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) (V52367333)	% Change from Prev Period	% Change from Prev Year	Total Sales (Raw) (V52367804)	% Change from Prev Period	% Change from Prev Year
2023	Jan	#NA	#NA	#NA	28,240	-2.7	25.4
2022	Dec	78,154	12.0	-2.3	29,016	-23.7	31.0
	Nov	69,799	-2.0	-2.5	38,051	8.5	75.0
	Oct	71,243	-2.9	2.3	35,067	-4.6	46.0
	Sep	73,356	-0.2	6.7	36,747	-0.3	44.7
	Aug	73,531	-1.0	0.1	36,840	0.1	50.4
	Jul	74,258	-9.6	-5.4	36,790	2.0	60.4
	Jun	82,163	12.6	3.5	36,086	13.3	46.9
	May	72,946	4.5	4.9	31,851	-2.8	51.1
	Apr	69,824	-10.1	-8.9	32,758	-14.0	19.0
	Mar	77,685	26.1	-10.6	38,109	31.4	4.2
	Feb	61,617	4.3	-9.4	29,000	28.7	87.2
	Jan	59,051	-26.2	-11.0	22,528	1.7	13.2
Annual Totals
2020		861,277	11.0		349,952	-40.4
2019		775,925	-1.4		587,172	-14.6
2018		786,722	2.3		687,637	5.7
2017		768,803	2.0		650,283	-5.6
2016		753,548	-8.3		689,106	7.2
2015		821,521	5.3		643,095	-6.7
2014		780,506	2.8		689,197	3.4
2013		759,377	0.8		666,262	-5.5
2012		753,576	3.6		705,233	14.0

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.