Retail Trade Survey (Monthly)

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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.

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  • 1. Historical (real-time) releases of monthly retail trade, sales
    Table: 20-10-0081-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Historical releases of retail trade sales, available for all members under release and adjustment dimensions, for Canada, provinces and territories, available on a monthly basis in dollars x 1,000.
    Release date: 2024-04-09
  • 2. Historical (real-time) releases of monthly retail sales, price, and volume
    Table: 20-10-0082-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Historical (real-time) releases of retail sales, price, and volume, available for all members under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) dimension, for Canada, available on a monthly basis, seasonally adjusted, in dollars x 1,000,000.
    Release date: 2024-04-09
  • 3. Retail trade January 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20240823660
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 4. Monthly retail trade sales by province and territory
    Table: 20-10-0056-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

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

    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 5. Monthly retail trade sales by industry
    Table: 20-10-0056-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Retail Trade, sales by industries based on North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), monthly.

    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 6. Monthly retail trade e-commerce sales
    Table: 20-10-0056-03
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Retail Trade, e-commerce sales, Canada, by industries based on North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), monthly.

    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 7. Monthly retail trade sales of motor vehicle and parts dealers, by industry
    Table: 20-10-0056-04
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Retail trade sales figures for the motor vehicle and parts dealers industry. Data are available on a monthly basis for Canada and provinces, in dollars x 1,000.

    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 8. Monthly retail sales, price, and volume, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 20-10-0067-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    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.

    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 9. Monthly retail sales of motor vehicle and parts dealers at 2017 constant prices, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 20-10-0067-02
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Retail trade sales, price, and volume for motor vehicle and parts dealers. Data are seasonally adjusted, available on a monthly basis for Canada, in dollars x 1,000,000.
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 10. Historical (real-time) releases of retail trade, sales, inactive Archived
    Table: 20-10-0054-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Historical releases of retail trade sales, available for all members under release and adjustment dimensions, for Canada, provinces and territories, available on a monthly basis in dollars x 1,000.
    Release date: 2023-03-06
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  • 21. Retail trade, by kind of business, Canada, provinces, territories and selected census metropolitan areas, inactive Archived
    Table: 20-10-0031-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: This table contains 1451 series, with data for years 1971 - 1989 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-04-29. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (18 items: Canada;Newfoundland and Labrador;Prince Edward Island;Nova Scotia ...), Type of retail store (34 items: Total retail; all stores;Combination stores;Grocery confectionery and sundries stores;All other food stores ...), Retail trade components (3 items: Chain;Independent;All stores ...), Adjustments (4 items: Unadjusted;Direct seasonally adjusted;Indirect seasonally adjusted;Seasonally adjusted ...).
    Release date: 2017-03-13
  • 22. Retail trade, constant dollars, Canada, inactive Archived
    Table: 20-10-0032-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: This table contains 4 series, with data for years 1972 - 1989 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2000-02-18. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Base year (2 items: 1971 constant dollars;1981 constant dollars ...), Adjustments (2 items: Unadjusted;Seasonally adjusted ...).
    Release date: 2017-03-13
  • 23. Sales of liquor, wine and beer, by kind of business and class of customer, Canada, provinces and territories, inactive Archived
    Table: 20-10-0033-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: This table contains 90 series, with data for years 1972 - 1989 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2000-02-18. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (13 items: Canada;Newfoundland and Labrador;Prince Edward Island;Nova Scotia ...), Type of sales (10 items: Total sales of alcoholic beverages;Total sales of alcoholic beverages to licensees;Total sales by provincial liquor authorities;Total sales of alcoholic beverages to consumers ...), Adjustment (2 items: Unadjusted;Seasonally adjusted ...).
    Release date: 2017-03-13
  • 24. Retail trade, sales by trade group based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), monthly, inactive Archived
    Table: 20-10-0036-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: This table contains 150 series, with data for years 1991 - 2010 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-04-23. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (18 items: Canada;Newfoundland and Labrador;Nova Scotia;Prince Edward Island ...), Trade group (22 items: Total; all trade groups;New car dealers;Used and recreational motor vehicle and parts dealers;Gasoline stations ...), Adjustments (4 items: Unadjusted;Weighted response rate;Coefficient of variation;Seasonally adjusted ...).
    Release date: 2017-03-13
  • 25. Retail trade, sales by trade group based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), quarterly, inactive Archived
    Table: 20-10-0037-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description: This table contains 396 series, with data for years 1991 - 2009 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-04-23. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (18 items: Canada;Newfoundland and Labrador;Prince Edward Island;Nova Scotia ...), Trade group (22 items: Total; all trade groups;Gasoline stations;Used and recreational motor vehicle and parts dealers;New car dealers ...).
    Release date: 2017-03-13
  • 26. Retail trade, sales by trade sector based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 20-10-0039-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: This table contains 18 series, with data for years 1991 - 2010 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-04-23. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Retail trade sector (9 items: Total retail trade; all stores;Automotive;Building and outdoor home supplies stores;Furniture; home furnishings and electronics stores ...), Adjustments (2 items: Seasonally adjusted;Unadjusted ...).
    Release date: 2017-03-13
  • 27. Retail commodity sales, by retail trade sector based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 20-10-0041-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description: This table contains 99 series, with data for years 1998 - 2009 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-07-16. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Retail commodity classification (11 items: Total commodities;Food and beverages;Health and personal care products;Clothing; footwear and accessories ...), Retail trade sector (9 items: Total retail trade; all stores;Building and outdoor home supplies stores;Automotive;Furniture; home furnishings and electronics stores ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-27
  • 28. Retail trade, sales, chained dollars and price index, inactive Archived
    Table: 20-10-0038-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: This table contains 5 series, with data for years 1997 - 2010 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-04-23. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Prices (3 items: Chained (2002) dollars;2002 constant prices;Price index ...), Adjustments (2 items: Unadjusted;Seasonally adjusted ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-22
  • 29. Retail trade, sales, chained dollars and price index based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 20-10-0042-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    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 2012-10-23. 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 ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-22
  • 30. Retail Trade Archived
    Table: 63-005-X
    Description:

