Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| April 2021 |
March 2022r |
April 2022p |
March to April 2022 | April 2021 to April 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 71,607 | 80,228 | 79,817 | -0.5 | 11.5 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 61,955 | 62,527 | 62,170 | -0.6 | 0.3 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 61,234 | 68,466 | 68,152 | -0.5 | 11.3 |
| Farm product | 992 | 1,120 | 1,161 | 3.6 | 17.0 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 12,740 | 13,846 | 13,806 | -0.3 | 8.4 |
| Food | 11,099 | 12,075 | 12,136 | 0.5 | 9.4 |
| Beverage | 823 | 952 | 972 | 2.2 | 18.2 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 672 | 605 | 500 | -17.3 | -25.6 |
| Cannabis | 147 | 215 | 197 | -8.4 | 34.7 |
| Personal and household goods | 10,258 | 11,228 | 11,223 | -0.0 | 9.4 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,188 | 1,376 | 1,501 | 9.0 | 26.4 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 945 | 959 | 1,027 | 7.1 | 8.7 |
| Home furnishings | 742 | 785 | 749 | -4.5 | 1.1 |
| Personal goods | 1,081 | 1,194 | 1,148 | -3.8 | 6.2 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,329 | 5,810 | 5,643 | -2.9 | 5.9 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 974 | 1,104 | 1,155 | 4.6 | 18.6 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 10,372 | 11,762 | 11,665 | -0.8 | 12.5 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,930 | 9,084 | 8,945 | -1.5 | 12.8 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,377 | 2,578 | 2,634 | 2.2 | 10.8 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 66 | 100E | 85 | -14.6 | 28.5 |
| Building material and supplies | 12,859 | 14,181 | 13,986 | -1.4 | 8.8 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,463 | 3,724 | 3,823 | 2.7 | 10.4 |
| Metal service centres | 2,078 | 2,689 | 2,692 | 0.1 | 29.5 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 7,318 | 7,768 | 7,471 | -3.8 | 2.1 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 15,198 | 16,209 | 16,496 | 1.8 | 8.5 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 2,270 | 1,829 | 1,966 | 7.5 | -13.4 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,557 | 5,591 | 5,632 | 0.7 | 23.6 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,965 | 5,000 | 4,982 | -0.4 | 0.3 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,406 | 3,788 | 3,916 | 3.4 | 15.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 9,187 | 11,881 | 11,479 | -3.4 | 24.9 |
| Recyclable material | 1,257 | 1,647 | 1,814 | 10.2 | 44.4 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,017 | 1,212 | 1,245 | 2.7 | 22.4 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,694 | 3,846 | 3,324 | -13.6 | 23.4 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,662 | 2,211 | 2,040 | -7.7 | 22.8 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,557 | 2,965 | 3,055 | 3.0 | 19.5 |
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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