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Retail and Wholesale Trade


These industries are involved in selling consumer goods and related service to the general public. Statistics Canada releases monthly sales information, as well as detailed annual financial statistics for this sector.

Northwest Territories
Retail Sales and Wholesale Trade
Monthly: $thousands (Raw)
 
Retail

Wholesale
    All Stores (Raw)
(V1446860156)
% Change from Prev Period
% Change from Prev Year
Total Sales (Raw)
(V52367804)
% Change from Prev Period
% Change from Prev Year
 
  2025 Feb 82,829 -2.0 -4.0 0 0.0 -100.0
  Jan 84,518 -6.1 6.2 0 0.0 -100.0
 
  2024 Dec 89,980 9.2 2.9 0 -100.0 -100.0
  Nov 82,368 -5.8 3.3 36,889 1.1 2.5
  Oct 87,408 14.2 5.3 36,487 -28.2 -1.0
  Sep 76,527 -7.4 14.6 50,818 36.8 64.4
  Aug 82,603 -2.7 45.3 37,136 -4.7 22.3
  Jul 84,869 3.4 8.3 38,978 10.1 27.9
  Jun 82,103 -3.9 -0.3 35,406 -19.5 -34.8
  May 85,435 5.5 6.3 43,982 -1.9 -8.5
  Apr 80,981 -8.8 6.7 44,817 -17.4 22.0
  Mar 88,827 3.0 1.3 54,290 16.9 7.7
  Feb 86,238 8.4 14.0 46,446 18.1 36.5
 
   
Annual Totals    
   
2023925,2051.0443,38110.1
2022916,465-1.6402,84340.9
2021931,1794.1285,838-18.3
2020894,4349.8349,952-40.4
2019814,388-1.4587,172-14.6
2018825,5333.0687,6375.7
2017801,6400.0650,283-5.6
   

Downloadable Data

Table 1 Retail Trade by Province and Territory
Table 2 Wholesale Trade by Province and Territory
Table 3 NWT Annual Retail and Wholesale Financial Statistics (1999-2023)

For more detailed information on retail sales or wholesale trade in the Northwest Territories or for comparisons with Canada or other provincial or territorial jurisdictions see TSR System.

 
 
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