# Canada Retail Sales – Mar 24, 2026: 71,651.00

> Canonical page: https://fxmacrodata.com/canada/retail-sales/announcements/cad_retail_sales_2026-03-24
> Publisher: FXMacroData (https://fxmacrodata.com) — official-source macroeconomic release records
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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Status | Released |
| Actual | 71,651.00 |
| Previous | 70,709.00 |
| Forecast | -- |
| Surprise | -- |
| Reference period | 2026-01-31 |
| Release time (local) | 2026-03-24 08:30 America/Toronto |
| Release time (UTC) | 2026-03-24 12:30 UTC |
| Release ID | cad_retail_sales_2026-03-24 |

Canada Retail Sales came in at 71,651.00 on Mar 24, 2026, compared with 70,709.00 previously. See the full release history, chart, Bank of Canada context, and API access for this series.

## Recent release history

| Release date | Actual | Previous | Forecast |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-21 | 74,283.00 | 73,839.00 | -- |
| 2026-08-21 | 73,839.00 | 73,065.00 | -- |
| 2026-08-21 | 73,065.00 | 72,726.00 | -- |
| 2026-08-21 | 72,726.00 | 72,054.00 | -- |
| 2026-08-21 | 72,054.00 | 70,780.00 | -- |
| 2026-05-22 | 70,780.00 | 71,651.00 | -- |
| 2026-03-24 | 71,651.00 | 70,709.00 | -- |
| 2026-02-23 | 70,709.00 | 70,985.00 | -- |
| 2026-01-21 | 70,985.00 | 70,113.00 | -- |
| 2025-12-22 | 70,113.00 | 70,059.00 | -- |
| 2025-11-21 | 70,059.00 | 70,135.00 | -- |
| 2025-09-22 | 70,135.00 | 70,579.00 | -- |

## API access

```
GET https://fxmacrodata.com/api/v1/announcements/cad/retail_sales?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
```

The endpoint returns the full announcement history for this series, including point-in-time release timestamps.

## Related

- Previous release: https://fxmacrodata.com/canada/retail-sales/announcements/cad_retail_sales_2026-02-23
- Next release: https://fxmacrodata.com/canada/retail-sales/announcements/cad_retail_sales_2026-05-22
- Full series and chart: https://fxmacrodata.com/canada/retail-sales
- Machine-readable surfaces index: https://fxmacrodata.com/llms.txt