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Total Retail Sales in Canada

Data source: Statistics Canada Table 20-10-0078-01/Chart: 麻豆传媒高清Connect 鈥 CanaData.

Canadian Retail Sales Y/Y

For March 2022.
‘Current dollars’ means not adjusted for inflation. Underlying numbers are seasonally adjusted & not ‘smoothed’.

Data source: Statistics Canada / Chart: 麻豆传媒高清Connect-CanaData.

Canadian Home-Related Retail Sales

June 2021 sales of 'furniture and fixtures' were +13.0% y/y; 'electronics & appliances' were +5.7% y/y; and 'building materials & garden equpment, +2.9% y/y. In combination, they were +5.9% y/y and +2.7% m/m; also, they accounted for 12.7% of total retail.

Latest data points are for June, 2021.
*鈥漎ear over year鈥 is each month versus the same month of the previous year.
鈥楤ased on 鈥榗urrent鈥 (i.e., no accouting for inflation) dollar and seasonally adjusted data.

Data source: Statistics Canada / Chart: 麻豆传媒高清Connect-CanaData.

Retail Sales - Canada, Provinces & Cities

In Sept 2021, Toronto, Montreal & Vancouver combined for almost 1/3 (31.8%) of total Canadian retail sales. Nova Scotia (+14.1%) among the provinces & Vancouver (+10.3%) within the group of 3 major cities showed the most y/y improvement.

September 2021 Year-over-Year (Y/Y) & Shares
Based on ‘current’ dollars (i.e., not altered for inflation) that have been seasonally adjusted.

Data source: Statistics Canada / Chart: 麻豆传媒高清Connect-CanaData.