Table 2 
Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  January
2019		 December
2019r		 January
2020p		 December 2019 to January 2020 January 2019 to January 2020
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 50,249 51,746 51,974 0.4 3.4
Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) 47,480 47,827 47,677 -0.3 0.4
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 36,693 37,938 37,915 -0.1 3.3
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 31,634 32,560 32,454 -0.3 2.6
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 13,557 13,809 14,059 1.8 3.7
New car dealers 10,723 11,135 11,302 1.5 5.4
Used car dealers 1,028 1,029 1,038 0.8 1.0
Other motor vehicle dealers 910 850 880 3.6 -3.3
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 896 795 840 5.6 -6.3
Furniture and home furnishings stores 1,551 1,572 1,569 -0.2 1.2
Furniture stores 971 1,006 1,000 -0.5 3.0
Home furnishings stores 579 566 569 0.4 -1.8
Electronics and appliance stores 1,248 1,158 1,127 -2.7 -9.7
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 3,165 3,306 3,254 -1.6 2.8
Food and beverage stores 10,613 10,934 10,931 -0.0 3.0
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 7,230 7,548 7,551 0.0 4.4
Convenience stores 690 665 670 0.7 -3.0
Specialty food stores 665 667 663 -0.5 -0.3
Beer, wine and liquor stores 2,028 2,055 2,047 -0.4 0.9
Health and personal care stores 3,996 4,013 4,035 0.5 1.0
Gasoline stations 5,059 5,378 5,461 1.5 7.9
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 2,905 2,978 2,961 -0.6 1.9
Clothing stores 2,289 2,318 2,313 -0.2 1.0
Shoe stores 344 346 327 -5.6 -5.0
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 271 314 322 2.5 18.5
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 1,039 1,009 991 -1.8 -4.6
General merchandise stores 5,762 6,079 6,068 -0.2 5.3
Miscellaneous store retailers 1,355 1,510 1,520 0.7 12.2
Cannabis stores1 55 148 154 4.3 181.0
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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