Statistics Canada announced that total manufacturing sales reached their highest level since January 2025, rising 3.0% to $73.6 billion in March.

Sales rose in 9 of the 21 subsectors, led by the petroleum and coal product (+22.7%) and transportation equipment (+6.0%) subsectors. Excluding the petroleum and coal product subsector, total manufacturing sales rose 0.7% in March. With the overall gain in March, total manufacturing sales on a year-over-year basis increased 3.5%.

Manufacturing sales rose in eight provinces in March with Ontario and Alberta posting the largest increases.

Manufacturing sales in Ontario increased 2.2% to $31.4 billion in March, marking a second consecutive monthly gain. Sales rose in 8 of 21 subsectors, led by transportation equipment (+8.1%) and petroleum and coal product (+21.8%).

In Alberta, sales increased 4.4% on a month-over-month basis to $8.9 billion in March, driven primarily by increased sales of chemicals (+16.8%) and petroleum and coal products (+7.7%). Higher sales of basic chemicals as well as resin, synthetic rubber, and artificial and synthetic fibres and filaments contributed the most to the gain in chemical manufacturing.

 

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