Figures

	Figure 1: Retail Establishment Counts
	Figure 2: Store Counts Per 1000 Persons
	Figure 3: Retail Commodity Sales 2004
	Figure 4: Market Share of Major Commodity Groupings 2004
	Figure 5: Market Share of Large Retailers — 2004
	Figure 6: Operating Revenue by Trade Group — 2003
	Figure 7: Operating Revenue Per Store by Trade Group
	Figure 8: Sales Per Square Foot For Chains
	Figure 9: Operating Revenue by Trade Group and Store Type
	Figure 10: Gross Margin by Trade Group
	Figure 11: Profit Margin Rate by Trade Group
	Figure 12: Regional Profit Margin by Trade Group — 2003
	Figure 13: Capital Investment Activity
	Figure 14: Capital Expenditures 2003
	Figure 15: Capital and Repair Investment — 2003
	Figure 16: Labour Costs as a Share of Operating Revenue
	Figure 17: Labour costs as a share of Operating Expenses
	Figure 18: Growth Rates of Sales and Income
	Figure 19: Selected Household Statistics by Income Quintile — 2003
	Figure 20: Relationships in Household Spending — 2003
	Figure 21: Incidence of Purchases
	Figure 22: Household Statistics by Income Quintile
	Figure 23: Home Renovation by Income Quintile
	Figure 24: Import Shares of Domestic Market
	Figure 25: Chinese Share of Retail-related Imports
	Figure 26: Store Counts for Canada
	Figure 27: Growth in Store Counts by Province 1999-2003
	Figure 28: Growth in Locations by Trade Group — 1999-2003
	Figure 29: Top 15 Markets by Chain Locations
	Figure 30: Fastest Growing Urban Markets
	Figure 31: Industry Gross Domestic Product
	Figure 32: Average Annual Growth Rates of Retail Sales by Trade Group
	Figure 33: Per Capita Retail Sales by Province
	Figure 34: Sales of Commodities by Large Retailers
	Figure 35: Employment Growth 2000-04
	Figure 36: Net Employment Gains 2000-04
	Figure 37: Retail Employment 1987-2004
	Figure 38: Retail Employment by Class of Worker
	Figure 39: Employed Workers in Retail
	Figure 40: Recent Retail Employees by Sector
	Figure 41: Hourly Wages
	Figure 42: Retail Employment 2001
	Figure 43: Retail Employment by Size of Enterprise
	Figure 44: Employees by Workplace Size
	Figure 45: Retail Employment Structure 2001
	Figure 46: Retail Employment by Class of Worker
	Figure 47: Structure of Retail Employment — 2004
	Figure 48: Weekly Hours Worked
	Figure 49: Labour Force Characteristics
	Figure 50: Educational Attainment by Sector
	Figure 51: Immigrated in the Last 5 Years
	Figure 52: Prevalence of Female and Part-Time Employment
	Figure 53: Labour Force Occupational Characteristics
	Figure 54: Occupational Comparison — Retail and Manufacturing
	Figure 55: Structure of Income by Sector
	Figure 56: Structure of Income for Retail Managers By Sector
	Figure 57: Employed Workers — Union Coverage — 2004
	Figure 58: Average Weekly Earnings by Sector
	Figure 59: Average Weekly Earnings
	Figure 60: Distribution of Hourly Wage Rates — Retail Sales Occupation
	Figure 61: Incidence of Health Benefits — 2001
	Figure 62: Incidence of Health Benefits by Occupation — 2001
	Figure 63: Structure of Tenure by Sector 2004
	Figure 64: Employee Turnover Estimates
	Figure 65: Worker Retention — Same Employer in 2001 and 2002
	Figure 66: Same Employer in 2001 and 2002 by Region
	Figure 67: Job Satisfaction 2001
	Figure 68: Pay Satisfaction 2001
	Figure 69: Training Activities
	Figure 70: Training by Workplace Size and Employment Status

