Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry—seasonally adjusted
| March 2025 |
February 2026r |
March 2026p |
February to March 2026 | March 2025 to March 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 140,185 | 148,937 | 152,914 | 2.7 | 9.1 |
| Total, wholesale inventories (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain) | 127,930 | 136,767 | 137,224 | 0.3 | 7.3 |
| Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) | 398 | 385 | 387 | 0.6 | -2.8 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 13,255 | 15,554 | 15,630 | 0.5 | 17.9 |
| Food | 11,595 | 13,911 | 14,040 | 0.9 | 21.1 |
| Beverage | 923 | 971 | 983 | 1.1 | 6.4 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 455 | 423 | 351 | -16.9 | -22.8 |
| Cannabis | 281 | 249 | 257 | 3.1 | -8.7 |
| Personal and household goods | 20,740 | 23,776 | 23,763 | -0.1 | 14.6 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,234 | 4,341 | 4,399 | 1.3 | 36.0 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,464 | 1,606 | 1,632 | 1.6 | 11.5 |
| Home furnishings | 1,824 | 1,807E | 1,827E | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| Personal goods | 2,807 | 3,645 | 3,292 | -9.7 | 17.2 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 10,246 | 11,020 | 11,263 | 2.2 | 9.9 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,165 | 1,356 | 1,350 | -0.4 | 15.9 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 17,768 | 17,769 | 17,669 | -0.6 | -0.6 |
| Motor vehicle | 11,419 | 10,830 | 10,576 | -2.3 | -7.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 6,218 | 6,802 | 6,948 | 2.1 | 11.7 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | 144E | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 22,426 | 22,742 | 22,687 | -0.2 | 1.2 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 7,137 | 7,056 | 7,445 | 5.5 | 4.3 |
| Metal service centres | 5,623E | 5,394 | 4,961 | -8.0 | -11.8 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 9,665 | 10,292 | 10,281 | -0.1 | 6.4 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 38,604 | 40,628 | 41,428 | 2.0 | 7.3 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 10,834 | 11,940 | 12,202 | 2.2 | 12.6 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 17,139 | 17,272 | 18,023 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,433 | 3,702 | 3,706 | 0.1 | 8.0 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 7,199 | 7,714 | 7,497 | -2.8 | 4.1 |
| Miscellaneous | 14,739 | 15,914 | 15,660 | -1.6 | 6.2 |
| Recyclable material | 1,085 | 1,309 | 1,284 | -1.9 | 18.4 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,438 | 1,481 | 1,373 | -7.3 | -4.6 |
| Agricultural supplies | 6,690 | 7,212 | 7,035 | -2.5 | 5.2 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,769 | 1,866 | 1,966 | 5.4 | 11.2 |
| Mineral, ore and precious metal | 279 | 251 | 192 | -23.5 | -31.2 |
| Log, wood chips, and other wood | 82 | 85 | 109 | 27.4 | 33.0 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,396 | 3,711 | 3,701 | -0.3 | 9.0 |
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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