Table 2 
Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  August
2019		 July
2020r		 August
2020p		 July to August 2020 August 2019 to August 2020
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 51,376 52,997 53,189 0.4 3.5
Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) 47,664 49,018 49,236 0.4 3.3
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 37,472 38,922 39,121 0.5 4.4
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 32,184 34,394 34,540 0.4 7.3
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 13,904 14,075 14,068 -0.1 1.2
New car dealers 11,188 10,812 11,102 2.7 -0.8
Used car dealers 977 1,083 1,077 -0.6 10.3
Other motor vehicle dealers 890 1,267 987 -22.1 10.9
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 849 913 901 -1.4 6.1
Furniture and home furnishings stores 1,595 1,667 1,661 -0.4 4.1
Furniture stores 997 1,094 1,086 -0.7 8.9
Home furnishings stores 597 573 574 0.2 -3.9
Electronics and appliance stores 1,174 1,267 1,265 -0.2 7.7
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 3,106 3,483 3,638 4.5 17.1
Food and beverage stores 10,746 11,726 11,823 0.8 10.0
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 7,390 8,117 8,236 1.5 11.4
Convenience stores 643 704 696 -1.1 8.4
Specialty food stores 697 738 741 0.5 6.3
Beer, wine and liquor stores 2,016 2,168 2,149 -0.9 6.6
Health and personal care stores 4,041 4,183 4,166 -0.4 3.1
Gasoline stations 5,288 4,528 4,582 1.2 -13.4
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 2,957 2,603 2,602 -0.0 -12.0
Clothing stores 2,289 1,985 1,978 -0.4 -13.6
Shoe stores 352 320 309 -3.4 -12.2
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 316 298 315 5.8 -0.2
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 1,032 1,144 1,101 -3.7 6.7
General merchandise stores 6,074 6,692 6,644 -0.7 9.4
Miscellaneous store retailers 1,459 1,628 1,640 0.7 12.4
Cannabis stores1 126 233 245 5.2 94.4
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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