Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| May 2021 |
April 2022r |
May 2022p |
April to May 2022 | May 2021 to May 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 72,588 | 79,811 | 81,099 | 1.6 | 11.7 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 62,050 | 62,154 | 62,836 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 61,990 | 68,142 | 69,254 | 1.6 | 11.7 |
| Farm product | 949 | 1,164 | 1,208 | 3.7 | 27.2 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 13,096 | 13,644 | 14,715 | 7.8 | 12.4 |
| Food | 11,489 | 12,100 | 13,156 | 8.7 | 14.5 |
| Beverage | 798 | 836 | 836 | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 661 | 507 | 512 | 0.9 | -22.6 |
| Cannabis | 149 | 201 | 211 | 4.9 | 42.1 |
| Personal and household goods | 10,230 | 11,423 | 11,399 | -0.2 | 11.4 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,180 | 1,701 | 1,558 | -8.4 | 32.1 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 886 | 1,028 | 962 | -6.5 | 8.6 |
| Home furnishings | 656 | 750 | 740 | -1.3 | 12.8 |
| Personal goods | 1,060 | 1,200 | 1,229 | 2.4 | 15.9 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,407 | 5,569 | 5,740 | 3.1 | 6.2 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,041 | 1,174 | 1,170 | -0.3 | 12.3 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 10,598 | 11,669 | 11,845 | 1.5 | 11.8 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,239 | 8,969 | 9,063 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,293 | 2,617 | 2,711 | 3.6 | 18.2 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 66 | 82 | 71 | -13.9 | 6.8 |
| Building material and supplies | 13,189 | 13,794 | 13,203 | -4.3 | 0.1 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,182 | 3,810 | 3,757 | -1.4 | 18.0 |
| Metal service centres | 2,102 | 2,694 | 2,751 | 2.1 | 30.9 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 7,905 | 7,290 | 6,695 | -8.2 | -15.3 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 15,313 | 16,461 | 16,989 | 3.2 | 10.9 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,883 | 1,965 | 2,304 | 17.2 | 22.3 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 5,116 | 5,535 | 5,442 | -1.7 | 6.4 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,924 | 5,028 | 5,353 | 6.5 | 8.7 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,390 | 3,933 | 3,890 | -1.1 | 14.7 |
| Miscellaneous | 9,212 | 11,655 | 11,741 | 0.7 | 27.4 |
| Recyclable material | 1,409 | 1,801 | 1,627 | -9.7 | 15.5 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,060 | 1,245 | 1,231 | -1.1 | 16.1 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,487 | 3,493 | 3,665 | 4.9 | 47.4 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,637 | 2,040 | 2,084 | 2.1 | 27.3 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,620 | 3,074 | 3,133 | 1.9 | 19.6 |
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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