Table 2
Retail sales, by industry — Seasonally adjusted
| May 2024 |
April 2025r |
May 2025p |
April to May 2025 | May 2024 to May 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total retail trade (current dollars) | 65,963 | 69,986 | 69,190 | -1.1 | 4.9 |
| Retail e-commerce | 3,916 | 4,387 | 4,314 | -1.7 | 10.1 |
| Total retail trade (2017 chained dollars) | 56,770 | 59,716 | 58,905 | -1.4 | 3.8 |
| Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers | 48,272 | 50,039 | 49,956 | -0.2 | 3.5 |
| Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations and fuel vendors | 41,739 | 43,968 | 43,971 | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 17,691 | 19,948 | 19,234 | -3.6 | 8.7 |
| New car dealers | 14,028 | 15,950 | 15,209 | -4.6 | 8.4 |
| Used car dealers | 1,357 | 1,584 | 1,572 | -0.8 | 15.8 |
| Other motor vehicle dealers | 1,062 | 1,087 | 1,104 | 1.6 | 4.0 |
| Automotive parts, accessories and tire retailers | 1,243 | 1,326 | 1,349 | 1.7 | 8.5 |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 3,849 | 3,882 | 3,955 | 1.9 | 2.8 |
| Food and beverage retailers | 12,595 | 13,161 | 13,008 | -1.2 | 3.3 |
| Supermarkets and other grocery retailers (except convenience) | 8,881 | 9,408 | 9,348 | -0.6 | 5.3 |
| Convenience retailers and vending machine operators | 714 | 690 | 661 | -4.2 | -7.3 |
| Specialty food retailers | 884 | 950 | 946 | -0.4 | 6.9 |
| Beer, wine and liquor retailers | 2,116 | 2,113 | 2,053 | -2.9 | -3.0 |
| Furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliances retailers | 3,589 | 3,826 | 3,844 | 0.5 | 7.1 |
| Furniture retailers | 1,154 | 1,235 | 1,246 | 0.9 | 8.0 |
| Floor covering, window treatment and other home furnishing retailers | 710 | 738 | 746 | 1.0 | 5.1 |
| Electronics and appliances retailers | 1,725 | 1,853 | 1,852 | -0.1 | 7.3 |
| General merchandise retailers | 8,941 | 9,262 | 9,265 | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| Health and personal care retailers | 5,604 | 6,051 | 6,095 | 0.7 | 8.8 |
| Gasoline stations and fuel vendors | 6,533 | 6,071 | 5,985 | -1.4 | -8.4 |
| Clothing, clothing accessories, shoes, jewelry, luggage and leather goods retailers | 3,455 | 3,735 | 3,750 | 0.4 | 8.5 |
| Clothing and clothing accessories retailers | 2,672 | 2,911 | 2,908 | -0.1 | 8.8 |
| Shoe retailers | 398 | 393 | 393 | 0.2 | -1.1 |
| Jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers | 385 | 432 | 448 | 3.8 | 16.5 |
| Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers | 3,707 | 4,049 | 4,054 | 0.1 | 9.4 |
| Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book retailers and news dealers | 1,340 | 1,341 | 1,380 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| Miscellaneous store retailers | 2,367 | 2,708 | 2,674 | -1.3 | 13.0 |
| Cannabis retailers | 446 | 472 | 482 | 2.1 | 8.1 |
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.
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