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Retail trade, by industries (monthly)

  October 2003 September 2004r October 2004p September 2004 to October 2004 October 2003 to October 2004
  seasonally adjusted
  $ millions % change
All retail trade groups 27,765.2 29,196.6 29,595.3 1.4 6.6
Total excluding new, used and recreational motor vehicle and parts dealers 20,847.3 22,262.9 22,458.4 0.9 7.7
New car dealers 5,684.8 5,728.9 5,887.8 2.8 3.6
Used and recreational motor vehicule and parts dealers 1,233.1 1,204.8 1,249.1 3.7 1.3
Gasoline stations 2,388.5 2,768.4 2,953.0 6.7 23.6
Furniture stores 678.8 734.3 746.7 1.7 10.0
Home furnishings stores 346.9 384.3 392.0 2.0 13.0
Computer and software stores 168.6 144.4 143.9 -0.3 -14.6
Home electronics and appliance stores 769.8 799.1 784.3 -1.9 1.9
Home centres and hardware stores 1,221.9 1,428.7 1,408.5 -1.4 15.3
Specialized building materials and garden stores 383.5 386.7 395.7 2.3 3.2
Supermarkets 4,734.1 4,958.9 4,960.2 0.0 4.8
Convenience and specialty food stores 714.7 740.4 737.6 -0.4 3.2
Beer, wine and liquor stores 1,070.0 1,214.1 1,220.6 0.5 14.1
Pharmacies and personal care stores 1,817.1 1,926.4 1,938.9 0.6 6.7
Clothing stores 1,221.6 1,292.8 1,276.0 -1.3 4.5
Shoe, clothing accessories and jewellery stores 409.0 398.6 394.7 -1.0 -3.5
Department stores 1,753.5 1,854.8 1,874.1 1.0 6.9
Other general merchandise stores 1,625.0 1,695.7 1,725.9 1.8 6.2
Sporting goods, hobby, music and book stores 739.8 749.7 729.6 -2.7 -1.4
Miscellaneous store retailers 804.4 785.6 776.7 -1.1 -3.4
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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