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| millions $ | millions $ | millions $ | millions $ | millions $ | % | % | % | % | % | ||
| Trade Group - Canada | |||||||||||
| Food products | 6,186 | 5,652 | 5,987 | 5,671 | 68,705 | -0.3 | -3.2 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 2.4 | |
| Beverage, drug and tobacco products | 3,689 | 3,537 | 3,842 | 3,594 | 39,725 | 22.5 | 11.7 | 17.8 | 21.4 | 11.8 | |
| Apparel and dry goods | 417 | 571 | 751 | 854 | 7,865 | 0.8 | -7.6 | 2.1 | 7.5 | 4.3 | |
| Household goods | 1,090 | 1,275 | 1,259 | 1,147 | 12,453 | -0.8 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 3.8 | |
| Motor vehicles, parts and accessories | 5,867 | 6,745 | 7,454 | 6,865 | 80,463 | -0.7 | -9.9 | -9.2 | -2.2 | -3.9 | |
| Metals, hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies | 1,840 | 2,126 | 2,291 | 2,289 | 25,270 | 5.1 | -4.8 | -5.0 | 3.1 | 0.9 | |
| Lumber and building materials | 2,517 | 2,921 | 3,483 | 3,524 | 35,735 | 12.7 | 4.1 | 10.5 | 16.3 | 8.1 | |
| Farm machinery, equipment and supplies | 591 | 504 | 741 | 643 | 8,743 | -5.2 | -6.8 | -3.5 | 2.7 | 5.9 | |
| Industrial and other machinery, equipment and supplies | 5,273 | 5,005 | 5,336 | 5,390 | 59,990 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 5.9 | 9.5 | 2.7 | |
| Computers, packaged software and other electronic machinery | 3,412 | 2,819 | 2,958 | 2,903 | 33,359 | 7.8 | 1.3 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 3.4 | |
| Other products | 4,757 | 5,146 | 5,618 | 5,061 | 61,492 | 7.4 | 2.5 | 10.1 | 9.2 | 8.7 | |
| Total, all trade groups | 35,639 | 36,302 | 39,719 | 37,940 | 433,801 | 5.6 | -1.1 | 2.8 | 6.7 | 3.6 | |
| Regions | |||||||||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 222 | 232 | 261 | 252 | 2,681 | 11.3 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 1.1 | |
| Prince Edward Island | 51 | 52 | 67 | 64 | 725 | -3.4 | -3.9 | 16.3 | 16.6 | 10.9 | |
| Nova Scotia | 653 | 596 | 670 | 613 | 7,539 | -3.7 | -2.8 | 5.7 | 7.5 | 3.3 | |
| New Brunswick | 422 | 440 | 514 | 468 | 5,368 | 0.9 | -2.9 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 2.3 | |
| Quebec | 7,119 | 7,491 | 8,195 | 7,907 | 88,254 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 9.3 | 3.9 | |
| Ontario | 17,832 | 18,516 | 19,960 | 19,095 | 216,716 | 5.5 | -2.7 | 0.6 | 6.1 | 2.8 | |
| Manitoba | 938 | 955 | 1,087 | 1,038 | 12,442 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -3.9 | -2.5 | 1.0 | |
| Saskatchewan | 893 | 846 | 1,052 | 907 | 12,388 | -5.5 | -3.0 | 3.7 | -4.3 | 1.0 | |
| Alberta | 4,110 | 3,732 | 4,199 | 3,937 | 45,658 | 9.0 | 4.1 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 7.8 | |
| British Columbia | 3,373 | 3,419 | 3,687 | 3,628 | 41,684 | 5.8 | -1.4 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 4.4 | |
| Yukon | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 123 | 1.4 | -18.0 | 1.4 | 13.2 | 4.8 | |
| Northwest Territories | 16 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 205 | 25.9 | -23.8 | 8.6 | -20.2 | -23.4 | |
| Nunavut | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | -26.6 | -36.7 | -19.7 | -21.2 | -36.8 | |