Table 2 
Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  March
2022		 February
2023r		 March
2023p		 February to March 2023 March 2022 to March 2023
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 63,758 66,192 65,285 -1.4 2.4
Retail e-commerce 3,338 3,746 3,830 2.2 14.7
Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) 54,574 55,664 55,091 -1.0 0.9
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 48,056 48,408 48,279 -0.3 0.5
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations and fuel vendors 40,654 41,537 41,677 0.3 2.5
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 15,702 17,784 17,006 -4.4 8.3
New car dealers 12,132 13,944 13,273 -4.8 9.4
Used car dealers 1,317 1,379 1,416 2.6 7.5
Other motor vehicle dealers 1,122 1,209 1,071 -11.4 -4.6
Automotive parts, accessories and tire retailers 1,130 1,252 1,246 -0.5 10.3
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 4,580 3,880 3,942 1.6 -13.9
Food and beverage retailers 12,193 12,535 12,558 0.2 3.0
Supermarkets and other grocery retailers (except convenience) 8,410 8,744 8,750 0.1 4.0
Convenience retailers and vending machine operators 694 741 754 1.8 8.7
Specialty food retailers 858 807 818 1.4 -4.6
Beer, wine and liquor retailers 2,231 2,243 2,236 -0.3 0.2
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliances retailers 3,746 3,707 3,706 -0.0 -1.1
Furniture retailers 1,315 1,255 1,239 -1.3 -5.8
Floor covering, window treatment and other home furnishing retailers 775 733 721 -1.7 -7.0
Electronics and appliances retailers 1,655 1,718 1,746 1.6 5.5
General merchandise retailers 8,097 8,652 8,703 0.6 7.5
Health and personal care retailers 4,797 5,290 5,280 -0.2 10.1
Gasoline stations and fuel vendors 7,403 6,871 6,602 -3.9 -10.8
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoes, jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers 3,396 3,675 3,631 -1.2 6.9
Clothing and clothing accessories retailers 2,641 2,868 2,839 -1.0 7.5
Shoe retailers 349 408 392 -4.0 12.5
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers 407 399 399 0.1 -1.8
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers 3,846 3,798 3,857 1.6 0.3
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book retailers and news dealers 1,379 1,428 1,405 -1.6 1.9
Miscellaneous store retailers 2,467 2,370 2,452 3.5 -0.6
Cannabis retailers1 359 364 406 11.3 12.9
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Tables 20-10-0056-01 and 20-10-0067-01.

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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