Table 2 
Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  October
2022		 September
2023r		 October
2023p		 September to October 2023 October 2022 to October 2023
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 65,523 66,470 66,948 0.7 2.2
Retail e-commerce 3,535 3,859 3,929 1.8 11.1
Total retail trade (2017 chained dollars) 56,298 57,079 57,883 1.4 2.8
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 48,915 48,762 49,037 0.6 0.2
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations and fuel vendors 41,330 41,780 42,270 1.2 2.3
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 16,608 17,708 17,911 1.1 7.8
New car dealers 12,911 13,950 14,137 1.3 9.5
Used car dealers 1,369 1,360 1,358 -0.1 -0.8
Other motor vehicle dealers 1,133 1,145 1,167 2.0 3.0
Automotive parts, accessories and tire retailers 1,195 1,254 1,248 -0.4 4.4
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 4,141 3,888 3,881 -0.2 -6.3
Food and beverage retailers 12,530 12,734 12,799 0.5 2.1
Supermarkets and other grocery retailers (except convenience) 8,656 8,967 9,024 0.6 4.3
Convenience retailers and vending machine operators 716 764 745 -2.6 4.0
Specialty food retailers 877 872 853 -2.2 -2.8
Beer, wine and liquor retailers 2,281 2,130 2,178 2.2 -4.5
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliances retailers 3,614 3,685 3,732 1.3 3.3
Furniture retailers 1,256 1,183 1,180 -0.3 -6.1
Floor covering, window treatment and other home furnishing retailers 734 687 695 1.2 -5.3
Electronics and appliances retailers 1,624 1,815 1,857 2.4 14.4
General merchandise retailers 8,584 8,811 8,986 2.0 4.7
Health and personal care retailers 5,118 5,457 5,541 1.5 8.2
Gasoline stations and fuel vendors 7,585 6,982 6,767 -3.1 -10.8
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoes, jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers 3,439 3,471 3,554 2.4 3.3
Clothing and clothing accessories retailers 2,668 2,713 2,753 1.5 3.2
Shoe retailers 390 397 425 7.0 8.8
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers 381 362 376 4.1 -1.2
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers 3,903 3,734 3,776 1.1 -3.3
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book retailers and news dealers 1,400 1,380 1,388 0.6 -0.9
Miscellaneous store retailers 2,503 2,354 2,389 1.5 -4.6
Cannabis retailers1 390 438 449 2.4 15.0
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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