# Canada Retail Sales, Food and Beverage Retailers, (SA)

Canada Retail Sales, Food and Beverage Retailers, (SA) was up 0.8% year on year in August 2026, compared with 0.3% in July 2026.
The level stood at 13,371,652 CAD thousands.
Over the past available history it has ranged from −9.2% (Mar 2021) to 24.2% (Mar 2020), averaging 3.2%.

- Source agency: Statistics Canada
- Makrognosis code: `CA.RETSALES.M.SA.GRP-FOODBEV`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: CAD thousands
- Coverage: 2017-01-01 to 2026-08-01 (116 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/canada/retail-sales-food-and-beverage-retailers-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| August 2026 | 13,371,652 CAD thousands | 0.8 |
| July 2026 | 13,227,878 CAD thousands | 0.3 |
| June 2026 | 13,260,655 CAD thousands | −1.0 |
| May 2026 | 13,283,960 CAD thousands | 1.8 |
| April 2026 | 13,239,331 CAD thousands | 0.3 |
| March 2026 | 13,521,926 CAD thousands | 2.9 |
| February 2026 | 13,446,382 CAD thousands | 1.4 |
| January 2026 | 13,355,970 CAD thousands | 2.4 |
| December 2025 | 13,371,839 CAD thousands | 0.9 |
| November 2025 | 13,415,418 CAD thousands | 5.3 |
| October 2025 | 13,049,030 CAD thousands | −0.00 |
| September 2025 | 13,269,418 CAD thousands | 1.4 |
| August 2025 | 13,265,912 CAD thousands | 3.7 |
| July 2025 | 13,192,114 CAD thousands | 1.9 |
| June 2025 | 13,388,559 CAD thousands | 4.9 |
| May 2025 | 13,047,091 CAD thousands | 3.0 |
| April 2025 | 13,205,562 CAD thousands | 3.0 |
| March 2025 | 13,144,048 CAD thousands | 3.8 |
| February 2025 | 13,264,752 CAD thousands | 4.4 |
| January 2025 | 13,041,493 CAD thousands | 1.7 |
| December 2024 | 13,255,158 CAD thousands | 3.6 |
| November 2024 | 12,741,324 CAD thousands | 1.3 |
| October 2024 | 13,049,671 CAD thousands | 2.1 |
| September 2024 | 13,083,807 CAD thousands | 2.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/CA.RETSALES.M.SA.GRP-FOODBEV"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/CA.RETSALES.M.SA.GRP-FOODBEV",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```