In 2023, retail trade sales in Canada amounted to approximately *** billion Canadian dollars, up from ***** billion recorded a year earlier. Retail in Canada The Canadian retail trade industry constantly grew between 2012 and 2019. In that year retail trade sales increased by *** percent from 2018. In 2020, however, sales decreased by nearly *** percent amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Motor vehicle and parts dealers retail sales declined nearly **** percent in 2020, while new car dealers, which accounted for about ** percent of total retail sales, declined nearly ** 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 ** 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 ** percent in 2020, but the month-over-month change increased by nearly ** percent in December 2020 against December 2019.

The Canada retail market was valued at USD 795.57 Billion in 2024. The market is further projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.90% between 2025 and 2034, reaching a value of USD 1283.61 Billion by 2034.

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

Total retail sales in Canada represents the aggregate value of goods sold through retail channels, measured in billions of Canadian dollars. This includes sales across all retail subsectors such as food and beverage stores, motor vehicle and parts dealers, clothing and accessories, furniture and home furnishings, electronics, building materials, gasoline stations, health and personal care, and general merchandise stores. Data encompasses both brick-and-mortar and e-commerce transactions. Data is sourced from Statistics Canada's Monthly Retail Trade Survey and is presented in chained 2017 dollars.

In Canada Retail Market is projected to grow from USD 2.3 trillion in 2025 to USD 3.7 trillion by 2031, at a CAGR of 8.2%

The statistic shows the gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices for the Canadian retail trade industry between January 2015 and November 2024, in billion Canadian dollars. In November 2024, the GDP for the retail trade sector stood at around *** billion Canadian dollars.

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

Forecasts suggest, that in 2023, online retail sales in Canada amounted to nearly *** billion Canadian dollars. Furthermore, by 2027, e-commerce retail sales in the North American country would be more than *** billion Canadian dollars. Canada’s online shopper specs In 2021, Canada was home to over*** million digital buyers, and the figure is expected to surpass ** 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 ** 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 ** 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 5 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 ** 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 ****** different packaged food products, boasting a much larger inventory than other Canadian-native grocery e-retailers.

Retail Sales in Canada decreased 0 percent in October of 2025 over the previous month. This dataset provides - Canada Retail Sales MoM - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2024, retail e-commerce in Canada was forecast to generate over **** billion U.S. dollars in revenues. According to estimates, this figure is projected to increase to *** billion U.S. dollars by 2029. Successful e-commerce segments in Canada Canada's booming e-commerce sector owes more than half of its retail sales to two particularly lucrative segments: fashion and electronics, which captured ** and ** percent of all e-commerce retail sales in Canada in 2022, respectively. With nearly ** billion U.S. dollars in e-commerce net sales, Amazon was the leading online store in Canada in 2021, outperforming competitors like Walmart and Costco by an impressive margin. Ranking second, walmart.ca generated around **** billion U.S. dollars in e-commerce net sales that year. Fashion leads the way Fashion proved to be a successful e-commerce segment in many countries around the world, and Canada was no exception, as the most popular online stores in the fashion segment raked in millions of dollars in e-commerce net sales, led by gapcanada.ca with *** million U.S. dollars in 2021. Like many other countries in the world, Canada's fashion e-commerce sector was also disrupted by a Chinese newcomer that catapulted itself to the centerstage of the fast fashion world: Shein was the most downloaded fashion and beauty shopping app in Canada in June 2022, with its ******* monthly downloads overshadowing those of competitors. In comparison, long-established fast fashion titan Zara only amassed ****** downloads that same month.

Graph and download economic data for Sales: Retail Trade: Total Retail Trade: Volume for Canada (SLRTTO01CAA189S) from 1991 to 2022 about Canada, retail trade, sales, and retail.

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This statistic shows the number of employees of the retail trade industry in Canada from 2008 to 2024. There were approximately 2.2 million retail trade employees in Canada in 2024, a slight decrease compared to the previous year.

Canada's smart retail industry is projected to grow at a 25.31% CAGR from 2025 to 2030, fueled by technological integration and an increasing focus on consumer-centric retail solut

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

Graph and download economic data for Sales: Retail Trade: Total Retail Trade: Volume for Canada (SLRTTO01CAQ657S) from Q2 1970 to Q1 2022 about Canada, retail trade, sales, and retail.

Graph and download economic data for Total Retail Trade in Canada (DISCONTINUED) (CANSARTQDSMEI) from Q1 1960 to Q1 2011 about Canada, retail trade, sales, and retail.

This table contains 420 series, with data for years 1989 - 2004 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (20 items: Canada;Newfoundland and Labrador;Nova Scotia;Prince Edward Island ...), Trade group (21 items: Total retail; all stores;Supermarkets and grocery stores;All other food stores;Drugs and patent medicine stores ...).

Retail Sales in Canada increased 3.40 percent in September 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.

“Canada: Retail – Market Shares, Summary & Forecasts to 2023” provides data for historic and forecast retail sales, and also includes information on the business environment and country risk related to Canada retail environment. In addition, it analyzes the key consumer trends influencing Canada retail industry: Read More