{"article":{"annotation":{"article_id":"canada-retail-sales-august-2026","available_at":"2026-10-25T01:05:48.819082Z","geography_revision":"ef6ee0010dda5fe7b240fd514749b43e214c57da73222d2e40ec83b276dd0977","id":"b5c916f01431c0d4d26dd0c11eaaa3f3be0d87dbeaa1fe45ac38b68b2fe73ff4","input_sha256":"a6d3f466f229916efad360d0b63d26f2da78dcc97e9ca2ecd1a041ee8df57552","limitations":["Rule-derived subjects are candidates, not verified editorial labels or calibrated model probabilities.","Coverage is distinct from event location. 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Sales increased in all nine subsectors, and the volume measure also rose 1.2%. Core retail sales, which exclude gasoline stations and fuel vendors as well as motor vehicle and parts dealers, advanced 1.1% after falling 0.7% in July. The August release was published on 23 October.","Motor vehicle and parts dealers recorded the largest subsector increase, up 1.2%. New-car dealer sales rose 1.5% after a 1.4% decline in July. Gasoline station and fuel-vendor sales increased 1.7%, the first rise in three months, although their sales volume fell 0.5%. Food and beverage retailers rose 1.1%, their first gain in three months, and health and personal-care retailers posted a tenth consecutive monthly increase, up 1.6%.","Results differed by province. Sales rose in six provinces; Ontario had the largest increase in dollar terms, up 2.2%, with Toronto-area sales rising 4.0%. British Columbia sales increased 2.1%, while Alberta was the only province with a reported decline, down 0.1%. Online retail sales rose 1.1% to $5.6 billion and represented 7.6% of total retail trade.","Statistics Canada’s advance indicator suggested retail sales increased 0.7% in September. It is an unofficial early estimate based on responses from 58.5% of surveyed companies and may be revised; the survey’s average final response rate over the prior 12 months was 86.8%. It should therefore be distinguished from the finalized August results. The agency scheduled the September retail release for 20 November.","The figures are seasonally adjusted and expressed in current dollars unless otherwise specified. The volume series removes price changes using consumer price indexes. Statistics Canada notes that common e-commerce purchases such as travel and accommodation bookings, ticket purchases and financial transactions are excluded from retail e-commerce. These series describe retail sales; they do not by themselves identify the cause of a month’s change or measure household spending across all services.","The release separates current-dollar sales from volume because a dollar increase can reflect a change in prices as well as the amount sold. In August, Statistics Canada reported the same 1.2% increase for total sales and the volume measure, but the two concepts remain different. The advance September estimate is still less complete than the regular estimate: its response share was below the survey’s recent average final response rate, and the agency explicitly says the result may change.","The estimates are survey results for retail businesses under the agency’s stated coverage and concepts, so they should not be treated as a census of every consumer transaction."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[],"country":"CA","data":{"blocks":[{"description":{"ar":"قيم مبيعات التجزئة والمبيعات عبر الإنترنت المعدلة موسمياً في أغسطس والتغير الشهري.","de":"Saisonbereinigte Einzelhandels- und Onlineumsätze im August mit Monatsveränderung.","en":"Seasonally adjusted August retail sales and online sales values, with the monthly change.","es":"Valores ajustados de ventas minoristas y en línea de agosto, con variación mensual.","fr":"Valeurs désaisonnalisées des ventes au détail et en ligne en août, avec variation mensuelle.","pt":"Valores ajustados das vendas a retalho e online em agosto, com variação mensal.","tr":"Mevsim etkilerinden arındırılmış ağustos perakende ve internet satış değerleri ile aylık değişim."},"id":"canada-retail-sales-august-2026","items":[{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"مبيعات التجزئة، كندا","de":"Einzelhandelsumsatz, Kanada","en":"Retail sales, Canada","es":"Ventas minoristas, Canadá","fr":"Ventes au détail, Canada","pt":"Vendas a retalho, Canadá","tr":"Perakende satışlar, Kanada"},"measure":{"aggregation":"flow","frequency":"monthly","geography":"canada","id":"retail-sales-value","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"billion-cad"},"period":"2026-08","unit":"billion CAD","value":74.6},{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"التغير الشهري لمبيعات التجزئة، كندا","de":"Monatliche Veränderung des Einzelhandelsumsatzes, Kanada","en":"Retail sales monthly change, Canada","es":"Cambio mensual de las ventas minoristas, Canadá","fr":"Variation mensuelle des ventes au détail, Canada","pt":"Variação mensal das vendas a retalho, Canadá","tr":"Perakende satışların aylık değişimi, Kanada"},"measure":{"aggregation":"rate","frequency":"monthly","geography":"canada","id":"retail-sales-monthly-change","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"percent"},"period":"2026-08","unit":"percent","value":1.2},{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"مبيعات التجزئة الإلكترونية، كندا","de":"Online-Einzelhandelsumsatz, Kanada","en":"Retail e-commerce sales, Canada","es":"Ventas minoristas de comercio electrónico, Canadá","fr":"Ventes au détail en ligne, Canada","pt":"Vendas a retalho de comércio eletrónico, Canadá","tr":"Perakende e-ticaret satışları, Kanada"},"measure":{"aggregation":"flow","frequency":"monthly","geography":"canada","id":"retail-online-sales-value","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"billion-cad"},"period":"2026-08","unit":"billion CAD","value":5.6}],"methodology":{"ar":"القيم بالدولار الجاري المعدلة موسمياً كما نشرتها الهيئة؛ ويُذكر تغير الحجم منفصلاً في الخبر.","de":"Veröffentlichte saisonbereinigte Werte in laufenden Dollar; 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Sales increased in all nine subsectors, and the volume measure also rose 1.2%. Core retail sales, which exclude gasoline stations and fuel vendors as well as motor vehicle and parts dealers, advanced 1.1% after falling 0.7% in July. The August release was published on 23 October.\n\nMotor vehicle and parts dealers recorded the largest subsector increase, up 1.2%. New-car dealer sales rose 1.5% after a 1.4% decline in July. Gasoline station and fuel-vendor sales increased 1.7%, the first rise in three months, although their sales volume fell 0.5%. Food and beverage retailers rose 1.1%, their first gain in three months, and health and personal-care retailers posted a tenth consecutive monthly increase, up 1.6%.\n\nResults differed by province. Sales rose in six provinces; Ontario had the largest increase in dollar terms, up 2.2%, with Toronto-area sales rising 4.0%. British Columbia sales increased 2.1%, while Alberta was the only province with a reported decline, down 0.1%. 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