Table 2 
Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  October
2019		 September
2020r		 October
2020p		 September to October 2020 October 2019 to October 2020
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 50,800 54,387 54,590 0.4 7.5
Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) 47,024 50,260 50,377 0.2 7.1
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 37,311 39,875 39,861 -0.0 6.8
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 32,009 35,309 35,421 0.3 10.7
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 13,489 14,512 14,729 1.5 9.2
New car dealers 10,777 11,433 11,528 0.8 7.0
Used car dealers 999 1,105 1,147 3.7 14.8
Other motor vehicle dealers 858 1,046 1,102 5.4 28.4
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 854 929 953 2.6 11.5
Furniture and home furnishings stores 1,570 1,744 1,859 6.6 18.4
Furniture stores 991 1,123 1,228 9.3 23.9
Home furnishings stores 579 621 631 1.6 9.0
Electronics and appliance stores 1,134 1,315 1,307 -0.6 15.2
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 3,129 3,828 3,937 2.9 25.8
Food and beverage stores 10,786 11,849 11,675 -1.5 8.2
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 7,448 8,151 8,029 -1.5 7.8
Convenience stores 637 708 710 0.3 11.4
Specialty food stores 675 742 760 2.5 12.5
Beer, wine and liquor stores 2,025 2,249 2,176 -3.2 7.5
Health and personal care stores 3,891 4,290 4,316 0.6 10.9
Gasoline stations 5,302 4,566 4,440 -2.7 -16.3
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 2,967 2,665 2,610 -2.1 -12.0
Clothing stores 2,313 2,043 2,014 -1.4 -13.0
Shoe stores 331 317 291 -8.2 -12.1
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 323 305 305 0.2 -5.4
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 1,006 1,074 1,201 11.8 19.4
General merchandise stores 6,081 6,814 6,768 -0.7 11.3
Miscellaneous store retailers 1,444 1,730 1,747 1.0 20.9
Cannabis stores1 130 257 270 5.1 107.7
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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