Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry—seasonally adjusted
| February 2025 |
January 2026r |
February 2026p |
January to February 2026 | February 2025 to February 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 118,386 | 115,239 | 117,750 | 2.2 | -0.5 |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain | 85,722 | 85,089 | 86,765 | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars), excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain | 63,688 | 61,775 | 62,469 | 1.1 | -1.9 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts, petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain | 71,346 | 71,558 | 72,407 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) | 1,584 | 1,762 | 1,739 | -1.3 | 9.8 |
| Oilseed and grain1 | 2,494 | 2,809 | 2,871 | 2.2 | 15.1 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 | 30,170 | 27,340 | 28,114 | 2.8 | -6.8 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 15,485 | 15,993 | 16,456 | 2.9 | 6.3 |
| Food | 13,759 | 14,224 | 14,612 | 2.7 | 6.2 |
| Beverage | 1,034 | 1,118 | 1,199 | 7.3 | 16.0 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 420 | 391 | 377 | -3.6 | -10.1 |
| Cannabis | 273 | 260 | 268 | 3.3 | -1.8 |
| Personal and household goods | 12,372 | 12,882 | 13,209 | 2.5 | 6.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,386 | 1,522 | 1,619 | 6.4 | 16.8 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 976 | 853 | 861 | 0.9 | -11.8 |
| Home furnishings | 629 | 648 | 667 | 2.9 | 6.0 |
| Personal goods | 1,015 | 1,057 | 1,138 | 7.6 | 12.1 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 7,172 | 7,554 | 7,695 | 1.9 | 7.3 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,192 | 1,248 | 1,230 | -1.5 | 3.1 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 14,376 | 13,531 | 14,359 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
| Motor vehicle | 11,599 | 10,668 | 11,450 | 7.3 | -1.3 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,699 | 2,790 | 2,832 | 1.5 | 4.9 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 78 | 73 | 77 | 5.8 | -1.6 |
| Building material and supplies | 12,295 | 11,859 | 11,939 | 0.7 | -2.9 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,348 | 4,142 | 4,200 | 1.4 | -3.4 |
| Metal service centres | 2,120 | 2,048 | 2,097 | 2.4 | -1.1 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,827 | 5,669 | 5,641 | -0.5 | -3.2 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 19,193 | 18,074 | 18,144 | 0.4 | -5.5 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 2,778 | 2,574 | 2,606 | 1.2 | -6.2 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 6,224 | 6,122 | 6,016 | -1.7 | -3.3 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 5,416 | 4,956 | 4,905 | -1.0 | -9.4 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,776 | 4,422 | 4,618 | 4.4 | -3.3 |
| Miscellaneous | 10,416 | 10,989 | 10,920 | -0.6 | 4.8 |
| Recyclable material | 1,114 | 1,347 | 1,401 | 4.0 | 25.7 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,164 | 1,176 | 1,216 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,304 | 3,701 | 3,689 | -0.3 | 11.7 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,854 | 1,792 | 1,767 | -1.4 | -4.7 |
| Mineral, ore and precious metal | 759 | 910 | 733 | -19.4 | -3.3 |
| Log, wood chips, and other wood products | 137 | 114 | 115 | 0.8 | -16.5 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,084 | 1,949 | 1,999 | 2.5 | -4.1 |
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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