The Canadian footwear market is not the largest in the world. The number of shoes bought each each year does not match up to the huge totals seen in the
like China and the United States. However, that is not to say that Canadians do not love their shoes; the country ranks relatively high in the
Shoe store sales
Ontario alone is home to around 940 shoe stores, the highest
number of shoe stores in any Canadian province. In 2023,
shoe stores in Canada generated retail sales amounting to over 4.9 billion Canadian dollars. This was an improvement of 550 million dollars on the previous year, and marks a continual increase from 2020, when sales had dropped to 3.2 billion dollars.
Manufacture and trade
Most of the
shoes imported into Canada come from Asia, primarily China. Italy represents European countries, ranking as Canada’s third-largest partner for shoe imports. Canada imports significantly more footwear than it exports. As of June 2023, there were 55
footwear manufacturing establishments in Canada, with the largest share located in Ontario and Quebec. The vast majority of
Canadian footwear exports are sent to the United States.
Athletic footwear
One footwear segment which has been increasing in popularity is athletic footwear. Over the past years, the segment has seen an increase in the total footwear market share across men’s, women’s, and children’s shoes. This reflects the general trend of the increasing popularity of
activewear in day-to-day fashion.
Sales of men’s athletic footwear in Canada are consistently highest in the second half of the year and have been increasing yearly. Sales reached their highest levels in the third quarter of 2023, as did the
sales of women’s athletic shoes.
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