Canada

A stable macroeconomic environment, low corruption, sound banking system and a skilled, digitally-adept labour force and proximity to the US market are among the key advantages of Canada’s business environment. Canada also has solid road, cargo and…

The cannabis market in Canada continues to thrive with legal sales reaching CAD4.2 billion in 2021. The market is primarily being driven by adult-use cannabis as a result of a growing user base, including the continued shift from illicit to legal…

Having exhibited their fastest rate of growth in well over a decade during 2020, the rate of growth in retail volume sales of vacuum cleaners slowed in 2021 but remained vigorous by the standards of the review period as a whole. The fact that many…

Having exhibited their fastest rate of growth in well over a decade during 2020, small cooking appliances suffered something of a post-lockdown hangover during 2021, with retail volume sales declining (albeit marginally) for the first time in seven…

Retail volume sales of refrigeration appliances rose for the first time in five years during 2021, exhibiting their most rapid rate of growth in well over a decade. An improved economic environment combined with the fact that Canadians continued to…

Having risen at their fastest rate in more than a decade during 2020, the rate of growth in retail volume sales of personal care appliances slowed significantly during 2021 but remained robust in comparison with the review period prior to the…

Retail volume sales of microwaves rose for the first time in three years during 2021, as economic conditions improved and consumers spent more time at home (with many working from home) and prepared and ate more meals there. According to Euromonitor…

Retail volume sales of large cooking appliances rose at their fastest pace in more than a decade during 2021. Having spent more time at home during 2020 and 2021 due to pandemic restrictions, a growing number of Canadians chose to remodel their…

Having declined marginally during 2020, retail volume sales of home laundry appliances rebounded strongly in 2021. Canadians also shifted to lower price points during 2020 in the face of economic uncertainty, with millions of jobs lost during the…

The rate of growth in retail volume sales of food preparation appliances slowed significantly during 2021 to reach its slowest rate in seven years. In 2020, retail volume sales had exhibited their fastest rate of growth in almost a decade, with…

Having declined during both 2019 and 2020, retail volume sales of dishwashers exhibited their fastest rate of growth in more than a decade during 2021. Some sales were shifted from 2020 to 2021 due to COVID-19. During 2020, the economic shock of the…

With local consumers spending more time at home due to COVID-19 restrictions, retail volume sales of air treatment products exhibited their most rapid rate of growth in well over a decade during 2020. With daily life normalising somewhat and…

As sports drinks consumption in Canada is highly seasonal, the arrival of the pandemic in the warmer weather months, when there is the most opportunity for sports drinks, has had a large impact on the product area. The cancellations of sports events,…

At the outbreak of COVID-19, modern grocery retailers benefitted from consumers panic-buying, leading to sales rising to two fifths higher than they were in the same week last year. Soft drinks such as carbonates, bottled water and juice, which are…

RTD tea experienced increased growth in off-trade channels in 2020 supported by its association with tea which is perceived as natural and healthy. As such, RTD benefitted from the pandemic as more consumers took an interest in products in line with…

During lockdown, consumers were confined at home and coffee shops were closed throughout 2020. As a result, many consumers wanted to recreate the barrister experience at home and RTD coffee met some of these needs, which boosted demand in 2020 and…

Over the review period, juice was seeing increasingly less interest from consumers, largely as a result of the growing health and wellness trend. However, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, current value sales rose notably as the product…

Energy drinks were one of the soft drinks that experienced panic-buying to some extent at the outbreak of COVID-19 in Canada in 2020. Energy drinks had been gaining popularity pre-pandemic because of promotional activities by major players. They are…

Both liquid and powder concentrates responded negatively to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The main reason for this was due to lost consumption opportunities such as on-the-go, in the office, and after training at the gym. Likewise, competition from…

Over the review period, demand for carbonates through both off-trade and on-trade channels had been steadily declining in line with the developing health and wellness trend in the country. This trend is particularly evident amongst the core consumer…