Wholesale trade, inventories — AI AnalysisCanadian wholesale trade inventories grew by 530.2% over 33 years, rising from $23.4 billion in January 1993 to $147.7 billion in January 2026, with the peak of $149.1 billion recorded in November 2025. The dataset covers 22,110 records across 46 NAICS categories and reveals a highly right-skewed diKey Findings

Wholesale trade inventories surged 530.2% from $23.4 billion in January 1993 to $147.7 billion in January 2026, with the all-time peak of $149.1 billion reached in November 2025.

The distribution is strongly right-skewed: the mean inventory value (~$9.8M) is more than double the median (~$3.7M), with the maximum value of ~$149M being nearly 15 times the mean.

The middle 50% of all inventory values fall within a $6.4 million interquartile range ($1.3M–$7.8M), reflecting that most NAICS categories carry relatively modest inventories compared to top-tier sectors.

26 data points (~6.5% of monthly records) were flagged as statistical outliers using the IQR method, all concentrated in 2023–2026, with March 2023 recording the sharpest single-month jump at +11.6%.

Most wholesale inventory categories are positively correlated over time, driven by shared macroeconomic forces such as inflation, economic cycles, and supply chain dynamics, with Motor Vehicle-related categories showing particularly strong co-movement.

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