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Description: Wholesale services price index (WSPI) measures quarterly margin price movement for Canadian merchant wholesalers, classified according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Data not seasonally adjusted. Index, 2020=100.

Description: Number of units and total sales of new motor vehicles by type of vehicle, annual.

Description: Quarterly data on new motor vehicle registration by fuel type, vehicle type and number of vehicles, for Canada and provinces.

Description: Annual sum of the quarterly data on new motor vehicle registration by fuel type, vehicle type and number of vehicles, for Canada and provinces.

Description: Quarterly data on zero-emission vehicle registration by fuel type, vehicle type and number of vehicles, Canada, the provinces, census metropolitan areas and census sub-divisions.

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Percentage of enterprises that sold only goods, only services or both goods and services, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period.

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Retail services price index (RSPI), relative importance by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Description: This dashboard highlights the latest data and the data over time back to 1993 for the Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey (MWTS). The MWTS provides information on the performance of the wholesale trade sector and is an important indicator of the health of the Canadian economy, when combined with other statistics.

With this tool, users can explore current and historical trends of sales and inventories for all subsectors. As for sales, users can also examine the data for provinces and territories. Key indicators such as sales and inventories, monthly changes and inventories-to-sales ratios are presented in interactive charts. The ten highest sales by industry for the current month, as well as the chained dollar versus current dollar sales comparison are also illustrated.

The interactive tool also allows users to rank subsectors, either nationally or provincially, based on their total of monthly sales. Quality indicators are accompanied for the data as well.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: This infographic presents alcohol and cannabis sales in Canada for the period from April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023. It gives a breakdown of sales by type of alcoholic beverage and cannabis product. It also shows the revenue governments earned from the control and sale of alcoholic beverages and cannabis products.

Description: This table contains 8 series, with data for years 1993 - 2010 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-04-21. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Wholesale trade sector (8 items: Total wholesale trade; Farm products; Personal and household goods; Food; beverage and tobacco products ...), Adjustments (1 items: Seasonally adjusted ...).

Description: This table contains 5 series, with data for years 2004 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2012-10-18. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Prices (3 items: Chained (2002) dollars; Price index; 2002 constant prices ...), Adjustments (2 items: Unadjusted; Seasonally adjusted ...).

Description: This table contains 7 series, with data for years 1956 - 2002 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada), Seasonal adjustment (2 items: Unadjusted; Seasonally adjusted), Stocks and accounts receivables (5 items: Accounts receivable; Total sales all departments; Total stocks all departments; Department stores, 1971 constant dollars; ...).

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This table contains 132 series, with data for years 1981 - 2002 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (22 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...) Sales (2 items: Including concessions; Excluding concessions) Type of department store (3 items: Total all department stores; Major department stores; Junior department stores).

Description: This table contains 84 series, with data for years 1968 - 2002 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada), Department store sales or stocks (2 items: Sales; Stocks), Seasonal adjustment (2 items: Unadjusted; Seasonally adjusted), Type of department (41 items: All departments; Women's and misses' dresses, et cetera; Women's and misses' coats and suits; Women's and misses' sportswear; ...).

Description: This table contains 164 series, with data for years 1968 - 1990 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada), Department store sales or stocks (2 items: Sales; Stocks), Seasonal adjustment (2 items: Unadjusted; Seasonally adjusted), Type of department (41 items: All departments; Women's and misses' dresses, et cetera; Women's and misses' coats and suits; Women's and misses' sportswear; ...).

Description: This table contains 151 series, with data for years 1966 - 1997 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada), Method of sale (6 items: Total direct sales; Sales from premises; Door-to-door sales; Sales by mail; ...), Commodity group (31 items: Total, all commodities; Meat, fish and poultry; Frozen food plans; Dairy products; ...).

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This table contains 5038 series, with data for years 2008 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (14 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (35 items: Wholesale trade; Farm product wholesaler-distributors; Petroleum product wholesaler-distributors; Food, beverage and tobacco wholesaler-distributors; ...) Financial estimates (11 items: Sale of all goods purchased for resale; Commission revenue; Total operating revenue; Purchases of goods for resale; ...).

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This table contains 186 series, with data for years 1997 - 2016 (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);  Retail Commodity Classification (148 items: Total commodities; Food and beverages; Food (exclude pet food, meals and lunches); Fresh meat and poultry; ...);  Adjustments (2 items: Unadjusted; Seasonally adjusted).

