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

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.

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

Retail sales, by commodities classified under the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2017, monthly, Canada.

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 sales, by commodities classified under the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2017, monthly, Canada.

Usual Hours Worked: Main Job: Female: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data was reported at 40,841.700 Hour in Sep 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 42,299.300 Hour for Aug 2021. Usual Hours Worked: Main Job: Female: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data is updated monthly, averaging 37,199.500 Hour from Jan 1987 to Sep 2021, with 417 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 44,101.900 Hour in Aug 2017 and a record low of 26,089.600 Hour in Jan 1987. Usual Hours Worked: Main Job: Female: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.G046: Labour Force Survey: Usual Hours Worked: by Industry. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

Monthly sales of grocery and convenience retailers in Canada hit a high of 10.33 billion Canadian dollars in March 2020, an increase of over two billion compared to the previous month. The spread of coronavirus in early March 2020 and consequent panic buying can explain this jump in sales. By November 2023, grocery store sales amounted to around 9.4 billion Canadian dollars.

Canadian in-store and online shopping

As of December 2022, there were nearly 16,000 grocery stores located across Canada, signaling an ongoing demand for brick-and-mortar grocery stores, despite the rise of e-commerce in the Canadian retail sector. According to a recent survey, nearly 90 percent of surveyed Canadians stated that they spend more on groceries bought in-store than online. Nevertheless, many Canadian shoppers had bought groceries online for the first time in 2020, mainly because of concerns about the coronavirus and the fact that it was convenient to do so.

Leading grocery retailers

In the 2019/20 fiscal year, Loblaw Cos. Ltd. was the leading food retailer in Canada, with a grocery sales value of around 50.31 billion Canadian dollars. Sobeys Inc. and Metro Inc. ranked second and third, with sales of approximately 25.14 and 11.79 billion Canadian dollars, respectively.

Canada Actual Hours Worked: sa: Main Job: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data was reported at 89,954.400 Hour in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 90,242.500 Hour for Jan 2025. Canada Actual Hours Worked: sa: Main Job: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data is updated monthly, averaging 83,199.050 Hour from Jan 1987 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 458 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 94,001.800 Hour in Mar 2022 and a record low of 63,460.600 Hour in Apr 2020. Canada Actual Hours Worked: sa: Main Job: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.G059: Labour Force Survey: Actual Hours Worked: by Industry: Seasonally Adjusted. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

Canada Actual Hours Worked: Main Job: Male: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data was reported at 50,592.600 Hour in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 50,569.100 Hour for Feb 2025. Canada Actual Hours Worked: Main Job: Male: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data is updated monthly, averaging 45,659.400 Hour from Jan 1987 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 459 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 55,433.900 Hour in Jun 2023 and a record low of 34,681.500 Hour in Oct 1987. Canada Actual Hours Worked: Main Job: Male: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.G058: Labour Force Survey: Actual Hours Worked: by Industry. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

Canada Actual Hours Worked: Main Job: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data was reported at 88,116.400 Hour in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 87,696.800 Hour for Feb 2025. Canada Actual Hours Worked: Main Job: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data is updated monthly, averaging 80,331.600 Hour from Jan 1987 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 459 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 95,541.300 Hour in Jun 2023 and a record low of 57,812.700 Hour in Apr 1987. Canada Actual Hours Worked: Main Job: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.G058: Labour Force Survey: Actual Hours Worked: by Industry. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

This table contains 182 series, with data for years 2017 - 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); North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2012 Version 1.1 (200 items: Total commodities, retail trade commissions and miscellaneous services; Retail Services (except commissions); Food at retail; Fresh food at retail; ...).

Retail sales of beer, wine and liquor stores reached approximately 2.23 billion Canadian dollars in December 2023, a small decrease compared to December in the previous year. Monthly sales peaked in March of 2020 at 2.39 billion dollars. Canadian liquor laws Canada has complex liquor laws which have developed since Prohibition in the 1920s. Throughout Canada’s provinces and territories, there are 13 different organizations responsible for regulating the sale and distribution of alcohol. It is mostly the case that there are provincially owned stores who have a monopoly over spirit sales. In some provinces it is possible to buy a limited selection of spirits, wine or beer in privately owned shops or grocery stores. Alcohol consumption trends in Canada According to a survey, consumers living in the Canadian province of Quebec drink the most frequently, with 57 percent of respondents stating that they drink alcohol at least once a week. This figure decreases to 28 percent in Atlantic Canada. It appears that political party preference also effects alcohol intake, with those supporting the Liberal party most likely to drink at least once a week.

