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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 Jan 78,058 -10.8 15.9 51,655 37.1 83.8
 
  2023 Dec 87,549 9.8 8.0 37,687 -24.6 29.9
  Nov 79,748 -4.1 9.1 49,980 -18.3 31.4
  Oct 83,159 24.7 10.2 61,141 8.5 74.4
  Sep 66,672 10.8 -14.3 56,374 5.8 53.4
  Aug 60,175 -24.6 -23.0 53,301 -5.9 44.7
  Jul 79,790 -3.5 1.0 56,643 -20.1 54.0
  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
 
   
Annual Totals    
   
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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