Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| October 2020 |
September 2021r |
October 2021p |
September to October 2021 | October 2020 to October 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 66,844 | 71,467 | 72,488 | 1.4 | 8.4 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 60,715 | 60,022 | 60,378 | 0.6 | -0.6 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 55,608 | 61,394 | 61,703 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
| Farm product | 917 | 1,023 | 1,060 | 3.6 | 15.6 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 12,259 | 13,403 | 13,226 | -1.3 | 7.9 |
| Food | 10,705 | 11,742 | 11,586 | -1.3 | 8.2 |
| Beverage | 828 | 824 | 838 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 602 | 642 | 637 | -0.9 | 5.8 |
| Cannabis | 125 | 194 | 166 | -14.6 | 33.1 |
| Personal and household goods | 9,841 | 10,468 | 10,527 | 0.6 | 7.0 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,181 | 1,241 | 1,460 | 17.6 | 23.7 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 895 | 781 | 765 | -1.9 | -14.5 |
| Home furnishings | 657 | 686 | 648 | -5.5 | -1.4 |
| Personal goods | 1,012 | 1,077 | 1,099 | 2.1 | 8.6 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,941 | 5,620 | 5,428 | -3.4 | 9.9 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,154 | 1,064 | 1,126 | 5.8 | -2.4 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,236 | 10,073 | 10,785 | 7.1 | -4.0 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,978 | 7,656 | 8,310 | 8.5 | -7.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,202 | 2,334 | 2,406 | 3.1 | 9.3 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 56 | 82 | 68 | -16.7 | 22.8 |
| Building material and supplies | 10,012 | 11,231 | 11,446 | 1.9 | 14.3 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,963 | 3,314 | 3,304 | -0.3 | 11.5 |
| Metal service centres | 1,482 | 2,242 | 2,298 | 2.5 | 55.0 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,566 | 5,674 | 5,844 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 13,932 | 14,833 | 14,810 | -0.2 | 6.3 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,588 | 1,880 | 1,904 | 1.3 | 19.9 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,219 | 4,817 | 4,756 | -1.3 | 12.7 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,736 | 4,694 | 4,638 | -1.2 | -2.1 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,389 | 3,442 | 3,512 | 2.0 | 3.6 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,647 | 10,436 | 10,634 | 1.9 | 23.0 |
| Recyclable material | 937 | 1,552 | 1,533 | -1.2 | 63.7 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,015 | 1,135 | 1,142 | 0.7 | 12.5 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,558 | 3,233 | 3,443 | 6.5 | 34.6 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,496 | 1,816 | 1,731 | -4.7 | 15.7 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,642 | 2,701 | 2,785 | 3.1 | 5.4 |
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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