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Canada wholesale sales growth, April 2026

What will Statistics Canada first report as the monthly change in Canadian wholesale sales for April 2026, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, other hydrocarbons, oilseed, and grain?

current forecast · 80% CI+0.2%
-1.0%+0.2%+1.4%
history:Feb: +2.0%Mar: +1.9%Apr adv: +0.1%

Trend

history + forecast
-1.5-0.21.22.5FebApr advJun 2026+0.2%actual +0.6%
historyforecast path80% intervalactual

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

resolved outcomeinside 80% interval
actual
+0.6%
forecast
+0.2% with 80% CI [-1.0%, +1.4%]
error
+0.4% · absolute +0.4%
cdf score
CRPS 0.31 · PIT 0.63
source
Statistics Canada Wholesale trade, April 2026

Wholesale sales excluding petroleum, petroleum products, other hydrocarbons, oilseed and grain rose 0.6% 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.wholesale_trade.sales_mom_exclusions.canada.april_2026.first_print

Key drivers

  • Advance wholesale indicator
  • Machinery and equipment sales
  • Building material and supplies sales
  • Inventory-to-sales ratio

Resolution

source
Statistics Canada Wholesale Trade
resolved
June 15, 2026
actual
+0.6%
rule
Resolves to the first published monthly percent change in seasonally adjusted wholesale sales excluding petroleum, petroleum products, other hydrocarbons, oilseed, and grain in Statistics Canada's April 2026 Wholesale trade release. Later revisions do not change the resolved value.
Data point
statcan.wholesale_trade.sales_mom_exclusions.canada.april_2026.first_print

Series design

series
statcan.wholesale_trade.sales_mom
cadence
monthly · ~2 weeks
horizon
next release · first print
priority
P1
benchmark
Statistics Canada wholesale advance indicator
chainable
next release · +3 months · inventory ratio
run
Global near-term indicator source synthesis · Codex recorded source-context synthesis · June 6, 2026

Analyst agent · reasoning trace

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