Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| February 2021 |
January 2022r |
February 2022p |
January to February 2022 | February 2021 to February 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 69,018 | 79,129 | 78,809 | -0.4 | 14.2 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 61,155 | 64,284 | 63,409 | -1.4 | 3.7 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 58,526 | 67,941 | 67,833 | -0.2 | 15.9 |
| Farm product | 977 | 1,097 | 1,114 | 1.6 | 14.1 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 12,282 | 13,491 | 13,538 | 0.3 | 10.2 |
| Food | 10,745 | 11,748 | 11,804 | 0.5 | 9.9 |
| Beverage | 815 | 897 | 882 | -1.6 | 8.2 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 599 | 655 | 672 | 2.5 | 12.1 |
| Cannabis | 123 | 192 | 179 | -6.4 | 46.3 |
| Personal and household goods | 10,004 | 11,966 | 11,351 | -5.1 | 13.5 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,018 | 1,332 | 1,235 | -7.3 | 21.3 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,048 | 1,021 | 933 | -8.6 | -11.0 |
| Home furnishings | 675 | 734 | 768 | 4.7 | 13.8 |
| Personal goods | 1,039 | 1,055 | 1,037 | -1.7 | -0.2 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,236 | 6,709 | 6,300 | -6.1 | 20.3 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 987 | 1,115 | 1,078 | -3.3 | 9.2 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 10,492 | 11,188 | 10,976 | -1.9 | 4.6 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,224 | 8,626 | 8,208 | -4.8 | -0.2 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,211 | 2,497 | 2,706 | 8.4 | 22.4 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 57 | 66 | 62 | -4.7 | 9.5 |
| Building material and supplies | 11,169 | 14,074 | 13,686 | -2.8 | 22.5 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,068 | 3,650 | 3,720 | 1.9 | 21.3 |
| Metal service centres | 1,719 | 2,608 | 2,588 | -0.7 | 50.6 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,382 | 7,816 | 7,377 | -5.6 | 15.6 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 14,972 | 16,318 | 16,768 | 2.8 | 12.0 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,885 | 1,896 | 1,884 | -0.6 | -0.1 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,454 | 5,530 | 5,565 | 0.6 | 24.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 5,115 | 5,320 | 5,526 | 3.9 | 8.0 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,518 | 3,572 | 3,794 | 6.2 | 7.8 |
| Miscellaneous | 9,122 | 10,995 | 11,375 | 3.5 | 24.7 |
| Recyclable material | 1,145 | 1,306 | 1,331 | 1.9 | 16.2 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,026 | 1,164 | 1,223 | 5.1 | 19.3 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,726 | 3,751 | 4,147 | 10.5 | 52.1 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,538 | 1,879 | 2,027 | 7.9 | 31.8 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,687 | 2,895 | 2,647 | -8.6 | -1.5 |
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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