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Financial statistics by trade group sectors, Canada, 2000 and 2004
| Food stores |
General merchandise stores |
All other sectors |
Retail trade total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ millions | |||||
| Total operating revenues | 2004 | 72,344 | 42,339 | 256,028 | 370,711 |
| 2000 | 62,683 | 35,245 | 212,269 | 310,196 | |
| Gross margins | 2004 | 17,819 | 11,278 | 68,010 | 97,107 |
| 2000 | 14,581 | 9,517 | 55,401 | 79,498 | |
| Operating profits | 2004 | 3,120 | 2,358 | 14,809 | 20,287 |
| 2000 | 1,807 | 1,500 | 11,548 | 14,855 | |
| % | |||||
| Gross margin ratio | 2004 | 24.6 | 26.6 | 26.6 | 26.2 |
| 2000 | 23.3 | 27.0 | 26.1 | 25.6 | |
| Operating profit ratio | 2004 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| 2000 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.8 | |
| Share of total operating profits | 2004 | 15.4 | 11.6 | 73.0 | 100.0 |
| 2000 | 12.2 | 10.1 | 77.7 | 100.0 | |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Annual Retail Stores Survey and Annual Retail Chain Survey. | |||||
