Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry—seasonally adjusted
| February 2024 |
January 2025r |
February 2025p |
January to February 2025 | February 2024 to February 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 122,057 | 122,642 | 119,310 | -2.7 | -2.3 |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain | 82,929 | 85,373 | 85,654 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars), excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain | 63,078 | 63,685 | 63,837 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts, petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain | 68,204 | 70,619 | 71,357 | 1.0 | 4.6 |
| Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) | 1,355 | 1,622 | 1,544 | -4.8 | 14.0 |
| Oilseed and grain1 | 3,078 | 2,834 | 2,447 | -13.7 | -20.5 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 | 36,051 | 34,436 | 31,210 | -9.4 | -13.4 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 14,619 | 15,430 | 15,513 | 0.5 | 6.1 |
| Food | 13,062 | 13,716 | 13,777 | 0.4 | 5.5 |
| Beverage | 939 | 1,050 | 1,063 | 1.2 | 13.2 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 340 | 412 | 415 | 0.8 | 22.1 |
| Cannabis | 278 | 252 | 257 | 2.1 | -7.5 |
| Personal and household goods | 11,960 | 12,598 | 12,457 | -1.1 | 4.1 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,510 | 1,505 | 1,429 | -5.1 | -5.4 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 854 | 929 | 956 | 3.0 | 12.0 |
| Home furnishings | 659 | 696 | 658 | -5.4 | -0.2 |
| Personal goods | 1,068 | 1,173 | 1,107 | -5.6 | 3.7 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,699 | 7,169 | 7,119 | -0.7 | 6.3 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,170 | 1,126 | 1,188 | 5.5 | 1.5 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 14,725 | 14,754 | 14,296 | -3.1 | -2.9 |
| Motor vehicle | 11,942 | 11,907 | 11,542 | -3.1 | -3.3 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,711 | 2,770 | 2,674 | -3.4 | -1.4 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 71 | 78 | 79 | 2.4 | 12.1 |
| Building material and supplies | 11,960 | 12,398 | 12,265 | -1.1 | 2.6 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,987 | 4,091 | 4,402 | 7.6 | 10.4 |
| Metal service centres | 2,186 | 2,099 | 2,053 | -2.1 | -6.1 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,787 | 6,208 | 5,809 | -6.4 | 0.4 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 17,673 | 17,720 | 18,984 | 7.1 | 7.4 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 2,731 | 2,554 | 2,707 | 6.0 | -0.9 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 5,980 | 5,846 | 6,242 | 6.8 | 4.4 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,886 | 4,790 | 5,326 | 11.2 | 9.0 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,076 | 4,530 | 4,709 | 4.0 | 15.5 |
| Miscellaneous | 10,637 | 10,851 | 10,594 | -2.4 | -0.4 |
| Recyclable material | 1,319 | 1,210 | 1,206 | -0.4 | -8.6 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,295 | 1,193 | 1,156 | -3.1 | -10.7 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,669 | 3,440 | 3,412 | -0.8 | -7.0 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,734 | 1,956 | 1,900 | -2.8 | 9.6 |
| Mineral, ore and precious metal | 476 | 816 | 685 | -16.0 | 43.8 |
| Log, wood chips, and other wood products | 99 | 126 | 119 | -5.5 | 20.1 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,044 | 2,110 | 2,115 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Tables 20-10-0074-01 and 20-10-0003-01.
Table note 1
Not included in some of the totals for wholesale sales.
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