Table 2 
Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  May
2022		 April
2023r		 May
2023p		 April to May 2023 May 2022 to May 2023
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 65,719 65,871 66,030 0.2 0.5
Retail e-commerce 3,614 3,609 3,684 2.1 1.9
Total retail trade (2017 chained dollars) 56,372 57,020 57,090 0.1 1.3
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 49,451 48,719 48,739 0.0 -1.4
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations and fuel vendors 41,003 42,185 42,204 0.0 2.9
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 16,269 17,152 17,291 0.8 6.3
New car dealers 12,561 13,339 13,427 0.7 6.9
Used car dealers 1,333 1,475 1,456 -1.2 9.3
Other motor vehicle dealers 1,175 1,039 1,096 5.5 -6.7
Automotive parts, accessories and tire retailers 1,200 1,299 1,311 0.9 9.2
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 4,219 3,917 3,858 -1.5 -8.6
Food and beverage retailers 12,387 12,901 13,035 1.0 5.2
Supermarkets and other grocery retailers (except convenience) 8,485 8,942 9,069 1.4 6.9
Convenience retailers and vending machine operators 709 763 755 -1.0 6.6
Specialty food retailers 873 851 862 1.3 -1.2
Beer, wine and liquor retailers 2,320 2,346 2,348 0.1 1.2
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliances retailers 3,704 3,608 3,617 0.3 -2.3
Furniture retailers 1,278 1,202 1,165 -3.1 -8.9
Floor covering, window treatment and other home furnishing retailers 755 701 709 1.0 -6.2
Electronics and appliances retailers 1,671 1,705 1,744 2.3 4.4
General merchandise retailers 8,418 8,839 8,777 -0.7 4.3
Health and personal care retailers 4,927 5,336 5,332 -0.1 8.2
Gasoline stations and fuel vendors 8,448 6,534 6,535 0.0 -22.6
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoes, jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers 3,430 3,685 3,656 -0.8 6.6
Clothing and clothing accessories retailers 2,663 2,877 2,849 -1.0 7.0
Shoe retailers 376 421 402 -4.4 6.9
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers 391 387 405 4.6 3.7
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers 3,918 3,900 3,930 0.8 0.3
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book retailers and news dealers 1,403 1,422 1,419 -0.2 1.1
Miscellaneous store retailers 2,515 2,478 2,511 1.3 -0.2
Cannabis retailers1 374 411 416 1.2 11.2
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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