To ensure respondent confidentiality, estimates below a certain threshold are suppressed. For Canada, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia suppression is applied to all data below 1,500. The threshold level for Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba and Saskatchewan is 500, while in Prince Edward Island, estimates under 200 are suppressed. For census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and economic regions (ERs), use their respective provincial suppression levels mentioned above. Estimates are based on smaller sample sizes the more detailed the table becomes, which could result in lower data quality. Fluctuations in economic time series are caused by seasonal, cyclical and irregular movements. A seasonally adjusted series is one from which seasonal movements have been eliminated. Seasonal movements are defined as those which are caused by regular annual events such as climate, holidays, vacation periods and cycles related to crops, production and retail sales associated with Christmas and Easter. It should be noted that the seasonally adjusted series contain irregular as well as longer-term cyclical fluctuations. The seasonal adjustment program is a complicated computer program which differentiates between these seasonal, cyclical and irregular movements in a series over a number of years and, on the basis of past movements, estimates appropriate seasonal factors for current data. On an annual basis, the historic series of seasonally adjusted data are revised in light of the most recent information on changes in seasonality. Number of civilian, non-institutionalized persons 15 years of age and over who, during the reference week, were employed or unemployed. Estimates in thousands, rounded to the nearest hundred. Number of persons who, during the reference week, worked for pay or profit, or performed unpaid family work or had a job but were not at work due to own illness or disability, personal or family responsibilities, labour dispute, vacation, or other reason. Those persons on layoff and persons without work but who had a job to start at a definite date in the future are not considered employed. Estimates in thousands, rounded to the nearest hundred. Number of persons who, during the reference week, were without work, had looked for work in the past four weeks, and were available for work. Those persons on layoff or who had a new job to start in four weeks or less are considered unemployed. Estimates in thousands, rounded to the nearest hundred. The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force. The unemployment rate for a particular group (age, gender, marital status, etc.) is the number unemployed in that group expressed as a percentage of the labour force for that group. Estimates are percentages, rounded to the nearest tenth. Industry refers to the general nature of the business carried out by the employer for whom the respondent works (main job only). Industry estimates in this table are based on the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Formerly Management of companies and administrative and other support services"." This combines the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 11 to 91. This combines the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 11 to 33. This combines the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 41 to 91. Unemployed persons who have never worked before, and those unemployed persons who last worked more than 1 year ago. For more information on seasonal adjustment see Seasonally adjusted data - Frequently asked questions." Labour Force Survey (LFS) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code exception: add group 1100 - Farming - not elsewhere classified (nec). When the type of farm activity cannot be distinguished between crop and livestock, (for example: mixed farming). Labour Force Survey (LFS) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code exception: add group 2100 - Mining - not elsewhere classified (nec). Whenever the type of mining activity cannot be distinguished. Also referred to as Natural resources. The standard error (SE) of an estimate is an indicator of the variability associated with this estimate, as the estimate is based on a sample rather than the entire population. The SE can be used to construct confidence intervals and calculate coefficients of variation (CVs). The confidence interval can be built by adding the SE to an estimate in order to determine the upper limit of this interval, and by subtracting the same amount from the estimate to determine the lower limit. The CV can be calculated by dividing the SE by the estimate. See Section 7 of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (opens new window) for more information. The standard errors presented in this table are the average of the standard errors for 12 previous months The standard error (SE) for the month-to-month change is an indicator of the variability associated with the estimate of the change between two consecutive months, because each monthly estimate is based on a sample rather than the entire population. To construct confidence intervals, the SE is added to an estimate in order to determine the upper limit of this interval, and then subtracted from the estimate to determine the lower limit. Using this method, the true value will fall within one SE of the estimate approximately 68% of the time, and within two standard errors approximately 95% of the time. For example, if the estimated employment level increases by 20,000 from one month to another and the associated SE is 29,000, the true value of the employment change has a 68% chance of falling between -9,000 and +49,000. Because such a confidence interval includes zero, the 20,000 change would not be considered statistically significant. However, if the increase is 30,000, the confidence interval would be +1,000 to +59,000, and the 30,000 increase would be considered statistically significant. (Note that 30,000 is above the SE of 29,000, and that the confidence interval does not include zero.) Similarly, if the estimated employment declines by 30,000, then the true value of the decline would fall between -59,000 and -1,000. See Section 7 of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (opens new window) for more information. The standard errors presented in this table are the average of standard errors for 12 previous months. They are updated twice a year The standard error (SE) for the year-over-year change is an indicator of the variability associated with the estimate of the change between a given month in a given year and the same month of the previous year, because each month's estimate is based on a sample rather than the entire population. The SE can be used to construct confidence intervals: it can be added to an estimate in order to determine the upper limit of this interval, and then subtracted from the same estimate to determine the lower limit. Using this method, the true value will fall within one SE of the estimate, approximately 68% of the time, and within two standard errors, approximately 95% of the time. For example, if the estimated employment level increases by 160,000 over 12 months and the associated SE is 55,000, the true value of the change in employment has approximately a 68% chance of falling between +105,000 and +215,000. This change would be considered statistically significant at the 68% level as the confidence interval excludes zero. However, if the increase is 40,000, the interval would be -15,000 to +95,000, and this increase would not be considered statistically significant since the interval includes zero. See Section 7 of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (opens new window) for more information. The standard errors presented in this table are the average of standard errors for 12 previous months and are updated twice a year Excluding the territories. Starting in 2006, enhancements to the Labour Force Survey data processing system may have introduced a level shift in some estimates, particularly for less common labour force characteristics. Use caution when comparing estimates before and after 2006. For more information, contact statcan.labour-travail.statcan@statcan.gc.ca

