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

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.

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 by industries based on 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

In 2023, sales of retailers in Ontario amounted to nearly *** billion Canadian dollars, an increase of approximately half a percent in comparison to a year earlier. Quebec, the second-most populated province accounted for just under *** billion Canadian dollars' worth of retail sales.

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.

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.

This statistic shows the annual change in retail trade sales in Canada from 2012 to 2022. Sales generated by retailers in Canada increased by just over ***** percent in 2022 compared to sales made during the previous year.

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.

E-commerce sales and total sales for retail trade in Canada, 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.

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.

Canada Retail Sales: sa: Health & Personal Care Stores data was reported at 3,890.474 CAD mn in Jan 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 3,852.309 CAD mn for Dec 2017. Canada Retail Sales: sa: Health & Personal Care Stores data is updated monthly, averaging 1,903.550 CAD mn from Jan 1991 (Median) to Jan 2018, with 325 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,929.322 CAD mn in Oct 2017 and a record low of 1,049.998 CAD mn in Jan 1991. Canada Retail Sales: sa: Health & Personal Care Stores 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.

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.