Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| March 2021 |
February 2022r |
March 2022p |
February to March 2022 | March 2021 to March 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 71,065 | 79,595 | 79,849 | 0.3 | 12.4 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 62,198 | 62,535 | 62,183 | -0.6 | -0.0 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 60,171 | 68,131 | 68,087 | -0.1 | 13.2 |
| Farm product | 983 | 1,118 | 1,099 | -1.7 | 11.8 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 12,652 | 13,644 | 13,741 | 0.7 | 8.6 |
| Food | 10,951 | 11,996 | 12,138 | 1.2 | 10.8 |
| Beverage | 823 | 862 | 818 | -5.1 | -0.7 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 706 | 605 | 571 | -5.7 | -19.2 |
| Cannabis | 172 | 180 | 215 | 18.9 | 24.9 |
| Personal and household goods | 10,216 | 11,364 | 11,203 | -1.4 | 9.7 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,117 | 1,197 | 1,348 | 12.6 | 20.6 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 907 | 915 | 941 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| Home furnishings | 748 | 861 | 760 | -11.7 | 1.5 |
| Personal goods | 1,036 | 1,135 | 1,169 | 3.0 | 12.9 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,401 | 6,168 | 5,894 | -4.4 | 9.1 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,007 | 1,088 | 1,092 | 0.3 | 8.4 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 10,894 | 11,464 | 11,761 | 2.6 | 8.0 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,545 | 8,736 | 9,124 | 4.5 | 6.8 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,275 | 2,664 | 2,538 | -4.7 | 11.5 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 73 | 64 | 99E | 55.3 | 34.9 |
| Building material and supplies | 11,653 | 13,536 | 14,054 | 3.8 | 20.6 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,097 | 3,700 | 3,681 | -0.5 | 18.8 |
| Metal service centres | 1,863 | 2,603 | 2,675 | 2.8 | 43.5 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,692 | 7,234 | 7,699 | 6.4 | 15.0 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 15,239 | 16,902 | 16,223 | -4.0 | 6.5 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 2,175 | 1,875 | 1,859 | -0.9 | -14.5 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,496 | 5,580 | 5,597 | 0.3 | 24.5 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,898 | 5,480 | 5,007 | -8.6 | 2.2 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,669 | 3,967 | 3,761 | -5.2 | 2.5 |
| Miscellaneous | 9,428 | 11,567 | 11,767 | 1.7 | 24.8 |
| Recyclable material | 1,242 | 1,350 | 1,537 | 13.9 | 23.8 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,070 | 1,225 | 1,200 | -2.0 | 12.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,696 | 4,177 | 3,886 | -7.0 | 44.1 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,649 | 2,003 | 2,186 | 9.1 | 32.6 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,771 | 2,812 | 2,957 | 5.2 | 6.7 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
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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