Table 2 
Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  September
2022		 August
2023r		 September
2023p		 August to September 2023 September 2022 to September 2023
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 64,709 66,087 66,463 0.6 2.7
Retail e-commerce 3,664 3,849 3,824 -0.6 4.4
Total retail trade (2017 chained dollars) 56,254 56,926 57,070 0.3 1.5
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 48,224 48,703 48,812 0.2 1.2
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations and fuel vendors 41,062 41,888 41,775 -0.3 1.7
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 16,485 17,383 17,652 1.5 7.1
New car dealers 12,712 13,555 13,879 2.4 9.2
Used car dealers 1,344 1,394 1,367 -2.0 1.7
Other motor vehicle dealers 1,226 1,168 1,150 -1.5 -6.2
Automotive parts, accessories and tire retailers 1,203 1,266 1,255 -0.8 4.4
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 4,152 3,894 3,913 0.5 -5.7
Food and beverage retailers 12,262 12,806 12,761 -0.4 4.1
Supermarkets and other grocery retailers (except convenience) 8,442 8,985 8,968 -0.2 6.2
Convenience retailers and vending machine operators 699 756 771 2.1 10.4
Specialty food retailers 879 888 885 -0.4 0.7
Beer, wine and liquor retailers 2,243 2,177 2,137 -1.8 -4.7
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliances retailers 3,673 3,693 3,685 -0.2 0.3
Furniture retailers 1,254 1,172 1,161 -1.0 -7.4
Floor covering, window treatment and other home furnishing retailers 792 686 679 -1.0 -14.3
Electronics and appliances retailers 1,627 1,835 1,845 0.5 13.4
General merchandise retailers 8,515 8,749 8,773 0.3 3.0
Health and personal care retailers 5,057 5,407 5,399 -0.1 6.8
Gasoline stations and fuel vendors 7,163 6,816 7,037 3.2 -1.8
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoes, jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers 3,457 3,505 3,469 -1.0 0.3
Clothing and clothing accessories retailers 2,682 2,724 2,716 -0.3 1.3
Shoe retailers 384 405 395 -2.7 2.7
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers 391 376 359 -4.6 -8.3
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers 3,946 3,833 3,774 -1.6 -4.4
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book retailers and news dealers 1,427 1,409 1,420 0.8 -0.5
Miscellaneous store retailers 2,519 2,425 2,354 -2.9 -6.6
Cannabis retailers1 392 467 444 -4.9 13.2
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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