Canada Ecommerce Forecast 2024

Ecommerce Sales Penetration Reaches a Ceiling

Report by Paul Briggs  |  Aug 9, 2024

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Ecommerce sales penetration is plateauing in Canada
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Our annual report on ecommerce in Canada highlights our most recent forecasts for all flavors of retail, including brick-and-mortar, digital buying, and mobile commerce.
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Ecommerce sales penetration is plateauing in Canada
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Our annual report on ecommerce in Canada highlights our most recent forecasts for total retail, ecommerce, and mcommerce sales. We also detail the number of digital buyers in the country by age and provide sales estimates for the dominant Amazon.

Key Question: What percentage of Canada’s retail sales is transacted online?

Retail Ecommerce Sales Growth in Canada Is Flattening (billions of retail ecommerce sales in Canada, % change, and % of total retail sales, 2022-2027)
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Key Stat: In 2024, 11.9% of Canada’s retail sales are ecommerce, a share level that is nearing a ceiling.

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  1. Executive Summary
  1. Ecommerce sales penetration is plateauing in Canada
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Retail Ecommerce Sales Growth in Canada Is Flattening (billions of retail ecommerce sales in Canada, % change, and % of total retail sales, 2022-2027)2024 Will Be a Rebound Year for All Retail Segments in Canada, Especially Mcommerce (% change in retail sales in Canada, by channel, 2023-2028)
Young Adults Are More Likely to Be Digital Buyers in Canada (digital buyer % of population in Canada, by age, 2024)Retail Ecommerce Sales Share in Canada, by Product Category, 2023-2025 (% of category retail sales)
Amazon Share of Retail Ecommerce, Select Countries, 2024 (% of total retail ecommerce sales)

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Paul Briggs

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Sky Canaves
Principal Analyst
Matteo Ceurvels
Nikolai Dineros
Andrew Spink
Forecasting Analyst
Heather Sprung
Senior Editor