Table 2 
Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  April
2021		 March
2022r		 April
2022p		 March to April 2022 April 2021 to April 2022
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 55,624 60,170 60,721 0.9 9.2
Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) 50,621 51,185 51,658 0.9 2.0
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 40,181 45,230 45,834 1.3 14.1
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 35,186 38,444 38,841 1.0 10.4
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 15,443 14,939 14,888 -0.3 -3.6
New car dealers 11,995 11,636 11,543 -0.8 -3.8
Used car dealers 1,256 1,128 1,147 1.7 -8.7
Other motor vehicle dealers 1,181 1,107 1,140 3.0 -3.5
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 1,010 1,069 1,057 -1.1 4.6
Furniture and home furnishings stores 1,605 1,970 1,952 -0.9 21.6
Furniture stores 1,007 1,253 1,239 -1.1 23.0
Home furnishings stores 598 717 713 -0.6 19.2
Electronics and appliance stores 1,276 1,344 1,357 1.0 6.3
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 4,584 4,567 4,370 -4.3 -4.7
Food and beverage stores 12,004 12,045 11,982 -0.5 -0.2
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 8,413 8,371 8,343 -0.3 -0.8
Convenience stores 729 678 671 -1.0 -8.0
Specialty food stores 689 750 758 1.1 10.0
Beer, wine and liquor stores 2,173 2,247 2,210 -1.6 1.7
Health and personal care stores 4,300 4,488 4,524 0.8 5.2
Gasoline stations 4,995 6,787 6,993 3.0 40.0
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 1,927 3,146 3,227 2.6 67.5
Clothing stores 1,418 2,462 2,451 -0.4 72.9
Shoe stores 225 326 330 1.2 46.6
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 284 358 446 24.7 57.0
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 1,048 1,250 1,248 -0.2 19.1
General merchandise stores 6,648 7,650 7,972 4.2 19.9
Miscellaneous store retailers 1,792 1,984 2,209 11.3 23.2
Cannabis stores1 296 359 372 3.7 25.8
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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