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Retail By The Numbers
February 25, 2021Retail By The Numbers is a monthly report issued by Retail Council of Canada. It consolidates Statistics Canada data and provides a summary of key performance measures for retail trade by sales sector and province.
Canada’s Retail Growth; