Retail trade, sales, Canada, provinces, territories and specific Census Metropolitan Areas based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), monthly.
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Retail trade, sales, Canada, provinces, territories and specific Census Metropolitan Areas based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), monthly.
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.
In 2022, retail trade sales in Canada amounted to approximately ***** billion Canadian dollars, up from *** billion recorded a year earlier. This represents an increase of approximately ** 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 *** 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.
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Graph and download economic data for Sales: Retail Trade: Total Retail Trade: Volume for Canada (CANSLRTTO01GPSAM) from Feb 1991 to Apr 2025 about Canada, trade, retail trade, sales, and retail.
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Retail Sales in Canada decreased 1.10 percent in May 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 Trade, sales by industries based on North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), monthly.
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 116 billion Canadian dollars.
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Retail Sales in Canada increased 5 percent in April 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.
As of June 2024, there were approximately 51.8 thousand micro retail trade establishments in Canada, each employing between one and four people. Conversely, there were only about 66 retail establishments that employed 500 people or more in the whole country.
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E-commerce sales and total sales for retail trade in Canada, available on an annual basis.
This statistic shows the revenue of the industry “Retail trade“ in Canada from 2012 to 2018, with a forecast to 2024. It is projected that the revenue of Retail trade in Canada will amount to approximately ***** billion U.S. Dollars by 2024.
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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.
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This table contains 7 series, with data for years 1991 - 2004 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2004-05-25. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Retail trade sectors (7 items: Total retail; all stores;Automotive;General merchandise stores;Food ...).
Retail Trade, sales by industries based on North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), monthly.
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Graph and download economic data for Value of Total Retail Trade sales for Canada (SLRTTO02CAA189S) from 1960 to 2022 about Canada, retail trade, sales, and retail.
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.
This statistic shows the monthly sales of retail trade in Quebec from January 2017 to July 2024. Retail sales in Quebec amounted to approximately 15 billion Canadian dollars in July 2024, a slight increase from around 14.8 billion Canadian dollars registered in the previous month.
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.
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Financial estimates for retail trade, for all members under dimension financial estimates, for Canada, provinces and territories, available on an annual basis.
Retail trade, sales, Canada, provinces, territories and specific Census Metropolitan Areas based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), monthly.