Table 2 
Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  April
2022		 March
2023r		 April
2023p		 March to April 2023 April 2022 to April 2023
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 64,027 65,209 65,913 1.1 2.9
Retail e-commerce 3,373 3,876 3,641 -6.1 7.9
Total retail trade (2012 chained dollars) 54,541 54,976 55,163 0.3 1.1
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 48,279 48,177 48,804 1.3 1.1
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations and fuel vendors 40,644 41,608 42,217 1.5 3.9
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 15,748 17,032 17,110 0.5 8.6
New car dealers 12,111 13,289 13,282 -0.0 9.7
Used car dealers 1,348 1,432 1,486 3.7 10.2
Other motor vehicle dealers 1,161 1,058 1,046 -1.2 -9.9
Automotive parts, accessories and tire retailers 1,128 1,253 1,296 3.5 14.9
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 4,331 3,935 3,962 0.7 -8.5
Food and beverage retailers 12,135 12,661 12,854 1.5 5.9
Supermarkets and other grocery retailers (except convenience) 8,385 8,822 8,932 1.2 6.5
Convenience retailers and vending machine operators 690 754 769 2.1 11.6
Specialty food retailers 859 825 852 3.2 -0.9
Beer, wine and liquor retailers 2,201 2,261 2,301 1.8 4.5
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliances retailers 3,739 3,686 3,628 -1.6 -3.0
Furniture retailers 1,295 1,230 1,212 -1.5 -6.3
Floor covering, window treatment and other home furnishing retailers 766 727 709 -2.5 -7.5
Electronics and appliances retailers 1,678 1,729 1,707 -1.3 1.7
General merchandise retailers 8,262 8,572 8,856 3.3 7.2
Health and personal care retailers 4,850 5,289 5,341 1.0 10.1
Gasoline stations and fuel vendors 7,635 6,569 6,587 0.3 -13.7
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoes, jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers 3,378 3,622 3,733 3.1 10.5
Clothing and clothing accessories retailers 2,616 2,847 2,930 2.9 12.0
Shoe retailers 354 390 420 7.7 18.6
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers 408 385 383 -0.4 -6.2
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers 3,950 3,842 3,843 0.0 -2.7
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book retailers and news dealers 1,399 1,399 1,413 1.0 1.0
Miscellaneous store retailers 2,551 2,443 2,430 -0.5 -4.7
Cannabis retailers1 373 406 412 1.3 10.3
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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