Tables

	Table 1: Retail Establishment Counts
	Table 2: Store Counts by Region
	Table 3: Per Capita Store Counts
	Table 4: Market Shares of Major Commodity Groupings — 2004
	Table 5: Sales of Commodities by Large Retailers
	Table 6: Market Share of Large Retailers
	Table 7: Operating Revenue by Trade Group
	Table 8: Operating Revenue Per Store By Trade Group
	Table 9: Sales Per Square Foot for Chain Stores
	Table 10: Operating Revenue by Trade Group and Store Type — 2003
	Table 11: Gross Margin by Trade Group
	Table 12: Profit Margin by Trade Group
	Table 13: Profit Margin by Trade Group by Type
	Table 14: Profit Margin Rate by Trade Group and Province
	Table 15: Gross Margin by Trade Group and Province
	Table 16: Structures Investment by Retail — 2003
	Table 17: Machinery & Equipment Investment by Retail — 2003
	Table 18: Total Investment by Retail — 2003
	Table 19: Capital Expenditure by the Retail Sector
	Table 20: Capital and Repair Investment in Retail — 2003
	Table 21: Labour Costs by Trade Group
	Table 22: Labour Costs as a share of Operating Revenue by Type
	Table 23: Labour Costs as a share of Operating Expenses by Type
	Table 24: Sales and Income
	Table 25: Personal Disposable Income Per Capita
	Table 26: Selected Household Statistics by Income Quintile
	Table 27: Relationships in Household Spending — 2003
	Table 28: Selected Household Expenditure Statistics
	Table 29: Incidence of Purchases of Selected Goods
	Table 30: Average Expenditure of Reporting Households
	Table 31: Median Expenditure on Selected Goods
	Table 32: Home Renovation Expenditure
	Table 33: Import Shares for Key Markets
	Table 34: Chinese Share of Imports for Selected Sectors
	Table 35: Store Counts for Canada
	Table 36: Store Counts by Province
	Table 37: Store Counts by Type
	Table 38: Fastest Growing Urban Markets — Chain Locations
	Table 39: Top 15 Markets by Chain Locations
	Table 40: Retail Trade by Trade Group
	Table 41: Retail Sales Per Capita
	Table 42: Sales of Commodities by Large Retailers
	Table 43: Employment Gain 2000 to 2004
	Table 44: Retail Employment Over Time
	Table 45: Role of Women and Part-time
	Table 46: Prevalence of Female and Part-time Employment
	Table 47: Total Employment in Retail by Sector
	Table 48: Self-Employment in Retail by Sector
	Table 49: Self-Employment Share in Retail
	Table 50: Structure of Retail Employment — 2004 — Shares
	Table 51: Structure of Retail Employment — 2004
	Table 52: Retail Employment by Class of Worker
	Table 53: Retail Employed Workers
	Table 54: Retail Employed Workers — 1-3 Months Tenure
	Table 55: Share of Employees Recently Hired
	Table 56: Retail Employed Workers by Province
	Table 57: Workers with 1-3 Month Tenure by Province
	Table 58: Share of Employees Recently Hired by Province
	Table 59: Full-time Retail Employed Workers
	Table 60: Employed Workers with Union Coverage
	Table 61: Share of Union Coverage
	Table 62: Hourly Earnings of Hourly-Rated Employees
	Table 63: Labour Force Employment Characteristics — Census
	Table 64: Retail Employment by Size of Enterprise
	Table 65: Employees by Workplace Size — 2001
	Table 66: Distribution of Hours Worked — 2001
	Table 67: Labour Force Characteristics — 2001
	Table 68: Labour Force Occupational Characteristics
	Table 69: Educational Attainment by Sector
	Table 70: Occupational Comparison — Retail and Manufacturing
	Table 71: Structure of Income by Sector
	Table 72: Structure of Income for Retail Managers by Sector
	Table 73: Average Weekly Earnings
	Table 74: Distribution of Wage Rates — Retail Sales Occupation
	Table 75: Incidence of Health Benefits
	Table 76: Incidence of Health Benefits by Occupation
	Table 77: Structure of Tenure by Sector — 2004
	Table 78: Employee Turnover Estimates
	Table 79: Employee Mobility
	Table 80: Employee Mobility by Province
	Table 81: Job Satisfaction — 2001
	Table 82: Job and Pay Satisfaction — 2001
	Table 83: Training Received by Employees
	Table 84: Training by Workplace Size and Employment Status