Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| September 2021 |
August 2022r |
September 2022p |
August to September 2022 | September 2021 to September 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 72,759 | 81,750 | 81,810 | 0.1 | 12.4 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 60,466 | 62,695 | 62,542 | -0.2 | 3.4 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 62,169 | 69,631 | 69,578 | -0.1 | 11.9 |
| Farm product | 1,063 | 1,112 | 1,223 | 9.9 | 15.0 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 13,487 | 14,660 | 14,945 | 1.9 | 10.8 |
| Food | 11,781 | 13,003 | 13,301 | 2.3 | 12.9 |
| Beverage | 817 | 910 | 865 | -5.0 | 5.8 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 693 | 525 | 521 | -0.7 | -24.8 |
| Cannabis | 195 | 223 | 258 | 15.9 | 32.6 |
| Personal and household goods | 10,820 | 10,736 | 11,196 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,253 | 1,341 | 1,362 | 1.6 | 8.7 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 798 | 745 | 762 | 2.4 | -4.4 |
| Home furnishings | 740 | 728 | 729 | 0.2 | -1.4 |
| Personal goods | 1,246 | 991 | 1,027 | 3.7 | -17.6 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,720 | 5,821 | 6,151 | 5.7 | 7.5 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,063 | 1,111 | 1,165 | 4.9 | 9.6 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 10,590 | 12,120 | 12,232 | 0.9 | 15.5 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,185 | 9,681 | 9,624 | -0.6 | 17.6 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,323 | 2,360 | 2,531 | 7.3 | 9.0 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 83 | 79 | 77 | -2.3 | -6.5 |
| Building material and supplies | 11,344 | 12,439 | 12,128 | -2.5 | 6.9 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,321 | 3,653 | 3,652 | -0.0 | 10.0 |
| Metal service centres | 2,263 | 2,631 | 2,577 | -2.1 | 13.9 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,761 | 6,155 | 5,900 | -4.1 | 2.4 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 14,907 | 17,672 | 17,833 | 0.9 | 19.6 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,872 | 2,410 | 2,555 | 6.0 | 36.5 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,835 | 6,198 | 5,988 | -3.4 | 23.8 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,710 | 5,051 | 5,264 | 4.2 | 11.7 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,490 | 4,014 | 4,026 | 0.3 | 15.4 |
| Miscellaneous | 10,547 | 13,010 | 12,252 | -5.8 | 16.2 |
| Recyclable material | 1,554 | 1,322 | 1,295 | -2.1 | -16.7 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,139 | 1,274 | 1,299 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,334 | 5,476 | 4,742 | -13.4 | 42.2 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,853 | 2,058 | 2,012 | -2.2 | 8.6 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,667 | 2,880 | 2,904 | 0.8 | 8.9 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
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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