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Retail trade, by industry
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| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unadjusted | |||||
| $ millions | |||||
| All retail trade groups | 366,170.7 | 389,485.1 | 412,037.3 | 426,033.7 | 413,126.9 |
| Total excluding new, used and recreational motor vehicle and parts dealers | 279,353.7 | 297,667.3 | 316,479.1 | 333,219.3 | 326,205.4 |
| New car dealers | 71,515.6 | 74,531.3 | 76,884.4 | 73,402.0 | 68,312.3 |
| Used and recreational motor vehicule and parts dealers | 15,301.4 | 17,286.5 | 18,673.8 | 19,412.4 | 18,609.2 |
| Gasoline stations | 38,356.8 | 41,753.3 | 46,387.6 | 53,156.8 | 43,457.8 |
| Furniture stores | 8,914.4 | 9,558.0 | 10,052.5 | 10,199.4 | 9,485.5 |
| Home furnishings stores | 4,686.3 | 5,337.6 | 5,990.9 | 6,066.8 | 5,644.6 |
| Computer and software stores | 1,557.5 | 1,502.1 | 1,421.3 | 1,397.3 | 1,254.2 |
| Home electronics and appliance stores | 10,164.8 | 11,146.2 | 12,305.9 | 13,322.1 | 12,496.9 |
| Home centres and hardware stores | 18,220.7 | 20,121.3 | 21,412.7 | 22,124.7 | 21,778.2 |
| Specialized building materials and garden stores | 4,340.4 | 4,640.9 | 5,057.1 | 5,057.1 | 4,937.8 |
| Supermarkets | 62,196.3 | 63,764.7 | 65,842.5 | 68,579.0 | 71,523.5 |
| Convenience and specialty food stores | 9,128.6 | 9,324.6 | 9,885.0 | 10,116.9 | 10,137.2 |
| Beer, wine and liquor stores | 14,343.9 | 15,095.1 | 16,140.0 | 16,875.6 | 17,423.5 |
| Pharmacies and personal care stores | 23,642.7 | 26,055.0 | 28,249.4 | 29,185.6 | 30,307.9 |
| Clothing stores | 16,069.3 | 17,226.6 | 18,247.5 | 18,385.4 | 17,866.6 |
| Shoe, clothing accessories and jewellery stores | 4,981.3 | 5,399.6 | 5,606.5 | 5,602.5 | 5,418.7 |
| General merchandise stores1 | 43,758.4 | 46,497.7 | 48,590.8 | 51,399.7 | 52,383.4 |
| Department stores1 | x | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other general merchandise stores1 | x | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Sporting goods, hobby, music and book stores | 9,379.3 | 9,994.3 | 10,553.9 | 10,790.7 | 11,046.2 |
| Miscellaneous store retailers | 9,613.1 | 10,250.3 | 10,735.4 | 10,959.9 | 11,043.5 |
| x : suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act .. : not available for a specific period of time. Note: North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2002. 1. As of December 2005, Statistics Canada is no longer publishing separate figures for "Department stores" and "Other general merchandise stores" due to confidentiality constraints. Instead, "Department stores" sales are combined with "Other general merchandise stores" sales and are published under the grouping "General merchandise stores". Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table (for fee) 080-0014 and Catalogue no. 63-005-X. Last modified: 2010-02-22. | |||||
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