Table 2
Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
March 2018 |
February 2019r |
March 2019p |
February to March 2019 | March 2018 to March 2019 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
Total retail trade (current dollars) | 50,005 | 50,745 | 51,295 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) | 47,208 | 47,603 | 47,759 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers | 36,527 | 36,963 | 37,603 | 1.7 | 2.9 |
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations | 31,003 | 31,786 | 32,115 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 13,479 | 13,782 | 13,692 | -0.7 | 1.6 |
New car dealers | 10,827 | 11,072 | 10,823 | -2.2 | -0.0 |
Used car dealers | 948 | 1,014 | 1,064 | 5.0 | 12.3 |
Other motor vehicle dealers | 886 | 827 | 927 | 12.2 | 4.7 |
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores | 819 | 870 | 878 | 1.0 | 7.2 |
Furniture and home furnishings stores | 1,594 | 1,544 | 1,595 | 3.3 | 0.1 |
Furniture stores | 988 | 955 | 976 | 2.2 | -1.2 |
Home furnishings stores | 606 | 589 | 619 | 5.1 | 2.1 |
Electronics and appliance stores | 1,229 | 1,220 | 1,245 | 2.0 | 1.3 |
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 3,150 | 3,083 | 3,215 | 4.3 | 2.1 |
Food and beverage stores | 10,200 | 10,696 | 10,691 | -0.1 | 4.8 |
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores | 6,942 | 7,353 | 7,355 | 0.0 | 5.9 |
Convenience stores | 666 | 678 | 678 | -0.0 | 1.7 |
Specialty food stores | 651 | 659 | 649 | -1.5 | -0.4 |
Beer, wine and liquor stores | 1,940 | 2,006 | 2,010 | 0.2 | 3.6 |
Health and personal care stores | 3,896 | 3,999 | 4,017 | 0.4 | 3.1 |
Gasoline stations | 5,524 | 5,176 | 5,487 | 6.0 | -0.7 |
Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 2,878 | 2,900 | 2,999 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
Clothing stores | 2,221 | 2,243 | 2,318 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
Shoe stores | 348 | 341 | 351 | 2.9 | 1.0 |
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores | 309 | 316 | 330 | 4.3 | 6.7 |
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores | 1,053 | 1,041 | 1,036 | -0.4 | -1.5 |
General merchandise stores | 5,741 | 5,983 | 5,983 | -0.0 | 4.2 |
Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,262 | 1,321 | 1,334 | 1.0 | 5.7 |
Cannabis stores1 | 52 | 61 | 17.2 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Tables 20-10-0008-01 and 20-10-0078-01.
Table note 1
Data for this Canadian industry are presented in unadjusted form as there is no seasonal pattern established by official statistics yet.
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