Canada Manufacturing Sales MoM1981-2020 Data | 2021-2022 Forecast | Calendar

Manufacturing sales in Canada slumped 2 percent over a month earlier to CAD 52.4 billion in August of 2020, following an upwardly revised 7.2 percent rise in July and compared with market expectations of a 1.4 percent fall. It was the first decline in manufacturing sales after three consecutive months of strong increases, led by the transportation equipment industry, on lower sales of motor vehicle parts (-16.8 percent). Although several car assembly plants shortened or skipped their annual maintenance shutdowns to build up inventories in July, sales in August were weaker coming off a stronger than usual July. Also, sales fell sharply for plastics and rubber industries (-9.6 percent). In contrast, sales surged for wood products (12.3 percent), mainly due to higher exports of lumber (16.5 percent), particularly to the US; and miscellaneous products (12 percent) on higher sales of silver and gold. Manufacturing sales were 6.6 percent below February's pre-pandemic levels.

Manufacturing sales in Canada rose 7 percent over a month earlier to CAD 53.1 billion in July 2020, after rising an upwardly revised record 23 percent and below market expectations of an 8.7 percent gain. It was the third consecutive increase in manufacturing sales, as manufacturers resumed operations following full or partial shutdowns related to the pandemic. Sales were up in 13 of 21 industries, in particular in the transportation equipment industry (24.1 percent) as many auto manufacturers shortened or skipped their summer shutdowns this year. Also, sales increased for petroleum & coal products (13 percent); and plastic & rubber (15.1 percent). Meanwhile, food sales dropped 1.7 percent mainly due to sea food (-39.3 percent) amid a disruption in lobster sales as in June the Chinese government enacted new testing measures for live and processed lobster imports before they can enter the country. Still, manufacturing sales remained 5.4 percent below February's pre-pandemic levels.

Manufacturing sales in Canada jumped 20.7 percent over a month earlier to CAD 48.7 billion in June 2020, recovering further from a record 27.9 percent slump in April and 10.3 percent decline in March and beating market expectations of a 16.4 percent rise. It was the largest increase in manufacturing sales on record, as many manufacturers resumed operations following full or partial shutdowns related to COVID-19 in April. Sales were up in all 21 industries, led by the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts industries. Excluding these two industries, manufacturing sales increased 10.3%. Still, total manufacturing sales in June were 13.2% below their pre-pandemic level in February.

Manufacturing sales in Canada jumped 10.7 percent over a month earlier to CAD 40.2 billion in May 2020, following a downwardly revised record 27.9 percent slump in the previous month and beating market expectations of a 9.5 percent rise. It was the largest increase in manufacturing sales on record, as many manufacturers resumed operations following full or partial shutdowns related to COVID-19 in April. Sales were up in 18 of 21 industries, in particular transport equipment (81.7%), namely motor vehicle (CAD 983.5 million) and motor vehicle parts (CAD 439.8 million); petroleum & coal product industry (18.6%); miscellaneous manufacturing (92.6%); printing (91.6%); clothing (90.4%), furniture (89.6%); leather and allied product (89.0%) and textile mills (88.7%). Sales advanced in eight provinces in May, led by Ontario and Quebec.