Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| December 2019 |
November 2020r |
December 2020p |
November to December 2020 | December 2019 to December 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 63,442 | 67,351 | 66,502 | -1.3 | 4.8 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 57,837 | 61,400 | 60,706 | -1.1 | 5.0 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 52,621 | 56,178 | 55,809 | -0.7 | 6.1 |
| Farm product | 825 | 902 | 912 | 1.1 | 10.6 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 12,117 | 12,140 | 11,980 | -1.3 | -1.1 |
| Food | 10,946 | 10,581 | 10,534 | -0.4 | -3.8 |
| Beverage | 634 | 828 | 780 | -5.8 | 23.0 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 475 | 614 | 519 | -15.4 | 9.3 |
| Cannabis | 62 | 117 | 147 | 25.1 | 138.1 |
| Personal and household goods | 9,473 | 9,999 | 9,919 | -0.8 | 4.7 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,254 | 1,294 | 1,318 | 1.9 | 5.1 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 830 | 904 | 897 | -0.8 | 8.2 |
| Home furnishings | 602 | 645 | 648 | 0.6 | 7.8 |
| Personal goods | 798 | 999 | 995 | -0.3 | 24.7 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,056 | 5,159 | 5,079 | -1.6 | 0.5 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 934 | 998 | 981 | -1.7 | 5.0 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 10,821 | 11,174 | 10,694 | -4.3 | -1.2 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,714 | 8,983 | 8,573 | -4.6 | -1.6 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,048 | 2,126 | 2,063 | -3.0 | 0.7 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 59 | 65 | 58 | -10.2 | -1.7 |
| Building material and supplies | 8,806 | 10,164 | 10,221 | 0.6 | 16.1 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,012 | 2,943 | 2,921 | -0.8 | -3.0 |
| Metal service centres | 1,381 | 1,481 | 1,491 | 0.7 | 7.9 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,412 | 5,740 | 5,809 | 1.2 | 31.7 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 13,286 | 14,296 | 13,848 | -3.1 | 4.2 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,527 | 1,783 | 1,744 | -2.2 | 14.2 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,284 | 4,276 | 4,284 | 0.2 | -0.0 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,212 | 4,611 | 4,367 | -5.3 | 3.7 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,262 | 3,625 | 3,454 | -4.7 | 5.9 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,114 | 8,677 | 8,927 | 2.9 | 10.0 |
| Recyclable material | 790 | 973 | 1,142 | 17.3 | 44.5 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,008 | 996 | 962 | -3.5 | -4.6 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,185 | 2,625 | 2,807 | 6.9 | 28.5 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,552 | 1,405 | 1,457 | 3.7 | -6.1 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,580 | 2,678 | 2,559 | -4.4 | -0.8 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Tables 20-10-0074-01 and 20-10-0003-01.
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