Table 2 
Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  January
2018		 December
2018r		 January
2019p		 December 2018 to January 2019 January 2018 to January 2019
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 49,541 50,240 50,087 -0.3 1.1
Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) 46,704 47,553 47,537 -0.0 1.8
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 36,403 36,567 36,614 0.1 0.6
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 30,803 31,493 31,559 0.2 2.5
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 13,137 13,673 13,472 -1.5 2.6
New car dealers 10,553 10,960 10,695 -2.4 1.3
Used car dealers 888 1,012 985 -2.7 10.9
Other motor vehicle dealers 877 857 907 5.8 3.4
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 819 844 885 5.0 8.1
Furniture and home furnishings stores 1,563 1,530 1,524 -0.4 -2.5
Furniture stores 964 958 951 -0.7 -1.4
Home furnishings stores 599 572 573 0.1 -4.3
Electronics and appliance stores 1,420 1,253 1,253 0.0 -11.7
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 3,071 3,177 3,223 1.4 4.9
Food and beverage stores 10,206 10,541 10,582 0.4 3.7
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 6,894 7,144 7,203 0.8 4.5
Convenience stores 683 717 689 -4.0 0.8
Specialty food stores 651 695 679 -2.4 4.2
Beer, wine and liquor stores 1,977 1,985 2,012 1.4 1.7
Health and personal care stores 3,887 3,845 3,887 1.1 0.0
Gasoline stations 5,600 5,074 5,055 -0.4 -9.7
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 2,783 2,880 2,909 1.0 4.5
Clothing stores 2,149 2,252 2,289 1.6 6.5
Shoe stores 329 346 343 -0.8 4.5
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 305 282 276 -2.1 -9.3
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 1,058 1,042 1,064 2.1 0.6
General merchandise stores 5,578 5,895 5,755 -2.4 3.2
Miscellaneous store retailers 1,239 1,328 1,362 2.6 9.9
Cannabis stores1   56 53 -4.5  
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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