Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| July 2020 |
June 2021r |
July 2021p |
June to July 2021 | July 2020 to July 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 64,856 | 71,568 | 70,069 | -2.1 | 8.0 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 59,267 | 60,474 | 58,994 | -2.4 | -0.5 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 54,288 | 60,953 | 59,260 | -2.8 | 9.2 |
| Farm product | 869 | 981 | 1,138 | 15.9 | 31.0 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 12,413 | 12,797 | 12,697 | -0.8 | 2.3 |
| Food | 10,877 | 11,202 | 11,091 | -1.0 | 2.0 |
| Beverage | 805 | 795 | 785 | -1.2 | -2.4 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 629 | 631 | 649 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| Cannabis | 103 | 169 | 171 | 1.5 | 65.5 |
| Personal and household goods | 9,852 | 10,464 | 10,298 | -1.6 | 4.5 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 925 | 1,191 | 1,171 | -1.7 | 26.6 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 927 | 858 | 845 | -1.5 | -8.9 |
| Home furnishings | 658 | 615 | 664 | 7.9 | 0.8 |
| Personal goods | 949 | 1,010 | 935 | -7.5 | -1.5 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,225 | 5,773 | 5,605 | -2.9 | 7.3 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,168 | 1,017 | 1,079 | 6.1 | -7.6 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 10,567 | 10,616 | 10,809 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,340 | 8,259 | 8,548 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,175 | 2,292 | 2,214 | -3.4 | 1.8 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 52 | 65 | 47 | -27.1 | -9.2 |
| Building material and supplies | 9,013 | 12,587 | 11,030 | -12.4 | 22.4 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,833 | 3,185 | 3,029 | -4.9 | 6.9 |
| Metal service centres | 1,443 | 2,203 | 2,162 | -1.8 | 49.8 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,737 | 7,200 | 5,839 | -18.9 | 23.3 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 13,637 | 14,715 | 14,733 | 0.1 | 8.0 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,867 | 1,970 | 2,002 | 1.6 | 7.3 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,022 | 4,751 | 4,701 | -1.1 | 16.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,538 | 4,683 | 4,518 | -3.5 | -0.4 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,211 | 3,312 | 3,512 | 6.1 | 9.4 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,504 | 9,407 | 9,364 | -0.5 | 10.1 |
| Recyclable material | 790 | 1,372 | 1,435 | 4.6 | 81.8 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 969 | 1,088 | 1,107 | 1.7 | 14.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,618 | 2,505 | 2,466 | -1.5 | -5.8 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,454 | 1,781 | 1,711 | -3.9 | 17.7 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,673 | 2,662 | 2,644 | -0.7 | -1.1 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Tables 20-10-0074-01 and 20-10-0003-01.
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