Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| December 2020 |
November 2021r |
December 2021p |
November to December 2021 | December 2020 to December 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 67,150 | 75,797 | 76,216 | 0.6 | 13.5 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 60,852 | 62,072 | 62,704 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 56,473 | 64,379 | 64,427 | 0.1 | 14.1 |
| Farm product | 914 | 968 | 1,001 | 3.4 | 9.5 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 12,152 | 13,537 | 13,195 | -2.5 | 8.6 |
| Food | 10,631 | 11,889 | 11,572 | -2.7 | 8.8 |
| Beverage | 768 | 840 | 835 | -0.6 | 8.8 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 606 | 620 | 591 | -4.7 | -2.4 |
| Cannabis | 147 | 188 | 197 | 4.8 | 34.0 |
| Personal and household goods | 9,876 | 10,794 | 11,013 | 2.0 | 11.5 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,235 | 1,445 | 1,539 | 6.5 | 24.6 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 942 | 803 | 909 | 13.2 | -3.5 |
| Home furnishings | 651 | 717 | 718 | 0.1 | 10.2 |
| Personal goods | 981 | 1,172 | 1,000 | -14.7 | 1.9 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,123 | 5,554 | 5,776 | 4.0 | 12.7 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 943 | 1,103 | 1,073 | -2.7 | 13.8 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 10,677 | 11,418 | 11,789 | 3.3 | 10.4 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,568 | 8,957 | 9,210 | 2.8 | 7.5 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,053 | 2,389 | 2,513 | 5.2 | 22.4 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 56 | 71 | 66 | -6.9 | 19.3 |
| Building material and supplies | 10,359 | 12,297 | 12,447 | 1.2 | 20.2 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,895 | 3,334 | 3,355 | 0.6 | 15.9 |
| Metal service centres | 1,618 | 2,702 | 2,584 | -4.4 | 59.7 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,846 | 6,262 | 6,507 | 3.9 | 11.3 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 14,133 | 15,317 | 15,565 | 1.6 | 10.1 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,770 | 1,898 | 2,024 | 6.6 | 14.3 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,547 | 5,120 | 5,172 | 1.0 | 13.7 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,325 | 4,678 | 4,838 | 3.4 | 11.9 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,491 | 3,621 | 3,532 | -2.5 | 1.2 |
| Miscellaneous | 9,039 | 11,465 | 11,206 | -2.3 | 24.0 |
| Recyclable material | 1,140 | 1,632 | 1,680 | 3.0 | 47.4 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,031 | 1,170 | 1,181 | 1.0 | 14.6 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,794 | 4,009 | 3,707 | -7.5 | 32.7 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,500 | 1,839 | 1,810 | -1.6 | 20.6 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,574 | 2,817 | 2,829 | 0.4 | 9.9 |
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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