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source: Statistics Canada
url: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260415/dq260415a-eng.htm
document_type: html
date_retrieved: 2026-04-15
period: February 2026
parent_publication: The Daily — Monthly Survey of Manufacturing
indicators_covered: [Manufacturing Sales MoM]
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# Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, February 2026
Released: April 15, 2026 | Source: Statistics Canada

Manufacturing sales increased **3.6%** to $71.2 billion in February 2026, following a 3.1% decline in January. Sales rose in 12 of the 21 subsectors, led by transportation equipment (+18.8%), machinery (+7.7%) and primary metal (+4.9%). On a year-over-year basis, total manufacturing sales were down 1.7% in February.

In constant dollars, total manufacturing sales rose 3.4% in February, while the Industrial Product Price Index increased 0.4%.

## Key Details

- **Transportation equipment** rebounded 18.8% to $10.6B; motor vehicles +43.4% to $3.7B; motor vehicle parts +9.9% to $2.7B
- **Machinery** increased 7.7% to $4.6B (real +3.1%)
- **Primary metals** reached a record high, rising 4.9% to $6.5B (real +9.2%)
- **Chemical products** declined 3.2% to $5.0B
- **Provincial gains:** Ontario +7.5% to $30.5B, Quebec +2.4% to $19.0B; Alberta -2.5% to $8.5B
- **Total inventories** rose 0.6% to $121.9B; **inventory-to-sales ratio** fell from 1.76 to 1.71
- **Unfilled orders** increased 2.3% to $117.6B (record high)
- **Capacity utilization** increased from 75.4% to 77.1%

## Next Release
Data for March will be released on May 15, 2026.