Statistics

Structure of Retail in Canada
A discussion of the structure and characteristics of the Canadian Retail Sector. (June 2006)

State of the Food and Consumer Products Industry - 2004 Executive Summary
Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors (CCGD), Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers (CFIG) and Food & Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC) launched the second joint report examining the state of the food and consumer products manufacturing, distribution and retail industry in Canada. (February 2005)

Sector Council Program - Partnerships at Work
Social Development Canada

Retail Trade - Service Industries Overview Series

Retail Trade - 2005 Results and 2006 Outlook
Conseil québécois du commerce de détail

Statistics Canada

Study: Competing for the Retail Drug Market, 2005
This study analyzes drug sales by type of retailer between 1998 and 2005. (September 18, 2006)

Study: Canadian Retailers Competing for the Consumer's Food Dollar
This study examines market shares for retail sales and gross margins by different store types from 1997 to 2004. (April 11, 2006)

Retail Trade - September 2006
Statistics Canada – The Daily (November 21, 2006)
Plummeting gas prices and slumping auto sales drove total retail sales down 1.2 percent in September. This decline limited retail sales for the third quarter to about half the rate of the previous two quarters.

Monthly Survey of Large Retailers – September 2006 (November 17, 2006)

Quarterly Retail Commodity Survey - First Quarter 2006
Statistics Canada – The Daily (July 14, 2006)
Since the beginning of 2005 and continuing into the first quarter of 2006, rising fuel prices at the pump have caused consumers to spend proportionately more of their retail dollar on automotive fuels, oils and additives.

Study: Retail trade since the turn of the millenium, 1996 to 2004
Statistics Canada – The Daily (October 17, 2005)
Canada's retail trade industry has grown at a relatively robust pace since the turn of the millennium, even though the economy encountered a series of dampening events, according to a new study that provides an in-depth analysis of retail sales nationally and provincially between 1996 and 2004.

Annual Retail Trade, 2004
Statistics Canada – The Daily (March 27, 2006)
Retail sales strengthened in 2004, as consumers took advantage of easier credit, growing employment and rising personal disposable income to fix up their homes and buy some new furniture.