Table 2 
Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

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Retail sales, by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  December
2022		 November
2023r		 December
2023p		 November to December 2023 December 2022 to December 2023
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total retail trade (current dollars) 65,432 66,683 67,301 0.9 2.9
Retail e-commerce 3,318 3,858 3,719 -3.6 12.1
Total retail trade (2017 chained dollars) 57,090 57,865 58,328 0.8 2.2
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 48,329 48,661 48,935 0.6 1.3
Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations and fuel vendors 41,154 41,912 42,124 0.5 2.4
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 17,103 18,022 18,367 1.9 7.4
New car dealers 13,463 14,291 14,631 2.4 8.7
Used car dealers 1,274 1,267 1,289 1.7 1.2
Other motor vehicle dealers 1,150 1,182 1,199 1.4 4.3
Automotive parts, accessories and tire retailers 1,217 1,282 1,248 -2.7 2.6
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 3,846 3,846 3,816 -0.8 -0.8
Food and beverage retailers 12,357 12,587 12,782 1.5 3.4
Supermarkets and other grocery retailers (except convenience) 8,615 8,848 9,006 1.8 4.5
Convenience retailers and vending machine operators 679 747 745 -0.2 9.8
Specialty food retailers 828 890 918 3.1 10.8
Beer, wine and liquor retailers 2,236 2,101 2,113 0.6 -5.5
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliances retailers 3,671 3,772 3,670 -2.7 -0.0
Furniture retailers 1,246 1,210 1,164 -3.8 -6.6
Floor covering, window treatment and other home furnishing retailers 715 720 669 -7.1 -6.5
Electronics and appliances retailers 1,710 1,842 1,838 -0.2 7.5
General merchandise retailers 8,708 8,754 8,998 2.8 3.3
Health and personal care retailers 5,205 5,618 5,531 -1.5 6.3
Gasoline stations and fuel vendors 7,175 6,749 6,811 0.9 -5.1
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoes, jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers 3,427 3,608 3,600 -0.2 5.1
Clothing and clothing accessories retailers 2,648 2,799 2,787 -0.4 5.2
Shoe retailers 400 418 421 0.8 5.1
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers 378 392 392 0.1 3.7
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers 3,941 3,726 3,727 0.0 -5.4
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book retailers and news dealers 1,397 1,370 1,322 -3.5 -5.3
Miscellaneous store retailers 2,544 2,356 2,405 2.1 -5.5
Cannabis retailers1 426 408 441 8.2 3.6
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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