Data source for Chart 26.1
Retail and wholesale sales

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Chart 26.1 is a line chart showing retail and wholesale sales from 2000 to 2011.

Both retail and wholesale sales increased steadily from 2000 to 2011, except for a drop in 2009.

Wholesale sales increased from $370.8 billion in 2000 to $533.3 billion in 2008 before declining to $496.5 billion in 2009. They then rose to a high of $564.4 billion in 2011.

Retail sales rose from $287.8 billion in 2000 to $427.9 billion in 2008 before declining to $415.4 billion in 2009. They then increased to a high of $456.4 billion in 2011.

Chart 26.1 Retail and wholesale sales
Table summary
This table displays the results of chart 26.1 retail and wholesale sales wholesale trade and retail trade, calculated using $ thousands units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Wholesale trade Retail trade
  $ thousands
2000 370,794,763 287,838,437
2001 378,499,805 300,447,900
2002 406,721,984 319,525,412
2003 415,597,455 331,143,417
2004 443,010,314 346,454,604
2005 468,613,299 365,994,059
2006 492,066,897 389,459,465
2007 518,081,552 412,565,307
2008 533,275,096 427,895,854
2009 496,592,854 415,413,416
2010 529,234,755 438,524,556
2011 564,372,691 456,388,471
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 080-0020 and 081-0011.
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