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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
 
  2024 Aug 81,942 -2.4 44.2 37,511 -3.8 23.6
  Jul 83,921 3.0 7.1 38,978 10.1 27.9
  Jun 81,447 -4.4 -1.1 35,406 -19.5 -34.8
  May 85,229 5.5 6.1 43,982 -1.9 -8.5
  Apr 80,776 -8.0 6.4 44,817 -17.4 22.0
  Mar 87,818 3.2 0.2 54,290 16.9 7.7
  Feb 85,095 6.7 12.5 46,446 18.1 36.5
  Jan 79,736 -8.8 12.0 39,342 36.8 48.3
 
  2023 Dec 87,430 9.7 7.9 28,763 -20.1 -0.9
  Nov 79,709 -4.0 9.0 36,004 -2.3 -5.4
  Oct 82,993 24.3 10.0 36,867 19.3 5.1
  Sep 66,790 17.5 -14.2 30,903 1.8 -15.9
  Aug 56,837 -27.5 -27.3 30,355 -0.4 -17.6
 
   
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 (1999-2022)

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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