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
  May 2019 April 2020r May 2020p April to May 2020 May 2019 to May 2020
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade at 2012 constant prices1 47,356 33,513 39,387 17.5 -16.8
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 35,317 29,135 32,178 10.4 -8.9
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 30,060 25,394 28,021 10.3 -6.8
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 12,039 4,378 7,209 64.7 -40.1
New car dealers 9,577 3,141 5,219 66.2 -45.5
Used car dealers 900 299 575 92.3 -36.1
Other motor vehicle dealers 732 344 646 87.8 -11.7
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 829 595 768 29.1 -7.4
Furniture and home furnishings stores 1,551 580 940 62.1 -39.4
Furniture stores 987 355 623 75.5 -36.9
Home furnishings stores 564 225 318 41.3 -43.6
Electronics and appliance stores 1,399 1,254 1,397 11.4 -0.1
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 2,826 2,427 2,559 5.4 -9.4
Food and beverage stores 9,404 10,448 10,212 -2.3 8.6
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 6,497 7,465 7,138 -4.4 9.9
Convenience stores 520 560 612 9.3 17.7
Specialty food stores 575 542 606 11.8 5.4
Beer, wine and liquor stores 1,812 1,881 1,857 -1.3 2.5
Health and personal care stores 4,206 3,715 3,922 5.6 -6.8
Gasoline stations 5,257 3,741 4,157 11.1 -20.9
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 2,794 488 955 95.7 -65.8
Clothing stores 2,196 346 727 110.1 -66.9
Shoe stores 318 78 138 76.9 -56.6
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 280 64 90 40.6 -67.9
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 988 376 750 99.5 -24.1
General merchandise stores 5,604 5,138 6,135 19.4 9.5
Miscellaneous store retailers 1,290 969 1,151 18.8 -10.8
Cannabis stores2 79 178 185 3.9 134.2
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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