Table 2
Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| May 2019 |
April 2020r |
May 2020p |
April to May 2020 | May 2019 to May 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total retail trade (current dollars) | 51,204 | 35,219 | 41,791 | 18.7 | -18.4 |
| Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) | 47,327 | 33,320 | 39,262 | 17.8 | -17.0 |
| Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers | 37,254 | 30,124 | 33,318 | 10.6 | -10.6 |
| Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations | 31,799 | 27,326 | 30,042 | 9.9 | -5.5 |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 13,950 | 5,095 | 8,473 | 66.3 | -39.3 |
| New car dealers | 11,118 | 3,693 | 6,183 | 67.4 | -44.4 |
| Used car dealers | 1,051 | 355 | 688 | 93.7 | -34.5 |
| Other motor vehicle dealers | 895 | 404 | 771 | 91.0 | -13.9 |
| Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores | 885 | 642 | 830 | 29.2 | -6.2 |
| Furniture and home furnishings stores | 1,609 | 597 | 947 | 58.6 | -41.1 |
| Furniture stores | 1,014 | 353 | 620 | 75.5 | -38.8 |
| Home furnishings stores | 595 | 244 | 327 | 34.0 | -45.1 |
| Electronics and appliance stores | 1,181 | 989 | 1,109 | 12.1 | -6.0 |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 3,150 | 2,758 | 2,910 | 5.5 | -7.6 |
| Food and beverage stores | 10,619 | 12,085 | 11,847 | -2.0 | 11.6 |
| Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores | 7,301 | 8,617 | 8,259 | -4.2 | 13.1 |
| Convenience stores | 651 | 728 | 795 | 9.2 | 22.1 |
| Specialty food stores | 664 | 657 | 736 | 12.0 | 10.8 |
| Beer, wine and liquor stores | 2,002 | 2,083 | 2,058 | -1.2 | 2.8 |
| Health and personal care stores | 4,030 | 3,576 | 3,766 | 5.3 | -6.6 |
| Gasoline stations | 5,455 | 2,797 | 3,276 | 17.1 | -39.9 |
| Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 2,879 | 484 | 932 | 92.6 | -67.6 |
| Clothing stores | 2,245 | 338 | 703 | 107.9 | -68.7 |
| Shoe stores | 323 | 75 | 129 | 70.9 | -60.2 |
| Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores | 310 | 70 | 100 | 42.4 | -67.8 |
| Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores | 1,016 | 373 | 750 | 101.2 | -26.2 |
| General merchandise stores | 5,920 | 5,412 | 6,518 | 20.4 | 10.1 |
| Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,396 | 1,053 | 1,262 | 19.9 | -9.6 |
| Cannabis stores1 | 86 | 178 | 186 | 4.2 | 116.3 |
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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