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Canada Logistics Growth Index falls to 50.2 in October 2026 — joint-lowest in the series

7 November 2026 — Canada’s Logistics Growth Index, published today by the World Research Institute (WRI), registered 50.2 in October 2026, -2.1 on a revised 52.3 in September 2026, signalling expansion in the economy’s logistics-sector activity (50 = no change).

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47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 50 = no change 50.2 Jan '26 Feb '26 Mar '26 Apr '26 May '26 Jun '26 Jul '26 Aug '26 Sep '26 Oct '26 Source: World Research Institute (WRI) — intelligence.worldresearch.org/lgi

Key figures

  • Canada Logistics Growth Index: 50.2 (October 2026), prior 52.3 (revised), change -2.1
  • Rank: 26th of 42 economies; 2nd of 5 in America
  • America Logistics Index: 52.5
  • World Logistics Index: 51.2
  • Joint-lowest reading in the published series.
  • Next release: 7 December 2026, 09:00 UTC

Changes and ranks are calculated from unrounded readings, so a change can differ by 0.1 from the difference of the rounded figures shown, and economies with the same rounded reading can hold different ranks.

WRI’s assessment

The Canada Logistics Growth Index fell to 50.2 in October 2026, down 2.1 points from a revised 52.3 in September, leaving it just above the no-change line. The pullback was primarily driven by business volume, which moved into contraction as manufacturing activity and new export orders declined.

Full Canada report — sub-indexes, drivers and forecast →

“Canada’s logistics activity barely grew in October: rail traffic rose, but manufacturing output softened and new export orders fell. Transport capacity also tightened: a west-coast port terminal was busy, and low water levels affected east-coast shipping.”
— Stephen Poh, Principal Economist, World Research Institute

About the Logistics Growth Index

The Canada Logistics Growth Index (LGI) is one of the 42 economy readings of the World Research Institute’s monthly Logistics Growth Index (LGI), which combines them by GDP weight into four regional indexes and the World Logistics Index. A reading above 50 signals expansion and below 50 contraction. The World and regional Logistics Index readings are published openly at intelligence.worldresearch.org/lgi; country reports are available to subscribers, to accredited journalists via press access, and any reader may claim one complimentary country edition. Methodology: intelligence.worldresearch.org/methodology. Research for the October 2026 readings closed on 3 November 2026.

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