Table 3 
Retail sales by industry at 2012 constant prices – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales by industry at 2012 constant prices – Seasonally adjusted
  October 2018 August to September 2018 September 2017 to September 2018 September to October 2018 October 2017 to October 2018
  millions of dollars % change% change% change% change
Total retail trade at 2012 constant prices1 47,660 0.3 1.7 -0.0 -1.5
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 35,518 0.1 1.6 -0.2 0.2
Total excluding motor vehicles and parts dealers and gasoline stations 30,084 0.3 2.6 -0.6 0.9
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 12,142 0.9 1.8 0.6 -6.2
New car dealers 9,694 1.2 0.9 0.2 -8.8
Used car dealers 871 1.8 8.5 3.6 10.0
Other motor vehicle dealers 727 -3.3 0.3 2.3 -1.2
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 850 0.1 8.1 1.1 7.7
Furniture and home furnishings stores 1,456 -0.5 -0.7 -1.8 -1.4
Furniture stores 892 -2.2 -1.1 -2.5 -3.0
Home furnishings stores 564 2.5 -0.2 -0.7 1.4
Electronics and appliance stores 1,541 0.9 8.2 -2.0 3.3
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 2,805 -1.3 -2.9 -1.4 -5.1
Food and beverage stores 9,553 0.8 3.0 -0.1 1.2
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 6,540 1.8 2.8 -0.4 1.0
Convenience stores 589 -0.5 1.6 1.0 0.3
Specialty food stores 601 1.5 5.3 0.5 5.6
Beer, wine and liquor stores 1,824 -2.4 3.4 0.5 1.2
Health and personal care stores 4,097 0.5 2.3 0.0 1.5
Gasoline stations 5,434 -0.9 -3.6 1.9 -3.1
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 2,847 -0.5 4.0 -0.4 3.3
Clothing stores 2,210 -0.1 4.2 -1.0 2.8
Shoe stores 344 -2.9 2.7 1.2 3.0
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 293 -1.0 4.0 2.4 6.9
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 1,034 -1.1 1.4 0.0 1.2
General merchandise stores 5,482 1.1 3.2 -2.0 -0.3
Miscellaneous store retailers 1,272 -1.1 6.9 4.3 10.2
Cannabis stores 2 43        
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 20-10-0078-01.

Table note 1

Using Laspeyres method.

Table note 2

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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