Adapted from Statistics Canada, Retail trade, total sales and e-commerce sales, 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Share of e-commerce retail sales in Canada 2021, by sector
Pure online players, such as mail order or home delivery companies, accounted for more than half of Canadian online sales. Figures from 2021 suggest that food and beverages accounted for nearly eight percent of all retail e-commerce. Fashion items followed, with a 8.6 percent market share.
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