollars. In second place came Quebec with around 125.72 billion Canadian dollars worth of retail sales in 2017.

Forecasts suggest, that in 2023, online retail sales in Canada amounted to nearly 110 billion Canadian dollars. Furthermore, by 2027, e-commerce retail sales in the North American country would be more than 151 billion Canadian dollars.

Canada’s online shopper specs In 2021, Canada was home to over 27 million digital buyers, and the figure is expected to surpass 30 million by mid-decade. Among Canadians who shop online, the majority tend to make their online purchases on desktops rather than mobile devices, with desktop e-shopping generating an estimated 53 billion U.S. dollars in 2021. Additionally, chain retail generates a significant portion of Canada’s total e-commerce sales, making up a forecasted total of 47 billion U.S. dollars by the end of 2022. Even though most of these sales are first-party, third-party sellers are set to double sales in the next five years.

Amazon in Canada With its massive global success, Amazon is unsurprisingly one of Canada’s biggest e-commerce players and is responsible for a significant portion of third-party e-commerce sales. On Amazon’s Canadian site, amazon.ca, the company is expected to complete 2022 with a sales value of almost 12 billion U.S. dollars, roughly one-tenth of the country’s forecasted retail e-commerce sales for the same year. Amazon also ranked as Canada’s leading e-commerce grocery site in 2021. The platform offered approximately 60,000 different packaged food products, boasting a much larger inventory than other Canadian-native grocery e-retailers.

Retail Trade, sales by industries based on North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), monthly.

Canada Retail Sales: sa: Miscellaneous Store Retailers data was reported at 1,218.161 CAD mn in Jan 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,233.107 CAD mn for Dec 2017. Canada Retail Sales: sa: Miscellaneous Store Retailers data is updated monthly, averaging 776.116 CAD mn from Jan 1991 (Median) to Jan 2018, with 325 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,233.107 CAD mn in Dec 2017 and a record low of 342.225 CAD mn in Jan 1991. Canada Retail Sales: sa: Miscellaneous Store Retailers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.H006: Retail Sales: NAICS 2012: Seasonally Adjusted.

Canada Retail Sales: Electronics & Appliance Stores data was reported at 1,348.783 CAD mn in Jan 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2,410.144 CAD mn for Dec 2017. Canada Retail Sales: Electronics & Appliance Stores data is updated monthly, averaging 921.833 CAD mn from Jan 1991 (Median) to Jan 2018, with 325 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,428.579 CAD mn in Dec 2010 and a record low of 319.908 CAD mn in Feb 1991. Canada Retail Sales: Electronics & Appliance Stores data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.H003: Retail Sales: NAICS 2012.

Canada Retail Sales: sa: Clothing & Clothing Accessories Stores (CC) data was reported at 2,782.066 CAD mn in Jan 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,724.635 CAD mn for Dec 2017. Canada Retail Sales: sa: Clothing & Clothing Accessories Stores (CC) data is updated monthly, averaging 1,696.620 CAD mn from Jan 1991 (Median) to Jan 2018, with 325 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,874.777 CAD mn in Aug 2017 and a record low of 1,001.432 CAD mn in Jan 1991. Canada Retail Sales: sa: Clothing & Clothing Accessories Stores (CC) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.H006: Retail Sales: NAICS 2012: Seasonally Adjusted.

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a set of four maps. The first map shows the labour force as a percentage of the total experienced labour force employed in the retail trade for each census division. The second map shows per capita retail sales by labour force in retail trade for census divisions. The third map shows the labour force as a percentage of the total experienced labour force employed in the wholesale trade for each census division. The last map shows per capita wholesale sales by labour force in wholesale trade for census divisions. All four maps are based on 1961 data.