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
  April 2019 March 2020r April 2020p March to April 2020 April 2019 to April 2020
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade at 2012 constant prices1 47,897 44,366 33,335 -24.9 -30.4
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 35,862 36,479 28,943 -20.7 -19.3
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 30,405 31,293 24,735 -21.0 -18.6
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 12,035 7,887 4,392 -44.3 -63.5
New car dealers 9,600 6,020 3,177 -47.2 -66.9
Used car dealers 898 569 288 -49.4 -67.9
Other motor vehicle dealers 714 563 352 -37.5 -50.7
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 823 734 575 -21.7 -30.1
Furniture and home furnishings stores 1,579 1,129 558 -50.6 -64.7
Furniture stores 993 722 343 -52.5 -65.5
Home furnishings stores 586 407 215 -47.2 -63.3
Electronics and appliance stores 1,383 1,363 1,132 -16.9 -18.1
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 2,826 2,931 2,466 -15.9 -12.7
Food and beverage stores 9,557 11,760 10,174 -13.5 6.5
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 6,569 8,455 7,370 -12.8 12.2
Convenience stores 542 525 560 6.7 3.3
Specialty food stores 583 642 541 -15.7 -7.2
Beer, wine and liquor stores 1,862 2,139 1,703 -20.4 -8.5
Health and personal care stores 4,203 4,448 3,615 -18.7 -14.0
Gasoline stations 5,457 5,186 4,208 -18.9 -22.9
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 2,869 1,380 446 -67.7 -84.5
Clothing stores 2,248 1,064 311 -70.8 -86.2
Shoe stores 329 156 72 -53.8 -78.1
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 293 161 63 -60.9 -78.5
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 1,016 781 348 -55.4 -65.7
General merchandise stores 5,709 6,127 5,052 -17.5 -11.5
Miscellaneous store retailers 1,262 1,374 944 -31.3 -25.2
Cannabis stores2 67 182 180 -1.1 168.7
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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