Table 2 
Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  February
2021		 January
2022r		 February
2022p		 January to February 2022 February 2021 to February 2022
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 55,787 59,857 59,899 0.1 7.4
Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) 51,057 52,015 51,782 -0.4 1.4
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 40,770 43,111 44,002 2.1 7.9
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 35,905 37,310 37,840 1.4 5.4
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 15,017 16,747 15,897 -5.1 5.9
New car dealers 11,660 12,827 12,242 -4.6 5.0
Used car dealers 1,228 1,357 1,317 -3.0 7.2
Other motor vehicle dealers 1,072 1,449 1,245 -14.0 16.2
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 1,057 1,114 1,093 -1.9 3.4
Furniture and home furnishings stores 1,796 1,956 1,914 -2.2 6.6
Furniture stores 1,131 1,259 1,217 -3.3 7.6
Home furnishings stores 665 697 696 -0.1 4.7
Electronics and appliance stores 1,318 1,307 1,320 1.1 0.2
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 4,051 4,233 4,471 5.6 10.4
Food and beverage stores 12,162 12,052 12,087 0.3 -0.6
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 8,485 8,290 8,308 0.2 -2.1
Convenience stores 740 705 708 0.3 -4.4
Specialty food stores 750 844 806 -4.5 7.4
Beer, wine and liquor stores 2,186 2,212 2,266 2.4 3.6
Health and personal care stores 4,372 4,426 4,408 -0.4 0.8
Gasoline stations 4,865 5,801 6,162 6.2 26.7
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 2,191 2,675 3,081 15.1 40.6
Clothing stores 1,650 2,035 2,424 19.1 47.0
Shoe stores 244 274 309 12.4 26.4
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 297 366 348 -4.9 17.1
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 1,086 1,120 1,136 1.4 4.6
General merchandise stores 7,151 7,666 7,576 -1.2 5.9
Miscellaneous store retailers 1,779 1,875 1,847 -1.5 3.8
Cannabis stores1 262 346 336 -2.9 28.5
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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