Table 2 
Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  October
2020		 September
2021r		 October
2021p		 September to October 2021 October 2020 to October 2021
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 54,686 56,728 57,608 1.6 5.3
Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) 50,460 50,627 51,089 0.9 1.2
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 40,195 42,136 42,690 1.3 6.2
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 35,812 36,460 37,021 1.5 3.4
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 14,491 14,591 14,918 2.2 2.9
New car dealers 11,300 11,294 11,612 2.8 2.8
Used car dealers 1,126 1,230 1,265 2.9 12.4
Other motor vehicle dealers 1,090 1,067 1,098 2.9 0.7
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 975 1,001 944 -5.7 -3.2
Furniture and home furnishings stores 1,834 1,839 1,907 3.7 4.0
Furniture stores 1,204 1,172 1,200 2.4 -0.3
Home furnishings stores 630 667 707 6.0 12.3
Electronics and appliance stores 1,305 1,215 1,215 -0.0 -6.9
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 3,948 3,792 3,912 3.2 -0.9
Food and beverage stores 11,855 12,013 11,937 -0.6 0.7
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 8,296 8,328 8,258 -0.8 -0.5
Convenience stores 696 691 678 -1.9 -2.5
Specialty food stores 720 734 735 0.2 2.1
Beer, wine and liquor stores 2,144 2,260 2,265 0.2 5.7
Health and personal care stores 4,491 4,294 4,267 -0.6 -5.0
Gasoline stations 4,384 5,676 5,669 -0.1 29.3
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 2,606 3,079 3,130 1.7 20.1
Clothing stores 2,029 2,392 2,468 3.2 21.6
Shoe stores 279 340 328 -3.6 17.6
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 299 347 335 -3.6 12.1
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 1,206 1,061 1,246 17.5 3.3
General merchandise stores 6,849 7,268 7,469 2.8 9.1
Miscellaneous store retailers 1,717 1,899 1,937 2.0 12.8
Cannabis stores1 268 354 364 2.8 35.7
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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