Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| August 2021 |
July 2022r |
August 2022p |
July to August 2022 | August 2021 to August 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 71,728 | 80,153 | 81,277 | 1.4 | 13.3 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 60,222 | 61,530 | 62,289 | 1.2 | 3.4 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 60,754 | 68,132 | 69,034 | 1.3 | 13.6 |
| Farm product | 1,102 | 1,182 | 1,114 | -5.8 | 1.1 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 13,357 | 14,223 | 14,472 | 1.8 | 8.4 |
| Food | 11,747 | 12,609 | 12,795 | 1.5 | 8.9 |
| Beverage | 799 | 910 | 916 | 0.6 | 14.7 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 625 | 487 | 522 | 7.2 | -16.5 |
| Cannabis | 186 | 217 | 240 | 10.8 | 29.0 |
| Personal and household goods | 10,466 | 10,668 | 10,499 | -1.6 | 0.3 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,194 | 1,336 | 1,367 | 2.4 | 14.4 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 800 | 855 | 752 | -12.1 | -6.0 |
| Home furnishings | 735 | 714 | 714 | 0.0 | -2.9 |
| Personal goods | 961 | 1,070 | 1,002 | -6.3 | 4.3 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,721 | 5,542 | 5,553 | 0.2 | -2.9 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,054 | 1,152 | 1,111 | -3.5 | 5.4 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 10,974 | 12,021 | 12,242 | 1.8 | 11.6 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,578 | 9,441 | 9,784 | 3.6 | 14.1 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,325 | 2,488 | 2,377 | -4.5 | 2.2 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 71E | 92E | 82 | -11.0 | 14.8 |
| Building material and supplies | 11,385 | 12,670 | 12,816 | 1.1 | 12.6 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,279 | 3,649 | 3,639 | -0.3 | 11.0 |
| Metal service centres | 2,267 | 2,746 | 2,665 | -3.0 | 17.5 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,840 | 6,275 | 6,511 | 3.8 | 11.5 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 14,574 | 17,082 | 17,352 | 1.6 | 19.1 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,740 | 2,298 | 2,346 | 2.1 | 34.9 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,577 | 5,773 | 6,002 | 4.0 | 31.1 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,752 | 5,252 | 5,004 | -4.7 | 5.3 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,505 | 3,760 | 4,000 | 6.4 | 14.1 |
| Miscellaneous | 9,869 | 12,307 | 12,782 | 3.9 | 29.5 |
| Recyclable material | 1,535 | 1,372 | 1,337 | -2.5 | -12.9 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,131 | 1,294 | 1,266 | -2.2 | 11.9 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,759 | 4,634 | 5,247 | 13.2 | 90.2 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,761 | 2,002 | 2,043 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,683 | 3,004 | 2,889 | -3.9 | 7.7 |
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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