ottawacanadian wholesale transactions rose in march on a nominal basis led by building materials and the auto sector on a priceadjusted basis sales fell statistics canada said monday that wholesale sales increased 03 on a seasonally adjusted basis in march to 7985 billion canadian dollars the equivalent of us6186 billion market expectations were for wholesale transactions to record no gain from the previous month according to economists at bank of nova scotia in volume or priceadjusted terms wholesale sales fell 06 in march on a oneyear basis nominal wholesale sales climbed 124 while transactions on a volume basis were flat wholesalersthe largest component of canadas services sectorconnect farmers or manufacturers that produce goods with companies and public institutions that use them they also import goods from other countries and redistribute them within canada the value of wholesale inventories rose 04 in march to c10874 billion