Table 1 
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry—seasonally adjusted 

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Wholesale merchants' sales by industry—seasonally adjusted
  March
2025		 February
2026r		 March
2026p		 February to March 2026 March 2025 to March 2026
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) 120,547 118,462 134,619 13.6 11.7
Total, wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain 86,149 87,370 88,993 1.9 3.3
Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars), excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain 63,918 62,977 64,026 1.7 0.2
Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts, petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain 70,992 72,807 74,412 2.2 4.8
Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) 1,576 1,816 1,747 -3.8 10.8
Oilseed and grain1 2,871 2,832 2,752 -2.8 -4.2
Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 31,527 28,261 42,874 51.7 36.0
Food, beverage and tobacco 15,228 16,448 16,420 -0.2 7.8
Food 13,497 14,586 14,571 -0.1 8.0
Beverage 1,044 1,195 1,142 -4.5 9.4
Cigarette and tobacco product 413 384 412 7.3 -0.2
Cannabis 275 282 296 4.6 7.5
Personal and household goods 12,471 13,190 13,293 0.8 6.6
Textile, clothing and footwear 1,269 1,595 1,595 0.0 25.7
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance 968 860 866 0.7 -10.5
Home furnishings 645 668 665 -0.5 3.1
Personal goods 1,120 1,166 1,178 1.1 5.2
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies 7,367 7,680 7,755 1.0 5.3
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries 1,102 1,220 1,234 1.1 12.0
Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories 15,157 14,563 14,581 0.1 -3.8
Motor vehicle 12,315 11,644 11,750 0.9 -4.6
New motor vehicle parts and accessories 2,774 2,843 2,759 -3.0 -0.5
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories 68 76 73 -4.1 6.0
Building material and supplies 12,015 12,089 12,157 0.6 1.2
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies 4,096 4,216 4,498 6.7 9.8
Metal service centres 2,113 2,103 2,078 -1.2 -1.7
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies 5,807 5,770 5,582 -3.3 -3.9
Machinery, equipment and supplies 18,856 18,298 19,478 6.5 3.3
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 2,961 2,617 2,651 1.3 -10.5
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies 6,033 6,020 6,403 6.4 6.1
Computer and communications equipment and supplies 5,434 5,040 5,941 17.9 9.3
Other machinery, equipment and supplies 4,428 4,620 4,484 -3.0 1.3
Miscellaneous 10,845 10,966 11,316 3.2 4.3
Recyclable material 1,302 1,390 1,381 -0.6 6.1
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product 1,217 1,237 1,279 3.4 5.1
Agricultural supplies 3,456 3,708 3,781 2.0 9.4
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product 1,840 1,782 1,857 4.2 0.9
Mineral, ore and precious metal 905 753 890 18.2 -1.7
Log, wood chips, and other wood products 120 116 123 6.1 2.6
Other miscellaneous 2,005 1,981 2,005 1.2 -0.0
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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