Table 2
Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
August 2018 |
July 2019r |
August 2019p |
July to August 2019 | August 2018 to August 2019 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
Total retail trade (current dollars) | 50,960 | 51,586 | 51,543 | -0.1 | 1.1 |
Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) | 47,739 | 47,850 | 47,956 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers | 37,440 | 37,757 | 37,697 | -0.2 | 0.7 |
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations | 31,668 | 32,226 | 32,189 | -0.1 | 1.6 |
Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 13,520 | 13,830 | 13,845 | 0.1 | 2.4 |
New car dealers | 10,802 | 11,048 | 11,089 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
Used car dealers | 953 | 1,033 | 1,016 | -1.7 | 6.6 |
Other motor vehicle dealers | 891 | 882 | 880 | -0.2 | -1.3 |
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores | 875 | 867 | 861 | -0.7 | -1.6 |
Furniture and home furnishings stores | 1,545 | 1,615 | 1,614 | -0.1 | 4.4 |
Furniture stores | 966 | 1,020 | 1,006 | -1.4 | 4.1 |
Home furnishings stores | 579 | 595 | 608 | 2.1 | 5.0 |
Electronics and appliance stores | 1,281 | 1,161 | 1,173 | 1.0 | -8.5 |
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 3,139 | 3,245 | 3,229 | -0.5 | 2.9 |
Food and beverage stores | 10,604 | 10,657 | 10,575 | -0.8 | -0.3 |
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores | 7,241 | 7,286 | 7,228 | -0.8 | -0.2 |
Convenience stores | 688 | 646 | 645 | -0.1 | -6.2 |
Specialty food stores | 653 | 692 | 708 | 2.3 | 8.5 |
Beer, wine and liquor stores | 2,022 | 2,033 | 1,994 | -1.9 | -1.4 |
Health and personal care stores | 3,978 | 4,069 | 4,063 | -0.1 | 2.1 |
Gasoline stations | 5,772 | 5,531 | 5,508 | -0.4 | -4.6 |
Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 2,936 | 2,944 | 2,947 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Clothing stores | 2,294 | 2,303 | 2,282 | -0.9 | -0.5 |
Shoe stores | 351 | 340 | 351 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores | 291 | 301 | 314 | 4.3 | 7.7 |
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores | 1,064 | 1,048 | 1,060 | 1.1 | -0.4 |
General merchandise stores | 5,832 | 6,048 | 6,094 | 0.8 | 4.5 |
Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,290 | 1,440 | 1,435 | -0.3 | 11.3 |
Cannabis stores1 | 107 | 127 | 18.6 |
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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