Table 2 
Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  February
2020		 January
2021r		 February
2021p		 January to February 2021 February 2020 to February 2021
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 51,980 52,537 55,083 4.8 6.0
Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) 47,896 47,927 49,999 4.3 4.4
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 37,984 38,787 40,646 4.8 7.0
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 32,746 34,468 35,793 3.8 9.3
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 13,996 13,750 14,437 5.0 3.2
New car dealers 11,184 10,657 11,255 5.6 0.6
Used car dealers 1,052 1,048 1,076 2.7 2.3
Other motor vehicle dealers 908 1,107 1,081 -2.3 19.0
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 852 938 1,024 9.2 20.3
Furniture and home furnishings stores 1,642 1,482 1,749 18.0 6.5
Furniture stores 1,053 899 1,143 27.1 8.5
Home furnishings stores 588 583 606 3.9 3.0
Electronics and appliance stores 1,129 1,319 1,379 4.5 22.2
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 3,261 4,064 4,207 3.5 29.0
Food and beverage stores 10,891 12,368 12,189 -1.4 11.9
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 7,491 8,560 8,484 -0.9 13.3
Convenience stores 659 736 731 -0.8 10.8
Specialty food stores 680 859 750 -12.7 10.2
Beer, wine and liquor stores 2,060 2,212 2,225 0.6 8.0
Health and personal care stores 4,070 4,282 4,248 -0.8 4.4
Gasoline stations 5,239 4,320 4,852 12.3 -7.4
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 2,907 1,666 2,060 23.7 -29.1
Clothing stores 2,255 1,277 1,543 20.8 -31.6
Shoe stores 337 169 242 43.1 -28.2
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 315 220 276 25.4 -12.5
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 1,037 838 1,035 23.5 -0.2
General merchandise stores 6,328 6,727 7,135 6.1 12.8
Miscellaneous store retailers 1,482 1,721 1,791 4.1 20.9
Cannabis stores1 151 279 263 -5.9 74.4
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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