Table 2
Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| February 2020 |
January 2021r |
February 2021p |
January to February 2021 | February 2020 to February 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions 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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