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
  March 2019 February 2020r March 2020p February to March 2020 March 2019 to March 2020
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade at 2012 constant prices1 47,951 48,095 44,372 -7.7 -7.5
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 35,966 35,862 36,459 1.7 1.4
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 30,447 30,518 31,209 2.3 2.5
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 11,985 12,233 7,913 -35.3 -34.0
New car dealers 9,427 9,791 6,035 -38.4 -36.0
Used car dealers 918 898 575 -36.0 -37.4
Other motor vehicle dealers 803 731 585 -20.0 -27.1
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 837 813 719 -11.6 -14.1
Furniture and home furnishings stores 1,569 1,546 1,165 -24.6 -25.7
Furniture stores 981 1,004 753 -25.0 -23.2
Home furnishings stores 588 543 412 -24.1 -29.9
Electronics and appliance stores 1,377 1,377 1,386 0.7 0.7
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 2,904 2,901 2,895 -0.2 -0.3
Food and beverage stores 9,534 9,503 11,658 22.7 22.3
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 6,586 6,577 8,337 26.8 26.6
Convenience stores 550 518 521 0.6 -5.3
Specialty food stores 569 568 632 11.3 11.1
Beer, wine and liquor stores 1,829 1,840 2,168 17.8 18.5
Health and personal care stores 4,197 4,199 4,396 4.7 4.7
Gasoline stations 5,519 5,344 5,250 -1.8 -4.9
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 2,904 2,784 1,351 -51.5 -53.5
Clothing stores 2,268 2,186 1,045 -52.2 -53.9
Shoe stores 341 316 156 -50.6 -54.3
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 295 282 151 -46.5 -48.8
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 1,003 1,028 787 -23.4 -21.5
General merchandise stores 5,714 5,835 6,227 6.7 9.0
Miscellaneous store retailers 1,245 1,345 1,344 -0.1 8.0
Cannabis stores2 54 152 181 19.1 235.2
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 20-10-0078-01.

Table note 1

Calculated using the 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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