Canada Wholesale Sales Edge Higher in October

2025-12-12 13:42 By Isabela Couto 1 min. read

Canada’s wholesale trade rose 0.1% month-on-month to C$86.0 billion in October 2025, beating expectations of a 0.1% drop.

Sales increased in four of seven subsectors, covering roughly half of total wholesale activity.

Motor vehicles and parts advanced 2.3% to C$14.7 billion, while farm product wholesalers posted a 16.7% jump to C$2.0 billion, marking a sixth straight monthly gain.

Offsetting these increases, sales among miscellaneous wholesalers fell 3.7% to C$10.9 billion.

Ontario led provincial performance with a 0.9% rise to C$44.3 billion, its fifth gain in six months.

Excluding Ontario, national wholesale sales fell 0.8%.

Wholesale inventories were little changed at C$135.4 billion.



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