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
2023	Jul	82,848	0.2	4.8	57,979	-18.2	57.6
	Jun	82,709	0.9	-5.9	70,922	9.9	96.5
	May	82,000	13.1	4.9	64,516	29.3	102.6
	Apr	72,526	-13.1	-2.6	49,893	-17.6	52.3
	Mar	83,450	15.3	0.8	60,538	60.0	58.9
	Feb	72,351	7.4	10.0	37,830	34.6	30.4
	Jan	67,356	-16.9	7.2	28,108	-3.1	24.8
2022	Dec	81,059	10.9	-3.5	29,016	-23.7	31.0
	Nov	73,122	-3.1	-2.7	38,051	8.5	75.0
	Oct	75,439	-3.1	2.9	35,067	-4.6	46.0
	Sep	77,832	-0.4	7.6	36,747	-0.3	44.7
	Aug	78,163	-1.1	0.8	36,840	0.1	50.4
	Jul	79,036	-10.1	-4.4	36,790	2.0	60.4
Annual Totals
2021		931,179	4.1		285,838	-18.3
2020		894,434	9.8		349,952	-40.4
2019		814,388	-1.4		587,172	-14.6
2018		825,533	3.0		687,637	5.7
2017		801,640	0.0		650,283	-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 (1999-2021)

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.