Statistics Canada Says Manufacturing Sales Rose 0.2 Percent to $72.9B in February

Aluminum in a smelter is seen at the Alouette aluminum plant in Sept-Iles, Que., on May 21, 2019. Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press

Statistics Canada says total manufacturing sales rose to their highest level since September 2023 as they climbed 0.2 percent to $72.9 billion in February.

The agency says it was the fifth consecutive monthly gain as sales rose in 11 of the 21 subsectors it tracks.