Description: Estimates of financial variables for non-store retailers, annual, for five years of data.

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This article presents the data sources and methodology for the Wholesale Services Price Index (WSPI). The WSPI measures the monthly and the quarterly changes in the price of wholesale services in Canada. The index is an indicator of economic activity in the wholesales services sector, as well as a tool that can be utilized by the industry for cost monitoring, contract assessment and benchmark comparisons.

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This infographic features alcohol sales in Canada for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. It gives a breakdown of standard alcoholic drinks sold per week, sales by type of beverage, and the share of domestic vs. import sales.

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Using a custom tabulation of data from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey, this infographic provides a graphical analysis of retail e-commerce vs. in-store sales for selected industries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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This article contributes to a series studies of COVID-19 impact on Canadian industries, with focus on the Retail Services Price Index (RSPI). The study analyzes the movements of RSPI during 2020 pandemic by subsectors, including clothing stores, grocery stores, and electronic stores, etc. It also compares different responses of retail sectors during 2020 pandemic and during 2008-2009 recession. Based on the in-depth analysis, the article also provides an outlook of the price index trend for the year 2020.

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This article presents an analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic impact on the Canadian beef supply chain, from Ranch to Slaughter House, from Wholesale to Retail and from domestic market to Imports/Exports. The study uses various data sources from Statistics Canada and Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC) with main focus on wholesale services prices. This publication also uses data from the product-based development project for the Wholesale Services Price Index (WSPI) using the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS). This project is part of Statistics Canada's user-centric modernization initiative. The product-based WSPI data are not yet released to the public.

Note: The WSPI represents the change in the price of wholesale services, which is defined as the margin price (or margin). The margin is the difference between the average purchase price and the average selling price of a given product. It is not a wholesale selling price.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

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The COVID-19 pandemic triggered decisions at all levels of government to try and minimize its spread, including shutting down non-essential retail establishments. This led to an abrupt shift in the Canadian retail environment, to which many industries had to adapt. This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 on retail e-commerce as a method of doing business during the first months of the pandemic.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

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This article presents an impact analysis and 2020 outlook for the Wholesale Services Prices Index (WSPI) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The WSPI represents the change in the price of wholesale services, which is defined as the margin price.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

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Statistics Canada's annual retail trade surveys are undergoing changes. Two activities underlie these changes. The re-design of our annual retail trade questionnaires is one. The other is the conversion from the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification (1980 SIC) to the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS). These activities will have significant impacts on the output of the annual surveys.

This paper has two goals. The first is to inform retail store data users, industry analysts, trade associations and other stakeholders about these changes. The second is to consult with stakeholders on possible data outputs resulting from the changes.

The paper is organized into five parts. Following the introduction, Part II describes the outputs from the current surveys and compares and contrasts the current outputs with the new. Part III focuses on the introduction of NAICS codes and the changes in coverage for retail trade. In Part IV, the benefits resulting from the above changes are outlined. The final part (Part V) seeks comments or suggestions from data users, retail trade associations and industry specialists on the release of data products as a result of the changes to the surveys.

Description: The purpose of this program is to provide statistical information on the operations of provincial and territorial liquor authorities in Canada.

Description: This survey collects detailed information about retail commodity sales in Canada to produce estimates of the distribution of the sales of various commodities at the national level, for different types of retail outlets in Canada.

Description: This survey provides information on the performance of the wholesale trade sector and when combined with other statistics, represents an important indicator of the Canadian economy.

Description: This survey collects data on monthly retail sales (in dollars and in units) of new motor vehicles sold in Canada.

Description: This survey collected data on sales of merchandise by vending machine operators through automatic vending machines, type of machine, percentage distribution of vending machines and sales, and by location for Canada and the provinces.

Description: This survey provided data on commodities sold and breakdown by method of distribution, i.e. personal selling, direct mail and other methods.

Description: The Monthly Retail Trade Survey collects sales, e-commerce sales, and the number of retail locations by province, territory, and selected Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA) from a sample of retailers.

Description: This monthly survey collects retail sales for all department stores classified under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 452110 (including concessions such as travel center or restaurant sales). The data collected from this survey is integrated with the data collected from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (record number 2406) and is released at the same time as the latter.

Description: This survey collects and measures total annual retail sales made by chain and department store organizations through retail outlets.