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Canada retail sales growth, April 2026

What will Statistics Canada first report as the monthly change in seasonally adjusted Canadian retail sales for April 2026?

current forecast · 80% CI+0.6%
-0.2%+0.6%+1.4%
history:Feb: +0.7%Mar: +0.9%Apr adv: +0.6%

Trend

history + forecast
-0.50.211.7FebApr advJun 2026+0.6%actual +0.5%
historyforecast path80% intervalactual

Global near-term indicator source synthesis · 2026-06-06T14:42:00+02:00

resolved outcomeinside 80% interval
actual
+0.5%
forecast
+0.6% with 80% CI [-0.2%, +1.4%]
error
-0.1% · absolute +0.1%
cdf score
CRPS 0.18 · PIT 0.45
source
Statistics Canada Retail trade, April 2026

Statistics Canada reported retail sales rose 0.5% to $73.0 billion in April 2026.

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record
June 6, 2026
agent
Global near-term indicator source synthesis
distribution
201 CDF points
model
Codex recorded source-context synthesis
ledger fact
statcan.retail_trade.sales_mom.canada.april_2026.first_print

Key drivers

  • Advance retail indicator
  • Gasoline station sales
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers
  • Core retail demand

Resolution

source
Statistics Canada Retail Trade
resolved
June 19, 2026
actual
+0.5%
rule
Resolves to the first published monthly percent change in seasonally adjusted Canadian retail sales for April 2026 in Statistics Canada's Retail trade release. Later revisions do not change the resolved value.
Data point
statcan.retail_trade.sales_mom.canada.april_2026.first_print

Series design

series
statcan.retail_trade.sales_mom
cadence
monthly · ~3 weeks
horizon
next release · first print
priority
P0
benchmark
Statistics Canada advance retail indicator
chainable
next release · +3 months · GDP contribution
run
Global near-term indicator source synthesis · Codex recorded source-context synthesis · June 6, 2026

Analyst agent · reasoning trace

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