Canada Wholesale Sales Growth Revised Slightly Down

2026-04-15 12:42 By Luisa Carvalho 1 min. read

Canada’s wholesale trade rose by 2% month-on-month to C$86.8 billion in February 2026, slightly below the initially reported 2.3% gain and following a revised 1.1% decline in January.

Sales increased in five of the seven subsectors, led by the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories subsector (+6.1% to $14.4 billion) and the food, beverage and tobacco subsector (+2.9% to $16.5 billion).

Additionally, sales of personal and household goods rose 2.5% to their highest level on record of $13.2 billion.

On the other hand, the miscellaneous subsector fell 0.6% to $10.9 billion, led by a 19.4% decrease in the mineral, ore and precious metal industry group to $733.4 million.

Seven provinces recorded higher sales, led by Ontario (2.8%) and Quebec (3.3%).

On a yearly basis, wholesale sales grew 1.2% in February.



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