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Table 45. Retail Sales, Consumer Prices and Shipments by Province

    2002 2003 2003 2004
      S O N D J F M A M J J A S
                               
Retail trade                                
                               
Canada 21644955 318,532 330,503 27,824 27,765 27,675 27,383 27,643 28,364 28,681 28,469 28,670 28,752 28,880 29,084 29,137
Nfld.Lab. 21645039 5,369 5,679 476 471 476 479 481 487 470 461 471 467 462 465 471
P.E.I. 21645043 1,369 1,381 117 116 114 112 114 115 118 118 116 115 110 112 113
Nova Scotia 21645047 9,840 9,990 816 835 833 833 828 813 856 847 860 867 854 852 858
New Brunswick 21645051 7,787 7,797 647 646 645 632 652 659 660 660 650 646 653 661 670
Quebec 21645055 71,531 75,148 6,328 6,349 6,305 6,230 6,357 6,354 6,527 6,403 6,491 6,534 6,566 6,612 6,595
Ontario 21645063 120,992 125,136 10,587 10,513 10,422 10,265 10,371 10,622 10,657 10,533 10,653 10,627 10,653 10,850 10,781
Manitoba 21645071 10,541 10,925 923 918 929 923 916 961 983 983 967 985 982 979 984
Saskatchewan 21645075 9,389 9,859 850 824 812 811 795 853 848 865 859 858 860 854 845
Alberta 21645079 37,663 39,367 3,296 3,312 3,334 3,290 3,326 3,628 3,613 3,613 3,607 3,636 3,672 3,657 3,721
British Columbia 21645083 42,906 44,034 3,684 3,683 3,708 3,709 3,705 3,774 3,851 3,890 3,899 3,919 3,970 3,946 4,001
                               
Consumer prices(1) (1992=100)                              
                               
Canada 735319 119.0 122.3 122.7 122.4 122.7 122.8 122.9 123.2 123.6 123.9 125.0 125.1 125.0 124.8 124.9
Nfld.Lab. 735613 117.3 120.7 121.4 120.3 121.1 120.3 120.9 120.8 121.3 121.6 122.8 123.2 123.9 123.6 123.8
P.E.I. 735748 117.7 121.9 122.2 122.0 122.5 122.0 121.8 122.4 123.2 123.9 124.3 124.9 124.6 124.6 125.2
Nova Scotia 735882 119.8 123.9 124.1 123.5 123.8 123.5 123.6 124.2 125.0 125.1 126.0 126.5 126.7 126.6 126.8
New Brunswick 736017 118.6 122.6 123.0 122.2 122.2 122.0 122.5 123.1 123.6 123.5 124.6 124.8 124.8 124.7 124.7
Quebec 736152 115.5 118.4 118.2 118.3 118.6 118.6 119.2 119.7 120.0 119.9 121.1 121.0 120.9 120.7 121.0
    Montreal
 737245 115.7 118.4 118.3 118.4 118.7 118.7 119.3 119.8 120.0 120.0 121.0 121.0 120.8 120.8 121.1
Ontario 736288 120.1 123.3 123.9 123.6 123.9 124.2 124.2 124.4 124.9 125.1 126.1 125.8 126.0 125.7 125.8
    Toronto
 737257 120.6 124.2 124.8 124.5 125.0 125.4 125.3 125.6 125.8 125.7 126.8 126.5 126.5 126.2 126.5
Manitoba 736424 123.1 125.3 125.9 125.1 125.3 125.6 125.6 125.4 126.0 126.4 128.1 128.5 128.3 128.4 128.2
Saskatchewan 736560 123.7 126.5 127.2 126.6 127.1 127.0 127.1 127.2 127.5 128.4 129.7 129.9 130.1 129.5 129.7
Alberta 736696 124.2 129.7 130.1 129.6 130.0 129.9 129.8 129.9 130.3 130.6 131.7 133.0 132.1 131.9 132.0
British Columbia 736831 117.9 120.4 121.2 120.6 120.8 120.9 120.8 121.3 121.6 122.4 123.4 123.6 123.4 123.3 123.5
    Vancouver
 737299 118.6 121.0 121.8 121.3 121.4 121.6 121.3 121.8 122.2 123.0 124.0 124.1 123.9 124.0 124.1
                               
Shipments $'000,000                              
                               
Canada 800450 550,375 545,765 45,818 45,373 44,993 45,678 45,801 46,355 48,366 48,749 49,296 49,988 50,371 50,695 50,404
Nfld.Lab. 803786 2,514 2,827 274 254 229 226 237 236 243 250 258 271 253 268 249
P.E.I. 804246 1,327 1,356 122 116 125 117 113 124 132 124 126 110 112 115 116
Nova Scotia 804706 8,296 8,524 695 688 715 703 719 703 761 779 793 767 782 739 784
New Brunswick 805166 12,531 12,864 1,074 989 1,073 1,123 1,009 1,094 1,163 1,174 1,283 1,227 1,244 1,231 1,191
Quebec 805626 130,264 128,514 10,720 10,662 10,556 10,788 10,983 11,033 11,382 11,543 11,278 11,565 11,734 11,467 11,269
Ontario 806086 294,309 289,216 24,294 24,076 23,684 24,028 23,955 24,102 25,145 25,358 25,877 26,228 26,332 26,760 26,692
Manitoba 806546 11,263 11,413 987 976 959 1,002 980 980 1,048 990 1,045 1,069 1,027 1,093 1,054
Saskatchewan 807006 7,634 7,913 698 687 693 680 699 727 804 747 784 796 830 913 869
Alberta 807466 43,673 45,838 3,718 3,808 3,822 3,925 3,958 4,102 4,249 4,340 4,266 4,400 4,458 4,467 4,503
British Columbia 807928 38,499 37,223 3,230 3,109 3,130 3,078 3,139 3,248 3,432 3,435 3,579 3,550 3,593 3,635 3,669

(1) Unadjusted for seasonality.
Sources: Retail trade (Catalogue no. 63-005-XIB), contact: P.Gratton (951-3541).
The Consumer Price Index (Catalogue no. 62-001-XIB), contact: Client services (951-9606).
Monthly Survey of Manufacturing (Catalogue no. 31-001-XIE), contact: R. Kowaluk (951-0060).
CANSIM tables: 026-0016, 080-0014, 304-0014, 304-0015, 326-0001
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