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

Retail Trade, sales by industries based on 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.

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.

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 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, 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.

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.

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.

View monthly updates and historical trends for Canada Retail Sales (DISCONTINUED). Source: Statistics Canada. Track economic data with YCharts analytics.

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.

Retail sales, for Canada, available on an annual basis.

Retail sales, by industry (monthly)

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Canada Retail Sales: sa: FB: Grocery Stores (GS) data was reported at 7,561.565 CAD mn in Jan 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 7,554.463 CAD mn for Dec 2017. Canada Retail Sales: sa: FB: Grocery Stores (GS) data is updated monthly, averaging 6,775.722 CAD mn from Jan 2004 (Median) to Jan 2018, with 169 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7,672.166 CAD mn in Jul 2017 and a record low of 5,395.616 CAD mn in Apr 2004. Canada Retail Sales: sa: FB: Grocery Stores (GS) 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: CC: Jewellery, Luggage & Leather Goods Stores data was reported at 205.063 CAD mn in Jan 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 618.571 CAD mn for Dec 2017. Canada Retail Sales: CC: Jewellery, Luggage & Leather Goods Stores data is updated monthly, averaging 200.817 CAD mn from Jan 2004 (Median) to Jan 2018, with 169 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 630.652 CAD mn in Dec 2015 and a record low of 118.536 CAD mn in Jan 2005. Canada Retail Sales: CC: Jewellery, Luggage & Leather Goods 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.