A person fills up their car at a gas station in Montreal on March 5, 2026. The Canadian Press/Christopher Katsarov
Retail sales rose 0.9 percent to $72.7 billion in March as higher gas prices boosted overall sales for the month, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
Sales at gas stations and fuel vendors rose 12.4 percent as the attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel drove oil and gas prices higher, the agency said. In volume terms, sales for the subsector fell 1.9 percent for the month.