Canada Actual Hours Worked: Main Job: Female: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data was reported at 37,127.700 Hour in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 37,226.200 Hour for Jan 2025. Canada Actual Hours Worked: Main Job: Female: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data is updated monthly, averaging 34,109.450 Hour from Jan 1987 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 458 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 41,944.100 Hour in Jun 2022 and a record low of 22,357.000 Hour in Apr 1987. Canada Actual Hours Worked: Main Job: Female: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.G058: Labour Force Survey: Actual Hours Worked: by Industry. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

Retail sales, by commodities classified under the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2022, monthly, Canada.

Canada Average Usual Hours Worked: Main Job: Male: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data was reported at 34.600 Hour in Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 34.600 Hour for Feb 2025. Canada Average Usual Hours Worked: Main Job: Male: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data is updated monthly, averaging 37.300 Hour from Jan 1987 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 459 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 41.000 Hour in Jul 1988 and a record low of 34.600 Hour in Mar 2025. Canada Average Usual Hours Worked: Main Job: Male: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.G062: Labour Force Survey: Usual Hours Worked: by Industry. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

Retail sales of bakery products at large retailers in Canada amounted to approximately 272.12 million Canadian dollars in April 2019. Average monthly sales figures have gradually increased over the survey period, from around 251 to 273 million Canadian dollars between 2015 and 2018.

What are bakery products?

Bakery products are foods which are generally prepared from flour or meal and are cooked using dry heat, usually in some form of oven. Products include bread, cookies, pies, pastries and cakes. Average household expenditure on bakery products in Canada has fluctuated over the past years and amounted to 563 Canadian dollars in 2017. Per capita annual expenditure is expected to reach 173.2 Canadian dollars by 2022.

Consumer preference

Packaged sliced bread is the leading type of bread product to purchase in Canada according to a recent survey. Hot dog/hamburger buns and rolls ranked in second and third places. When it comes to sweet baked goods, cookies top the list, with 72 percent of surveyed Canadians consuming this treat in the past three months.

Canada Average Usual Hours Worked: Main Job: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data was reported at 32.400 Hour in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 32.600 Hour for Jan 2025. Canada Average Usual Hours Worked: Main Job: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data is updated monthly, averaging 34.100 Hour from Jan 1987 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 458 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37.000 Hour in Jul 1989 and a record low of 32.400 Hour in Feb 2025. Canada Average Usual Hours Worked: Main Job: SP: Wholesale and Retail Trade data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.G062: Labour Force Survey: Usual Hours Worked: by Industry. [COVID-19-IMPACT]