Table 2 
Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  May
2021		 April
2022r		 May
2022p		 April to May 2022 May 2021 to May 2022
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 54,540 60,881 62,248 2.2 14.1
Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) 49,430 51,787 52,008 0.4 5.2
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 39,489 45,951 46,822 1.9 18.6
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 34,464 38,850 39,068 0.6 13.4
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 15,051 14,930 15,426 3.3 2.5
New car dealers 11,701 11,574 12,014 3.8 2.7
Used car dealers 1,232 1,136 1,118 -1.6 -9.3
Other motor vehicle dealers 1,144 1,147 1,160 1.1 1.3
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 974 1,073 1,135 5.8 16.5
Furniture and home furnishings stores 1,538 1,934 1,925 -0.4 25.2
Furniture stores 1,023 1,227 1,219 -0.7 19.1
Home furnishings stores 515 707 706 -0.0 37.2
Electronics and appliance stores 1,285 1,355 1,357 0.1 5.6
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 4,005 4,307 4,232 -1.7 5.7
Food and beverage stores 12,114 12,020 12,242 1.9 1.1
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 8,535 8,370 8,484 1.4 -0.6
Convenience stores 722 676 698 3.3 -3.3
Specialty food stores 692 759 771 1.6 11.4
Beer, wine and liquor stores 2,165 2,215 2,289 3.4 5.7
Health and personal care stores 4,301 4,567 4,638 1.6 7.8
Gasoline stations 5,025 7,101 7,754 9.2 54.3
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 1,776 3,181 3,222 1.3 81.3
Clothing stores 1,296 2,470 2,511 1.6 93.7
Shoe stores 222 333 349 4.8 57.6
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 259 378 362 -4.3 39.7
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 1,057 1,247 1,252 0.4 18.5
General merchandise stores 6,639 8,026 8,135 1.4 22.5
Miscellaneous store retailers 1,749 2,213 2,065 -6.7 18.1
Cannabis stores1 313 373 376 0.7 20.1
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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