Table 1
Sales by type of commodity, all retail stores – Seasonally unadjusted

Sales by type of commodity, all retail stores – Seasonally unadjusted
	February 2020^r	January 2021^r	February 2021^p	February 2020 to February 2021
	millions of dollars	millions of dollars	millions of dollars	% change
Total commodities, retail trade commissions and miscellaneous services	42,981,961	43,284,050	43,906,669	2.2
Food	8,696,141	10,201,116	9,454,992	8.7
Soft drinks and alcoholic beverages	2,521,538	2,729,791	2,616,890	3.8
Cannabis products	151,930	279,495	262,957	73.1
Clothing	1,833,457	1,124,552	1,303,149	-28.9
Footwear	389,526	249,248	292,296	-25.0
Jewellery and watches, luggage and briefcases	331,076	199,371	285,408	-13.8
Home furniture, furnishings, housewares, appliances and electronics	3,526,799	3,746,227	3,781,863	7.2
Sporting and leisure products (except publications, audio and video recordings, and game software)	645,201	757,241	823,301	27.6
Publications	194,936	157,382	177,823	-8.8
Audio and video recordings, and game software	71,161	52,705	52,405	-26.4
Motor vehicles	8,671,089	7,523,506	8,426,393	-2.8
Recreational vehicles	441,562	491,797	534,074	21.0
Motor vehicle parts, accessories and supplies	1,467,055	1,408,300	1,548,706	5.6
Automotive and household fuels	3,927,331	3,176,106	3,492,585	-11.1
Home health products	3,161,401	3,416,848	3,118,632	-1.4
Infant care, personal and beauty products	1,064,405	1,087,492	1,026,728	-3.5
Hardware, tools, and renovation and lawn and garden products	2,403,319	3,131,010	3,077,774	28.1
Miscellaneous products	2,113,115	2,267,906	2,252,024	6.6
Total retail trade commissions and miscellaneous services	1,370,920	1,283,956	1,378,670	0.6

revised

preliminary

Note(s):

Data may not add up to totals because of rounding.

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