    This publication presents retail sales estimates for all retail locations in Canada, by trade group and by province/territory. It includes data analysis, definitions, methodology, data reliability and a bibliography.

    Release date: 2016-02-22
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  • 1. Retail trade January 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20240823660
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 2. Retail e-commerce and COVID-19: How online sales evolved as in-person shopping resumed
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2023002
    Description: This follow-up study investigates how e-commerce and in-store retail sales evolved beyond the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and precedes the transition to the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) in the retail trade industry. In 2022, retail e-commerce sales continued to remain elevated above pre-pandemic levels in some subsectors, while in others, the resumption of in-store operations led consumers and businesses to transition closer to pre-pandemic shopping preferences.
    Release date: 2023-02-21
  • 3. Online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020088
    Description:

    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.

    Release date: 2021-02-05
  • 4. Retail e-commerce and COVID-19: How online shopping opened doors while many were closing Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100064
    Description:

    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.

    Release date: 2020-07-24
  • 5. Study: Retail e-commerce and COVID-19: How online shopping opened doors while many were closing Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202020624983
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-07-24
  • 6. Study: Experimental economic activity indexes for Canadian provinces and territories January 2002 to March 2020 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202019624863
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-07-14
  • 7. Study: The retail cannabis market in Canada: A portrait of the first year Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201934522123
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2019-12-11
  • 8. The Retail Cannabis Market in Canada: A Portrait of the First Year
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2019005
    Description:

    The Canadian federal government legalized non-medical cannabis in Canada effective October 2018. The present study sheds light on the evolving structure of the retail market, the trends in retail sales and the access of Canadians to retail cannabis stores through measures of physical proximity. Furthermore, it discusses different retail models; i.e. public and private retail stores as well as online versus in-store sales.

    Release date: 2019-12-11
  • 9. Canadian e-commerce: Measuring domestic vs. cross-border e-commerce Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019067
    Description:

    Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce) is a modern electronic method of sale that is capable of bringing buyers and sellers together in nearly every sector of the economy and from around the world. This infographic shows the e-commerce statistics for a selection of Canadian service industries. These are sales made over the internet by Canadian based companies and the sales can be to both Canadians and foreigners. Purchases made by Canadians from foreign companies are not included in the figures shown.

    Release date: 2019-11-22
  • 10. Retail E-Commerce in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2016101
    Description:

    Using data from the Monthly Retail Trade survey, this article discusses the measurement of online retail sales in the retail trade sector.

    Release date: 2016-11-14
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