Canada Online Retail Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast to 2026
Summary
Online Retail in Canada industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2016-21, and forecast to 2026). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.
Key Highlights
- The online retail market includes all sales within Clothing & Footwear, Electricals, Food & Grocery, Health & Beauty, Home and Other (Books, News & Stationery, Jewelry & Watches, Luggage & Leather Goods, Music, Video & Entertainment Software, Sports & Leisure Equipment and others) segments, provided they take place over the internet, where the payment does not occur in-store on a later occasion. Data is included irrespective of whether the vendor is a pure-play internet company or the online offering of a bricks and mortar retailer. Online specialists retailers include sell only via the internet. Other online retail is a sell done online by retailers that also operate via offline channels (in-store, mail order, direct selling, etc.)
- The Canadian online retail market had total revenues of $44,378.9m in 2021, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26.8% between 2017 and 2021.
- Other Online Retail account for the largest proportion of sales in the Canadian online retail market in 2021, sales through this channel generated $27,833.6m, equivalent to 62.7% of the market's overall value.
- Canadian consumers rely on several payment methods for their online purchases, such as credit cards, prepaid cards, and vouchers. Credit cards were the most common payment method for Canadian consumers, followed by digital wallets.
- Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the online retail market in Canada
- Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the online retail market in Canada
- Leading company profiles reveal details of key online retail market players’ global operations and financial performance
- Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the Canada online retail market with five year forecasts
- What was the size of the Canada online retail market by value in 2021?
- What will be the size of the Canada online retail market in 2026?
- What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Canada online retail market?
- How has the market performed over the last five years?
- What are the main segments that make up Canada's online retail market?
- 1 Executive Summary
- 1.1. Market value
- 1.2. Market value forecast
- 1.3. Category segmentation
- 1.4. Geography segmentation
- 1.5. Market rivalry
- 1.6. Competitive Landscape
- 2 Market Overview
- 2.1. Market definition
- 2.2. Market analysis
- 3 Market Data
- 3.1. Market value
- 4 Market Segmentation
- 4.1. Category segmentation
- 4.2. Geography segmentation
- 4.3. Market distribution
- 5 Market Outlook
- 5.1. Market value forecast
- 6 Five Forces Analysis
- 6.1. Summary
- 6.2. Buyer power
- 6.3. Supplier power
- 6.4. New entrants
- 6.5. Threat of substitutes
- 6.6. Degree of rivalry
- 7 Competitive Landscape
- 7.1. Who are the leading players?
- 7.2. What are the main business models in the market?
- 7.3. What strategies do the leading players follow?
- 7.4. Who are the main challengers to the incumbents?
- 7.5. What is the rationale for the recent M&A activity?
- 8 Company Profiles
- 8.1. Amazon.com, Inc.
- 8.2. Walmart Inc
- 8.3. Best Buy Canada Ltd
- 8.4. eBay Inc
- 8.5. Apple Inc
- 8.6. Costco Wholesale Corporation
- 8.7. Home Depot of Canada Inc
- 8.8. Hudson's Bay Company
- 9 Macroeconomic Indicators
- 9.1. Country data
- 10 Appendix
- 10.1. Methodology
- 10.2. Industry associations
- 10.3. Related MarketLine research
- 10.4. About MarketLine
- List of Tables
- Table 1: Canada online retail sector value: $ million, 2016–21
- Table 2: Canada online retail sector category segmentation: % share, by value, 2016–2021
- Table 3: Canada online retail sector category segmentation: $ million, 2016-2021
- Table 4: Canada online retail sector geography segmentation: $ million, 2021
- Table 5: Canada online retail sector distribution: % share, by value, 2021
- Table 6: Canada online retail sector value forecast: $ million, 2021–26
- Table 7: Amazon.com, Inc.: key facts
- Table 8: Amazon.com, Inc.: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 9: Amazon.com, Inc.: Key Employees
- Table 10: Amazon.com, Inc.: Key Employees Continued
- Table 11: Walmart Inc: key facts
- Table 12: Walmart Inc: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 13: Walmart Inc: Key Employees
- Table 14: Walmart Inc: Key Employees Continued
- Table 15: Walmart Inc: Key Employees Continued
- Table 16: Walmart Inc: Key Employees Continued
- Table 17: Best Buy Canada Ltd: key facts
- Table 18: Best Buy Canada Ltd: Key Employees
- Table 19: eBay Inc: key facts
- Table 20: eBay Inc: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 21: eBay Inc: Key Employees
- Table 22: eBay Inc: Key Employees Continued
- Table 23: Apple Inc: key facts
- Table 24: Apple Inc: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 25: Apple Inc: Key Employees
- Table 26: Apple Inc: Key Employees Continued
- Table 27: Costco Wholesale Corporation: key facts
- Table 28: Costco Wholesale Corporation: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 29: Costco Wholesale Corporation: Key Employees
- Table 30: Costco Wholesale Corporation: Key Employees Continued
- Table 31: Costco Wholesale Corporation: Key Employees Continued
- Table 32: Home Depot of Canada Inc: key facts
- Table 33: Home Depot of Canada Inc: Key Employees
- Table 34: Hudson's Bay Company: key facts
- Table 35: Hudson's Bay Company: Key Employees
- Table 36: Canada size of population (million), 2017–21
- Table 37: Canada gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2017–21
- Table 38: Canada gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2017–21
- Table 39: Canada inflation, 2017–21
- Table 40: Canada consumer price index (absolute), 2017–21
- Table 41: Canada exchange rate, 2017–21
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: Canada online retail sector value: $ million, 2016–21
- Figure 2: Canada online retail sector category segmentation: $ million, 2016-2021
- Figure 3: Canada online retail sector geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2021
- Figure 4: Canada online retail sector distribution: % share, by value, 2021
- Figure 5: Canada online retail sector value forecast: $ million, 2021–26
- Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the online retail sector in Canada, 2021
- Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the online retail sector in Canada, 2021
- Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the online retail sector in Canada, 2021
- Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the online retail sector in Canada, 2021
- Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the online retail sector in Canada, 2021
- Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the online retail sector in Canada, 2021
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