Table 2 
Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  August
2022		 July
2023r		 August
2023p		 July to August 2023 August 2022 to August 2023
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 65,011 66,170 66,079 -0.1 1.6
Retail e-commerce 3,775 3,945 3,864 -2.0 2.3
Total retail trade (2017 chained dollars) 56,287 57,304 56,911 -0.7 1.1
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 48,590 48,683 48,749 0.1 0.3
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations and fuel vendors 41,186 42,153 42,036 -0.3 2.1
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 16,421 17,487 17,331 -0.9 5.5
New car dealers 12,635 13,694 13,541 -1.1 7.2
Used car dealers 1,389 1,376 1,369 -0.5 -1.5
Other motor vehicle dealers 1,194 1,147 1,160 1.1 -2.9
Automotive parts, accessories and tire retailers 1,202 1,270 1,260 -0.7 4.8
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 4,219 3,891 3,891 -0.0 -7.8
Food and beverage retailers 12,493 12,979 12,830 -1.2 2.7
Supermarkets and other grocery retailers (except convenience) 8,610 9,158 9,011 -1.6 4.6
Convenience retailers and vending machine operators 710 746 752 0.8 6.0
Specialty food retailers 883 869 887 2.1 0.6
Beer, wine and liquor retailers 2,290 2,205 2,179 -1.2 -4.8
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliances retailers 3,639 3,681 3,675 -0.2 1.0
Furniture retailers 1,260 1,196 1,176 -1.6 -6.7
Floor covering, window treatment and other home furnishing retailers 743 680 688 1.1 -7.5
Electronics and appliances retailers 1,635 1,806 1,811 0.3 10.8
General merchandise retailers 8,491 8,731 8,758 0.3 3.1
Health and personal care retailers 5,021 5,379 5,443 1.2 8.4
Gasoline stations and fuel vendors 7,404 6,530 6,712 2.8 -9.3
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoes, jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers 3,395 3,599 3,589 -0.3 5.7
Clothing and clothing accessories retailers 2,640 2,785 2,790 0.2 5.7
Shoe retailers 371 420 413 -1.6 11.2
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers 383 394 386 -2.0 0.8
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers 3,929 3,894 3,851 -1.1 -2.0
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book retailers and news dealers 1,455 1,411 1,408 -0.2 -3.3
Miscellaneous store retailers 2,474 2,483 2,443 -1.6 -1.2
Cannabis retailers1 390 447 464 3.9 19.1
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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