Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 2.1% to $53.0 billion in September, rebounding from a sharp drop the previous month.
September's growth was much stronger than the 1.1% gain that economists had estimated.
Statistics Canada says the improvement from August was due to higher sales in the transportation equipment industry.
It adds the primary metal and food industries also posted sales gains.
The agency says it was the eighth gain in nine months, and comes after a 3.5% decline in August.
It says sales in constant dollars increased 2.3%, indicating that a higher volume of products was sold.
