Table 2 
Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  March
2019		 February
2020r		 March
2020p		 February to March 2020 March 2019 to March 2020
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 51,409 52,316 47,074 -10.0 -8.4
Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) 47,911 48,090 44,147 -8.2 -7.9
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 37,615 38,003 37,860 -0.4 0.7
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 32,102 32,634 33,552 2.8 4.5
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 13,794 14,313 9,214 -35.6 -33.2
New car dealers 10,886 11,480 7,058 -38.5 -35.2
Used car dealers 1,065 1,065 683 -35.9 -35.9
Other motor vehicle dealers 951 890 696 -21.8 -26.8
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 892 878 777 -11.5 -12.8
Furniture and home furnishings stores 1,630 1,606 1,213 -24.5 -25.6
Furniture stores 1,011 1,025 772 -24.7 -23.7
Home furnishings stores 620 582 441 -24.1 -28.8
Electronics and appliance stores 1,164 1,135 1,144 0.8 -1.7
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 3,235 3,283 3,285 0.0 1.5
Food and beverage stores 10,710 10,894 13,374 22.8 24.9
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 7,365 7,514 9,553 27.1 29.7
Convenience stores 676 666 672 0.9 -0.6
Specialty food stores 656 671 748 11.6 14.0
Beer, wine and liquor stores 2,014 2,043 2,401 17.5 19.2
Health and personal care stores 4,009 4,069 4,257 4.6 6.2
Gasoline stations 5,513 5,369 4,308 -19.8 -21.9
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 2,975 2,940 1,431 -51.3 -51.9
Clothing stores 2,303 2,300 1,104 -52.0 -52.1
Shoe stores 349 326 158 -51.4 -54.6
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 323 313 169 -46.2 -47.8
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 1,028 1,069 814 -23.8 -20.8
General merchandise stores 5,999 6,178 6,576 6.4 9.6
Miscellaneous store retailers 1,351 1,458 1,458 -0.0 7.9
Cannabis stores1 61 152 181 19.2 197.1
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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