Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| August 2019 |
July 2020r |
August 2020p |
July to August 2020 | August 2019 to August 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 63,535 | 65,475 | 65,694 | 0.3 | 3.4 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 57,942 | 59,590 | 59,658 | 0.1 | 3.0 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 52,458 | 54,861 | 54,817 | -0.1 | 4.5 |
| Farm product | 846 | 877 | 906 | 3.4 | 7.1 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,744 | 12,272 | 11,983 | -2.4 | 2.0 |
| Food | 10,474 | 10,726 | 10,419 | -2.9 | -0.5 |
| Beverage | 640 | 808 | 836 | 3.5 | 30.7 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 561 | 635 | 617 | -2.9 | 9.9 |
| Cannabis | 69 | 103 | 112 | 8.0 | 61.2 |
| Personal and household goods | 9,458 | 9,897 | 9,595 | -3.1 | 1.4 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,323 | 1,029 | 1,070 | 4.0 | -19.1 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 775 | 843 | 836 | -0.8 | 8.0 |
| Home furnishings | 602 | 663 | 738 | 11.3 | 22.7 |
| Personal goods | 867 | 956 | 935 | -2.1 | 7.9 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,925 | 5,245 | 4,929 | -6.0 | 0.1 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 967 | 1,161 | 1,086 | -6.5 | 12.3 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,078 | 10,614 | 10,877 | 2.5 | -1.8 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,757 | 8,387 | 8,579 | 2.3 | -2.0 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,253 | 2,174 | 2,232 | 2.6 | -0.9 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 68 | 53 | 66 | 25.4 | -2.2 |
| Building material and supplies | 9,063 | 9,207 | 9,848 | 7.0 | 8.7 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,873 | 2,813 | 2,910 | 3.5 | 1.3 |
| Metal service centres | 1,698 | 1,448 | 1,390 | -4.0 | -18.2 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,492 | 4,946 | 5,548 | 12.2 | 23.5 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 13,013 | 13,760 | 13,564 | -1.4 | 4.2 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,540 | 1,875 | 1,767 | -5.8 | 14.7 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,259 | 3,970 | 3,866 | -2.6 | -9.2 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,203 | 4,705 | 4,617 | -1.9 | 9.9 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,011 | 3,211 | 3,314 | 3.2 | 10.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,333 | 8,848 | 8,921 | 0.8 | 7.1 |
| Recyclable material | 912 | 785 | 804 | 2.4 | -11.9 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 991 | 987 | 1,047 | 6.0 | 5.6 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,502 | 2,710 | 2,540 | -6.3 | 1.5 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,549 | 1,496 | 1,532 | 2.4 | -1.1 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,380 | 2,869 | 2,998 | 4.5 | 26.0 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Tables 20-10-0074-01 and 20-10-0003-01.
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