Table 2
Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| April 2019 |
March 2020r |
April 2020p |
March to April 2020 | April 2019 to April 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total retail trade (current dollars) | 51,471 | 47,152 | 34,724 | -26.4 | -32.5 |
| Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) | 47,858 | 44,172 | 33,058 | -25.2 | -30.9 |
| Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers | 37,621 | 37,977 | 29,614 | -22.0 | -21.3 |
| Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations | 32,070 | 33,649 | 26,678 | -20.7 | -16.8 |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 13,850 | 9,174 | 5,110 | -44.3 | -63.1 |
| New car dealers | 11,073 | 7,040 | 3,733 | -47.0 | -66.3 |
| Used car dealers | 1,046 | 675 | 343 | -49.2 | -67.2 |
| Other motor vehicle dealers | 854 | 665 | 412 | -38.0 | -51.7 |
| Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores | 878 | 794 | 622 | -21.6 | -29.1 |
| Furniture and home furnishings stores | 1,645 | 1,177 | 582 | -50.6 | -64.6 |
| Furniture stores | 1,022 | 739 | 349 | -52.8 | -65.9 |
| Home furnishings stores | 622 | 439 | 233 | -46.9 | -62.6 |
| Electronics and appliance stores | 1,170 | 1,115 | 902 | -19.1 | -22.9 |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 3,144 | 3,324 | 2,803 | -15.7 | -10.8 |
| Food and beverage stores | 10,738 | 13,455 | 11,745 | -12.7 | 9.4 |
| Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores | 7,349 | 9,642 | 8,488 | -12.0 | 15.5 |
| Convenience stores | 667 | 681 | 726 | 6.5 | 8.8 |
| Specialty food stores | 671 | 764 | 644 | -15.7 | -4.0 |
| Beer, wine and liquor stores | 2,052 | 2,368 | 1,887 | -20.3 | -8.0 |
| Health and personal care stores | 4,012 | 4,292 | 3,515 | -18.1 | -12.4 |
| Gasoline stations | 5,551 | 4,328 | 2,936 | -32.2 | -47.1 |
| Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 2,946 | 1,460 | 444 | -69.5 | -84.9 |
| Clothing stores | 2,288 | 1,121 | 305 | -72.8 | -86.7 |
| Shoe stores | 337 | 159 | 70 | -56.1 | -79.3 |
| Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores | 321 | 179 | 70 | -61.0 | -78.2 |
| Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores | 1,049 | 807 | 360 | -55.4 | -65.7 |
| General merchandise stores | 5,995 | 6,522 | 5,302 | -18.7 | -11.6 |
| Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,371 | 1,497 | 1,026 | -31.4 | -25.2 |
| Cannabis stores1 | 75 | 181 | 180 | -0.6 | 141.5 |
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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