Given the rapidly evolving economic situation, Statistics Canada is providing an advance estimate of sales in the wholesale trade sector for February. The advance results for February indicate that wholesale sales rose 0.9%. The increase reflects higher sales in the food, beverage and tobacco; miscellaneous product; and machinery equipment and supplies subsectors.
This estimate was calculated based on a weighted response rate of 57.2%. The average final response rate for the survey over the past 12 months has been 84.7%. As Statistics Canada continues to collect data for the February reference month, this early indicator is subject to a higher revision rate than the regular monthly release.
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