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Table 1 Retail sales

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Retail sales
	January 2008	October 2008^r	November 2008^r	December 2008^r	January 2009^p	December 2008 to January 2009	January 2008 to January 2009
	Seasonally adjusted
	$ millions					% change
Automotive	12,654	12,090	11,300	9,964	10,342	3.8	-18.3
New car dealers	6,635	6,071	5,867	4,982	5,299	6.4	-20.1
Used and recreational motor vehicle and parts dealers	1,694	1,658	1,648	1,569	1,540	-1.8	-9.1
Gasoline stations	4,326	4,361	3,786	3,413	3,503	2.6	-19.0
Furniture, home furnishings and electronics stores	2,587	2,541	2,520	2,452	2,435	-0.7	-5.9
Furniture stores	863	824	826	803	795	-1.0	-7.9
Home furnishings stores	524	495	476	451	449	-0.5	-14.3
Computer and software stores	117	116	110	101	104	3.7	-10.7
Home electronics and appliance stores	1,083	1,105	1,108	1,097	1,086	-1.0	0.3
Building and outdoor home supplies stores	2,265	2,253	2,253	2,129	2,100	-1.4	-7.3
Home centres and hardware stores	1,832	1,832	1,842	1,718	1,686	-1.9	-8.0
Specialized building materials and garden stores	433	421	411	411	414	0.7	-4.4
Food and beverage stores	7,806	8,106	8,163	8,063	8,233	2.1	5.5
Supermarkets	5,590	5,879	5,902	5,856	5,983	2.2	7.0
Convenience and specialty food stores	839	840	848	841	849	0.8	1.1
Beer, wine and liquor stores	1,377	1,387	1,413	1,365	1,402	2.7	1.8
Pharmacies and personal care stores	2,413	2,466	2,460	2,423	2,472	2.0	2.5
Clothing and accessories stores	2,028	1,977	1,975	1,902	1,959	3.0	-3.4
Clothing stores	1,559	1,512	1,518	1,466	1,506	2.7	-3.4
Shoe, clothing accessories and jewellery stores	468	465	456	436	453	3.8	-3.2
General merchandise stores	4,176	4,356	4,341	4,320	4,322	0.0	3.5
Miscellaneous retailers	1,799	1,807	1,816	1,777	1,803	1.5	0.3
Sporting goods, hobby, music and book stores	888	882	895	894	901	0.9	1.5
Miscellaneous store retailers	910	925	920	883	902	2.1	-0.9
Total retail sales	35,728	35,594	34,828	33,031	33,666	1.9	-5.8
Total excluding new car dealers, used and recreational motor vehicle and parts dealers	27,399	27,866	27,313	26,479	26,827	1.3	-2.1
Provinces and territories
Newfoundland and Labrador	586	613	590	565	571	1.0	-2.7
Prince Edward Island	142	145	142	135	138	2.2	-2.7
Nova Scotia	1,015	1,020	996	962	980	1.8	-3.5
New Brunswick	806	831	805	782	791	1.2	-1.8
Quebec	7,893	8,012	7,894	7,587	7,607	0.3	-3.6
Ontario	12,755	12,631	12,335	11,568	11,914	3.0	-6.6
Manitoba	1,252	1,270	1,248	1,204	1,197	-0.6	-4.4
Saskatchewan	1,172	1,212	1,201	1,127	1,160	2.9	-1.0
Alberta	5,178	5,062	4,949	4,723	4,799	1.6	-7.3
British Columbia	4,797	4,669	4,542	4,255	4,387	3.1	-8.5
Yukon	44	45	43	41	42	4.3	-4.7
Northwest Territories	61	59	57	56	56	-0.1	-9.0
Nunavut	25	26	26	25	25	-0.4	1.4

revised

preliminary

Note(s):

Figures may not add up to total due to rounding.