Let’s go through the weekly Canadian CD, vinyl, and streaming stats (12 Mar 2026)

March 12, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 312 Views

Luminate, the tracker of music consumption in Canada, reports these numbers for sales of CDs and vinyl, along with how much music we streamed last week.

CDs sold in Canada last week: 31,604 (Up 10.1% from last week.)
Vinyl sales in Canada last week: 34,655 (Up 3.8% from a week ago.)
CDs sold in Canada this year: 258,198 (Down 2.0% from a year ago)
Vinyl sold in Canada this year: 320,734 (Up 8.1% from this time last year.)

Streaming numbers:

Songs streamed in Canada last week: 2,955,570,475 (Up 2.5% from a week ago)
Songs streamed in Canada so far this year: 26,067,157,570 (Up 3.4% from this time in 2025)

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