Table 2
Retail 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 retail trade (current dollars) | 69,400 | 71,591 | 72,063 | 0.7 | 3.8 |
| Retail e-commerce | 4,951 | 5,091 | 5,058 | -0.6 | 2.2 |
| Total retail trade (2017 chained dollars) | 58,955 | 60,103 | 60,298 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers | 51,185 | 52,480 | 52,765 | 0.5 | 3.1 |
| Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations and fuel vendors | 44,479 | 46,082 | 46,366 | 0.6 | 4.2 |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 18,216 | 19,111 | 19,298 | 1.0 | 5.9 |
| New car dealers | 14,274 | 15,085 | 15,198 | 0.7 | 6.5 |
| Used car dealers | 1,543 | 1,527 | 1,589 | 4.0 | 2.9 |
| Other motor vehicle dealers | 1,093 | 1,163 | 1,182 | 1.7 | 8.2 |
| Automotive parts, accessories and tire retailers | 1,305 | 1,335 | 1,329 | -0.4 | 1.8 |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 3,825 | 3,907 | 3,886 | -0.6 | 1.6 |
| Food and beverage retailers | 13,265 | 13,372 | 13,494 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
| Supermarkets and other grocery retailers (except convenience) | 9,377 | 9,493 | 9,649 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
| Convenience retailers and vending machine operators | 677 | 683 | 694 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
| Specialty food retailers | 983 | 1,041 | 1,038 | -0.3 | 5.5 |
| Beer, wine and liquor retailers | 2,227 | 2,155 | 2,113 | -2.0 | -5.1 |
| Furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliances retailers | 3,552 | 3,379 | 3,368 | -0.3 | -5.2 |
| Furniture retailers | 1,187 | 1,164 | 1,172 | 0.7 | -1.3 |
| Floor covering, window treatment and other home furnishing retailers | 702 | 744 | 750 | 0.7 | 6.7 |
| Electronics and appliances retailers | 1,662 | 1,471 | 1,447 | -1.7 | -13.0 |
| General merchandise retailers | 10,252 | 10,881 | 11,006 | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| Health and personal care retailers | 5,817 | 6,321 | 6,326 | 0.1 | 8.8 |
| Gasoline stations and fuel vendors | 6,706 | 6,397 | 6,399 | 0.0 | -4.6 |
| Clothing, clothing accessories, shoes, jewelry, luggage and leather goods retailers | 3,779 | 3,914 | 3,958 | 1.1 | 4.7 |
| Clothing and clothing accessories retailers | 2,929 | 3,054 | 3,127 | 2.4 | 6.8 |
| Shoe retailers | 399 | 394 | 398 | 0.9 | -0.2 |
| Jewellery, luggage and leather goods retailers | 452 | 466 | 434 | -6.9 | -4.0 |
| Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers | 3,988 | 4,308 | 4,328 | 0.5 | 8.5 |
| Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book retailers and news dealers | 1,326 | 1,404 | 1,411 | 0.5 | 6.4 |
| Miscellaneous store retailers | 2,662 | 2,904 | 2,917 | 0.5 | 9.6 |
| Cannabis retailers | 456 | 492 | 490 | -0.3 | 7.4 |
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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