Canada Wholesale Sales

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

-2.3

Units In

0.2

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jun 26, 2025

Time to Release

11 Days 11 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
19.3 Jun 2020	-22 Apr 2020	0.44 %	1993-2025	Statistics Canada

The Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey presents estimates of monthly sales for wholesale merchants in Canada, providing information on the performance of the wholesale trade sector as an important indicator of the health of the Canadian economy. In addition, the business community uses the data to analyse market performance.

Latest Updates

Wholesale sales in Canada fell 2.3% month-over-month to CAD 84 billion in April 2025, well more than initial estimates of a 0.9% drop, to mark the biggest decline since June 2023, after a 0.2% rise in March. Sales fell in six of the seven subsectors, mainly in motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts and accessories (-6.5% to CAD 14.3 billion) and miscellaneous merchandise (-3.8% to CAD 10.5 billion), namely agricultural supplies and the mineral, ore and precious metals. In contrast, wholesale sales increased in the food, beverages and tobacco sub-sector (+1.2% to CAD 15.4 billion). In terms of volume, wholesale sales fell by 2.2% in April. The inventory-to-sales ratio rose to 1.54 in April, up from 1.51 in March.