Canada Wholesale Trade: June 2025 (Final)
Wholesale sales (excluding petroleum and oilseed/grain) rose 0.7% MoM in June 2025 to $84.7 billion and were up 3.2% YoY, with volume sales also increasing 0.6% MoM.
- Food, beverage and tobacco sales increased 1.7% MoM to $15.6B, led by a 1.9% MoM gain in food sales.
- Miscellaneous subsector sales rose 2.4% MoM to $10.7B, driven by minerals, ores and precious metals.
- Machinery, equipment and supplies sales edged up 0.6% MoM to $18.0B, while Alberta posted the largest provincial drop (-2.9% MoM) on machinery weakness.
- Quebec led provincial growth, up 1.9% MoM to $15.3B, with notable gains in miscellaneous (+8.4%) and building materials (+5.3%).
- Wholesale inventories increased 0.9% MoM to $131.7B, keeping the inventory-to-sales ratio steady at 1.55.