Restaurants, caterers and taverns
April 2007 (preliminary)
Total estimated sales in the restaurants, caterers and taverns industry reached $3.3 billion in April, a 1.9% increase over April 2006 on a year-over-year basis. (Data are neither seasonally adjusted nor adjusted for inflation).
The increase in sales at the national level was due to […]

Study: A review of retail trade in the provinces
2006
Canada’s retailers had their busiest year in nearly a decade in 2006, and it was consumers in the three westernmost provinces who increased their spending the most, according to a new study.
Retailers sold $389.6 billion worth of goods and services in […]

Retail trade
April 2007
Total retail sales increased moderately in April on the strength of new car dealers’ sales. Excluding new, used and recreational vehicles and parts dealers, retail sales were flat.
Retail sales advanced 0.4% in April to an estimated $34.1 billion. This moderate growth was the third monthly increase in […]