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Retail trade, by industries

  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
  unadjusted
  $ thousands
All retail trade groups 270,629,442 286,911,435 299,487,383 318,531,997 330,502,942
Total excluding new, used and recreational motor vehicle and parts dealers 200,915,753 213,408,085 222,359,818 235,467,934 247,601,497
New car dealers 58,320,999 60,631,142 63,118,229 68,761,041 68,507,549
Used and recreational motor vehicule and parts dealers 11,392,689 12,872,206 14,009,335 14,303,023 14,393,896
Gasoline stations 21,535,224 26,676,247 26,986,110 28,138,392 29,847,862
Furniture stores 6,149,913 6,527,962 6,794,285 7,467,285 7,923,759
Home furnishings stores 2,732,784 2,974,593 3,222,263 3,701,195 3,971,591
Computer and software stores 2,032,248 2,209,619 1,988,869 1,967,688 1,941,061
Home electronics and appliance stores 6,221,251 7,002,165 7,543,209 8,361,115 9,028,705
Home centres and hardware stores 10,424,717 10,105,497 10,660,294 12,517,357 14,595,234
Specialized building materials and garden stores 3,398,932 3,484,516 3,841,625 4,234,115 4,368,090
Supermarkets 47,786,415 49,657,177 51,514,083 54,343,638 56,584,972
Convenience and specialty food stores 7,264,228 7,277,170 7,642,330 7,694,394 8,371,416
Beer, wine and liquor stores 10,055,664 10,580,136 11,332,000 12,103,235 12,673,556
Pharmacies and personal care stores 17,556,740 17,854,365 18,994,496 20,410,438 21,266,566
Clothing stores 12,673,179 13,461,189 13,976,143 14,219,966 14,567,138
Shoe, clothing accessories and jewellery stores 4,533,982 4,731,488 4,807,585 4,925,583 4,903,771
Department stores 17,372,309 17,716,720 18,992,129 20,112,544 20,800,828
Other general merchandise stores 16,424,336 17,488,461 17,599,916 18,306,983 19,210,190
Sporting goods, hobby, music and book stores 7,435,501 7,898,569 8,217,607 8,501,241 8,676,070
Miscellaneous store retailers 7,318,331 7,762,217 8,246,869 8,462,763 8,870,688
Note: North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2002.
Sources: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 080-0014 and Catalogue no. 63-005-XIB.
Last modified: 2004-12-21.

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