Table 2
Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| February 2019 |
January 2020r |
February 2020p |
January to February 2020 | February 2019 to February 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total retail trade (current dollars) | 50,742 | 52,096 | 52,247 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) | 47,605 | 47,917 | 48,016 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers | 36,927 | 37,963 | 37,957 | -0.0 | 2.8 |
| Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations | 31,744 | 32,505 | 32,467 | -0.1 | 2.3 |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 13,815 | 14,134 | 14,290 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
| New car dealers | 11,102 | 11,387 | 11,465 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| Used car dealers | 1,014 | 1,029 | 1,073 | 4.2 | 5.8 |
| Other motor vehicle dealers | 827 | 863 | 886 | 2.7 | 7.1 |
| Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores | 872 | 854 | 866 | 1.3 | -0.7 |
| Furniture and home furnishings stores | 1,553 | 1,566 | 1,569 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| Furniture stores | 962 | 1,000 | 1,003 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
| Home furnishings stores | 591 | 567 | 566 | -0.0 | -4.2 |
| Electronics and appliance stores | 1,207 | 1,123 | 1,117 | -0.5 | -7.4 |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 3,071 | 3,278 | 3,277 | -0.0 | 6.7 |
| Food and beverage stores | 10,698 | 10,958 | 10,848 | -1.0 | 1.4 |
| Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores | 7,352 | 7,567 | 7,490 | -1.0 | 1.9 |
| Convenience stores | 676 | 672 | 665 | -1.0 | -1.7 |
| Specialty food stores | 663 | 672 | 658 | -2.1 | -0.8 |
| Beer, wine and liquor stores | 2,007 | 2,048 | 2,035 | -0.6 | 1.4 |
| Health and personal care stores | 4,000 | 4,043 | 4,080 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| Gasoline stations | 5,183 | 5,458 | 5,491 | 0.6 | 5.9 |
| Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 2,878 | 2,941 | 2,902 | -1.3 | 0.9 |
| Clothing stores | 2,231 | 2,301 | 2,275 | -1.1 | 2.0 |
| Shoe stores | 338 | 326 | 326 | -0.0 | -3.7 |
| Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores | 309 | 315 | 302 | -4.0 | -2.1 |
| Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores | 1,036 | 1,009 | 1,056 | 4.7 | 1.9 |
| General merchandise stores | 5,978 | 6,071 | 6,157 | 1.4 | 3.0 |
| Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,324 | 1,515 | 1,459 | -3.7 | 10.2 |
| Cannabis stores1 | 52 | 154 | 150 | -2.7 | 190.1 |
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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