Name: Canada Retail Sales YoY
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Retail Sales in Canada decreased 0 percent in December of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Canada averaged 4.64 percent from 1992 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 55.50 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -30.20 percent in April of 2020. source: Statistics Canada

Retail Sales YoY in Canada is expected to be 1.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Canada Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 3.00 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Consumer Credit	816912.00	813231.00	CAD Million	Dec 2025
Consumer Spending	1431258.00	1425267.00	CAD Million	Dec 2025
Disposable Personal Income	1818456.00	1807932.00	CAD Million	Dec 2025
Households Debt to GDP	100.61	100.43	percent of GDP	Sep 2025
Households Debt to Income	174.78	173.91	percent	Sep 2025
Personal Savings	4.70	4.60	percent	Sep 2025
Retail Sales Ex Autos MoM	0.10	1.60	percent	Dec 2025
Retail Sales MoM	1.50	-0.50	percent	Jan 2026
Retail Sales YoY	0.00	3.10	percent	Dec 2025

Canada Retail Sales YoY

In Canada, the year-over-year change in Retail sales compares the aggregated sales of retail goods and services during a certain month to the same month a year ago.