Average Job Tenure: Wholesale and retail trade, Canada
Verified average job tenure for the selected Wholesale and retail trade population in Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Wholesale and retail trade · Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
In Canada, wholesale and retail trade ranks 14th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 12% below Canada's all-industries figure of 100.3 months. Across the sectors reported for Canada, average job tenure runs from 56.5 months in accommodation and food services to 189.2 months in agriculture.
Average tenure describes the people who are still there, not the ones who left. A sector can hold long-serving staff and still lose newcomers quickly, so read it next to your own first-year exits, not instead of them.
Take every current employee's months since their start date and average them. Most HR systems report this directly.
How Wholesale and retail trade compares in Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
In Canada, average job tenure in Wholesale and retail trade was 88.0 months, according to Statistics Canada. That figure describes the whole workforce in the industry, not any single employer's retention record, so it works as a reference point rather than a scorecard. Read it alongside your own tenure records and exit interview data to see where your workforce actually sits. For cost framing, SHRM reports that replacing an employee can run from 50% to 200% of that person's annual salary depending on their level.
Average job tenure: Wholesale and retail trade vs regional average
| Measure | Wholesale and retail trade | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 88 months | 106.1 months |