Table 1 
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry—seasonally adjusted 

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Wholesale merchants' sales by industry—seasonally adjusted
  March
2024		 February
2025r		 March
2025p		 February to March 2025 March 2024 to March 2025
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) 117,767 118,634 119,892 1.1 1.8
Total, wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain 81,808 86,318 86,487 0.2 5.7
Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars), excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain 62,016 64,364 64,183 -0.3 3.5
Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts, petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain 68,127 71,855 71,367 -0.7 4.8
Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) 1,443 1,525 1,536 0.7 6.4
Oilseed and grain1 2,622 2,512 2,778 10.6 6.0
Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 33,338 29,803 30,627 2.8 -8.1
Food, beverage and tobacco 14,784 15,534 15,279 -1.6 3.3
Food 13,148 13,770 13,472 -2.2 2.5
Beverage 940 1,070 1,093 2.1 16.2
Cigarette and tobacco product 440 424 430 1.4 -2.3
Cannabis 256 269 283 5.4 10.8
Personal and household goods 12,134 12,465 12,417 -0.4 2.3
Textile, clothing and footwear 1,569E 1,410 1,303 -7.6 -17.0
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance 888 961 953 -0.9 7.2
Home furnishings 701 647 657 1.6 -6.3
Personal goods 1,030 1,096 1,126 2.7 9.3
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies 6,731 7,163 7,281 1.6 8.2
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries 1,214 1,189 1,098 -7.6 -9.6
Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories 13,680 14,464 15,120 4.5 10.5
Motor vehicle 10,932 11,692 12,286 5.1 12.4
New motor vehicle parts and accessories 2,676 2,695 2,768 2.7 3.4
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories 73 76 66 -13.4 -10.0
Building material and supplies 11,731 12,398 12,023 -3.0 2.5
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies 3,873 4,469 4,059 -9.2 4.8
Metal service centres 2,199 2,081 2,050 -1.5 -6.8
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies 5,660 5,848 5,914 1.1 4.5
Machinery, equipment and supplies 18,033 19,370 19,121 -1.3 6.0
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 2,796 2,844 3,027 6.4 8.3
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies 6,072 6,340 6,130 -3.3 1.0
Computer and communications equipment and supplies 4,893 5,383 5,421 0.7 10.8
Other machinery, equipment and supplies 4,272 4,804 4,543 -5.4 6.3
Miscellaneous 10,001 10,562 10,991 4.1 9.9
Recyclable material 1,112 1,152 1,275 10.7 14.6
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product 1,106 1,165 1,208 3.7 9.2
Agricultural supplies 3,338 3,381 3,530 4.4 5.7
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product 1,718 1,914 1,928 0.8 12.2
Mineral, ore and precious metal 521 715 886 23.9 70.1
Log, wood chips, and other wood products 114 120 133 10.8 16.5
Other miscellaneous 2,091 2,115 2,032 -3.9 -2.8
r
revised
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
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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