Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories 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 inventories | 141,876 | 147,608 | 147,407 | -0.1 | 3.9 |
| Total, wholesale inventories (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain) | 129,771 | 135,725 | 135,369 | -0.3 | 4.3 |
| Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) | 387 | 400 | 385 | -3.9 | -0.6 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 13,839 | 15,242 | 15,377 | 0.9 | 11.1 |
| Food | 12,234 | 13,686 | 13,756 | 0.5 | 12.4 |
| Beverage | 907 | 945 | 965 | 2.1 | 6.4 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 418 | 355 | 407 | 14.6 | -2.7 |
| Cannabis | 280 | 255 | 249 | -2.4 | -11.1 |
| Personal and household goods | 20,894 | 23,117 | 23,041 | -0.3 | 10.3 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,539 | 4,547 | 4,183 | -8.0 | 18.2 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,500 | 1,605 | 1,605 | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| Home furnishings | 1,771E | 1,738 | 1,796E | 3.4 | 1.4 |
| Personal goods | 2,694 | 2,770 | 3,091 | 11.6 | 14.7 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 10,230 | 11,228 | 11,017 | -1.9 | 7.7 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,160 | 1,230 | 1,348 | 9.5 | 16.2 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 17,449 | 18,045 | 17,605 | -2.4 | 0.9 |
| Motor vehicle | 11,305 | 11,098 | 10,695 | -3.6 | -5.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 6,015 | 6,801 | 6,773 | -0.4 | 12.6 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 22,858 | 22,931 | 22,791 | -0.6 | -0.3 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 7,597 | 7,339 | 7,095 | -3.3 | -6.6 |
| Metal service centres | 5,570 | 5,440 | 5,390 | -0.9 | -3.2 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 9,692 | 10,151 | 10,306 | 1.5 | 6.3 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 39,534 | 40,549 | 40,305 | -0.6 | 2.0 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 10,693 | 11,615 | 11,740 | 1.1 | 9.8 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 17,827 | 17,436 | 17,139 | -1.7 | -3.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,505 | 3,691 | 3,735 | 1.2 | 6.6 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 7,510 | 7,808 | 7,691 | -1.5 | 2.4 |
| Miscellaneous | 14,809 | 15,441 | 15,866 | 2.8 | 7.1 |
| Recyclable material | 1,112 | 1,289 | 1,316 | 2.1 | 18.3 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,333 | 1,344 | 1,482 | 10.3 | 11.1 |
| Agricultural supplies | 6,705 | 7,199 | 7,251 | 0.7 | 8.1 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,772 | 1,765 | 1,836 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| Mineral, ore and precious metal | 282 | 226 | 257 | 13.9 | -8.9 |
| Log, wood chips, and other wood | 111 | 86 | 85 | -0.9 | -23.4 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,493 | 3,532 | 3,638 | 3.0 | 4.2 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
..
not available for a specific reference period
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 20-10-0076-01.
Table note 1
Not included in some of the totals for wholesale inventories.
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