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Canada Retail Sales

Canada Retail Sales 19 June 2026

Canada Retail Sales 19 June 2026: 0.5% for April 2026, below the 0.6% forecast and down from 0.9% in March 2026. It is the lowest reading since December 2025. 3 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 19 Jun 2026 at 12:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Statistics Canada. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
0.5%
April 2026
Forecast
0.6%
The market consensus
Previous
0.9%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A downward surprise or revision would usually weigh modestly on the Canadian dollar, though the effect is limited if the preliminary figure already set expectations.

Canada Retail Sales 19 June 2026: 0.5% for April 2026 against a 0.6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Jun 2026Apr0.5%0.6%0.9%
22 May 2026Mar0.9%0.6%0.7%
24 Apr 2026Feb0.7%0.9%1.2%
20 Feb 2026Dec-0.4%-0.5%1.2%
21 Nov 2025Sep-0.7%-0.7%1%
23 Oct 2025Aug1%1%-0.7%
19 Sep 2025Jul-0.8%-0.8%1.6%
22 Aug 2025Jun1.5%1.5%-1.2%
24 Jul 2025May-1.1%-1.1%0.4%
20 Jun 2025Apr0.3%0.4%0.8%
23 May 2025Mar0.8%0.7%-0.5%
25 Apr 2025Feb-0.4%-0.4%-0.6%
The release before:Canada Retail Sales 22 May 2026The release after:Canada Retail Sales 23 July 2026Canada Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar