Manufacturing sales declined 0.6% to $57.8 billion in April, following a 2.6% increase in March. The largest declines were in the transportation equipment and primary metal industries. Excluding transportation equipment, manufacturing sales rose 0.8%. Sales were down in 8 of 21 industries, representing 36.1% of total Canadian manufacturing. In volume terms, manufacturing sales were down 0.8%. Source - https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/190618/dq190618a-eng.htm