Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry—seasonally adjusted
| January 2025 |
December 2025r |
January 2026p |
December 2025 to January 2026 | January 2025 to January 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 122,117 | 117,029 | 115,093 | -1.7 | -5.8 |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain | 85,180 | 86,010 | 85,155 | -1.0 | -0.0 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars), excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain | 63,377 | 62,777 | 61,821 | -1.5 | -2.5 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts, petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain | 70,423 | 71,932 | 71,624 | -0.4 | 1.7 |
| Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) | 1,624 | 1,869 | 1,783 | -4.6 | 9.8 |
| Oilseed and grain1 | 2,887 | 3,201 | 2,785 | -13.0 | -3.5 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 | 34,051 | 27,818 | 27,153 | -2.4 | -20.3 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 15,424 | 15,699 | 15,944 | 1.6 | 3.4 |
| Food | 13,687 | 13,906 | 14,165 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
| Beverage | 1,035 | 1,157 | 1,149 | -0.6 | 11.1 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 426 | 396 | 417 | 5.3 | -2.2 |
| Cannabis | 275 | 241 | 213 | -11.3 | -22.5 |
| Personal and household goods | 12,601 | 12,924 | 12,740 | -1.4 | 1.1 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,511 | 1,780 | 1,455 | -18.2 | -3.7 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 947 | 852 | 845 | -0.8 | -10.8 |
| Home furnishings | 670 | 661 | 647 | -2.1 | -3.5 |
| Personal goods | 1,147 | 1,053 | 1,059 | 0.6 | -7.7 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 7,202 | 7,377 | 7,492 | 1.6 | 4.0 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,123 | 1,201 | 1,242 | 3.4 | 10.6 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 14,757 | 14,078 | 13,532 | -3.9 | -8.3 |
| Motor vehicle | 11,895 | 11,251 | 10,650 | -5.3 | -10.5 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,784 | 2,753 | 2,809 | 2.0 | 0.9 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 78 | 73 | 73 | -0.9 | -6.8 |
| Building material and supplies | 12,416 | 11,651 | 11,832 | 1.6 | -4.7 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,068 | 4,206 | 4,147 | -1.4 | 1.9 |
| Metal service centres | 2,139 | 1,959 | 2,026 | 3.4 | -5.3 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,209 | 5,485 | 5,660 | 3.2 | -8.8 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 17,635 | 18,244 | 18,173 | -0.4 | 3.0 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 2,556 | 2,502 | 2,574 | 2.8 | 0.7 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 5,809 | 6,006 | 6,153 | 2.5 | 5.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,807 | 5,290 | 4,981 | -5.8 | 3.6 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,464 | 4,445 | 4,465 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 10,724 | 11,545 | 11,151 | -3.4 | 4.0 |
| Recyclable material | 1,189 | 1,285 | 1,341 | 4.4 | 12.8 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,205 | 1,197 | 1,170 | -2.2 | -2.9 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,331 | 3,565 | 3,664 | 2.8 | 10.0 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,865 | 1,863 | 1,774 | -4.8 | -4.9 |
| Mineral, ore and precious metal | 923 | 1,527 | 942 | -38.3 | 2.0 |
| Log, wood chips, and other wood products | 135 | 126 | 114 | -9.7 | -16.2 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,075 | 1,982 | 2,147 | 8.3 | 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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