Table 3 
Retail sales by industry at 2012 constant prices – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales by industry at 2012 constant prices – Seasonally adjusted
  March 2020 February 2021r March 2021p February to March 2021 March 2020 to March 2021
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade at 2012 constant prices1 43,805 50,371 52,048 3.3 18.8
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 36,224 38,250 39,803 4.1 9.9
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 31,198 33,656 35,245 4.7 13.0
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 7,581 12,121 12,245 1.0 61.5
New car dealers 5,697 9,372 9,407 0.4 65.1
Used car dealers 575 925 934 1.0 62.4
Other motor vehicle dealers 559 872 966 10.8 72.8
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 750 952 938 -1.5 25.1
Furniture and home furnishings stores 1,144 1,678 1,812 8.0 58.4
Furniture stores 736 1,070 1,189 11.1 61.5
Home furnishings stores 408 608 624 2.6 52.9
Electronics and appliance stores 1,406 1,735 1,806 4.1 28.4
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 2,934 3,634 4,360 20.0 48.6
Food and beverage stores 11,646 10,502 10,382 -1.1 -10.9
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 8,388 7,287 7,201 -1.2 -14.2
Convenience stores 516 549 537 -2.2 4.1
Specialty food stores 578 666 585 -12.2 1.2
Beer, wine and liquor stores 2,164 2,000 2,059 3.0 -4.9
Health and personal care stores 4,381 4,493 4,527 0.8 3.3
Gasoline stations 5,026 4,594 4,558 -0.8 -9.3
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 1,325 2,144 2,676 24.8 102.0
Clothing stores 1,021 1,657 2,076 25.3 103.3
Shoe stores 161 242 350 44.6 117.4
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 143 245 250 2.0 74.8
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 784 1,136 1,248 9.9 59.2
General merchandise stores 6,199 6,635 6,690 0.8 7.9
Miscellaneous store retailers 1,378 1,700 1,746 2.7 26.7
Cannabis stores2 181 283 322 13.8 77.9
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 20-10-0078-01.

Table note 1

Calculated using the Laspeyres method.

Table note 2

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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