Table 2
Retail sales, by industry — Seasonally adjusted
| October 2024 |
September 2025r |
October 2025p |
September to October 2025 | October 2024 to October 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total retail trade (current dollars) | 68,041 | 69,603 | 69,435 | -0.2 | 2.0 |
| Retail e-commerce | 4,280 | 4,146 | 4,131 | -0.3 | -3.5 |
| Total retail trade (2017 chained dollars) | 58,669 | 58,997 | 58,620 | -0.6 | -0.1 |
| Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers | 49,043 | 50,596 | 50,317 | -0.6 | 2.6 |
| Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations and fuel vendors | 42,887 | 44,576 | 44,344 | -0.5 | 3.4 |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 18,998 | 19,007 | 19,117 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| New car dealers | 15,159 | 14,840 | 14,921 | 0.5 | -1.6 |
| Used car dealers | 1,412 | 1,699 | 1,697 | -0.1 | 20.2 |
| Other motor vehicle dealers | 1,138 | 1,136 | 1,195 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| Automotive parts, accessories and tire retailers | 1,289 | 1,332 | 1,304 | -2.1 | 1.2 |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 3,853 | 3,907 | 3,931 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
| Food and beverage retailers | 13,003 | 13,270 | 13,000 | -2.0 | -0.0 |
| Supermarkets and other grocery retailers (except convenience) | 9,226 | 9,432 | 9,368 | -0.7 | 1.5 |
| Convenience retailers and vending machine operators | 705 | 677 | 693 | 2.3 | -1.8 |
| Specialty food retailers | 893 | 965 | 975 | 1.1 | 9.2 |
| Beer, wine and liquor retailers | 2,179 | 2,196 | 1,963 | -10.6 | -9.9 |
| Furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliances retailers | 3,681 | 3,754 | 3,795 | 1.1 | 3.1 |
| Furniture retailers | 1,172 | 1,149 | 1,191 | 3.7 | 1.7 |
| Floor covering, window treatment and other home furnishing retailers | 718 | 761 | 762 | 0.1 | 6.1 |
| Electronics and appliances retailers | 1,791 | 1,844 | 1,842 | -0.1 | 2.8 |
| General merchandise retailers | 9,099 | 9,532 | 9,533 | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| Health and personal care retailers | 5,770 | 6,017 | 6,001 | -0.3 | 4.0 |
| Gasoline stations and fuel vendors | 6,156 | 6,020 | 5,973 | -0.8 | -3.0 |
| Clothing, clothing accessories, shoes, jewelry, luggage and leather goods retailers | 3,620 | 3,969 | 3,942 | -0.7 | 8.9 |
| Clothing and clothing accessories retailers | 2,793 | 3,104 | 3,066 | -1.2 | 9.8 |
| Shoe retailers | 405 | 407 | 403 | -0.8 | -0.4 |
| Jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers | 422 | 459 | 472 | 2.8 | 11.8 |
| Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers | 3,861 | 4,126 | 4,143 | 0.4 | 7.3 |
| Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book retailers and news dealers | 1,324 | 1,407 | 1,381 | -1.9 | 4.3 |
| Miscellaneous store retailers | 2,537 | 2,719 | 2,762 | 1.6 | 8.9 |
| Cannabis retailers | 450 | 465 | 456 | -1.9 | 1.3 |
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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