Table 2
Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| October 2019 |
September 2020r |
October 2020p |
September to October 2020 | October 2019 to October 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions 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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