Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose for a fifth straight month in June, helped by gains in the chemical and transportation equipment subsectors.
The agency says manufacturing sales rose 0.1% to $78.8 billion in June.
The increase came as sales in the chemical subsector increased 6% to $6.3 billion, while the transportation equipment subsector saw sales gain 2.8% to $12.4 billion.
In constant dollars, manufacturing sales rose 1.2% in June.
In a separate report, the agency says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, climbed 2.8% to $92.5 billion.
Sales in the machinery, equipment and supplies subsector rose 4.8% to $20.1 billion in June after two months of decline. The food, beverage and tobacco subsector posted a 2.8% increase to $16.4 billion for June, with the food industry accounting for nearly all of the gain.
In volume terms, wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, rose 1.9% in June to a record high.