Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry—seasonally adjusted
| April 2025 |
March 2026r |
April 2026p |
March to April 2026 | April 2025 to April 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 140,346 | 154,436 | 156,693 | 1.5 | 11.6 |
| Total, wholesale inventories (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain) | 127,858 | 138,423 | 139,938 | 1.1 | 9.4 |
| Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) | 367 | 396 | 458 | 15.7 | 24.9 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 13,338 | 15,849 | 15,973 | 0.8 | 19.8 |
| Food | 11,701 | 14,247 | 14,424 | 1.2 | 23.3 |
| Beverage | 945 | 974 | 931 | -4.4 | -1.4 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 419 | 351 | 353 | 0.5 | -15.7 |
| Cannabis | 274 | 276 | 265 | -3.8 | -3.4 |
| Personal and household goods | 20,980 | 23,831 | 23,563 | -1.1 | 12.3 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,227 | 4,455 | 4,551 | 2.2 | 41.1 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,555 | 1,653 | 1,670 | 1.0 | 7.4 |
| Home furnishings | 1,741 | 1,837E | 1,620E | -11.8 | -6.9 |
| Personal goods | 2,796 | 3,280 | 3,050 | -7.0 | 9.1 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 10,468 | 11,262 | 11,313 | 0.5 | 8.1 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,193 | 1,343 | 1,359 | 1.2 | 13.9 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 17,564 | 17,974 | 18,770 | 4.4 | 6.9 |
| Motor vehicle | 11,465 | 10,916 | 11,845 | 8.5 | 3.3 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,950 | 6,914 | 6,800 | -1.7 | 14.3 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | 144E | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 22,369 | 22,906 | 23,697 | 3.5 | 5.9 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 7,095 | 7,636 | 7,718 | 1.1 | 8.8 |
| Metal service centres | 5,463E | 4,960 | 5,347 | 7.8 | -2.1 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 9,810 | 10,310 | 10,633 | 3.1 | 8.4 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 38,492 | 41,819 | 41,549 | -0.6 | 7.9 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 10,463 | 12,413 | 11,812 | -4.8 | 12.9 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 17,527 | 18,051 | 18,013 | -0.2 | 2.8 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,466 | 3,848 | 4,012 | 4.3 | 15.8 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 7,036 | 7,508 | 7,713 | 2.7 | 9.6 |
| Miscellaneous | 14,749 | 15,648 | 15,928 | 1.8 | 8.0 |
| Recyclable material | 1,146 | 1,283 | 1,293 | 0.8 | 12.8 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,440 | 1,374 | 1,394 | 1.5 | -3.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 6,620 | 7,021 | 7,180 | 2.3 | 8.4 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,808 | 1,933 | 1,925 | -0.4 | 6.5 |
| Mineral, ore and precious metal | 217 | 192 | 175 | -8.9 | -19.3 |
| Log, wood chips, and other wood | 79 | 111 | 95 | -14.1 | 19.7 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,438 | 3,734 | 3,866 | 3.5 | 12.5 |
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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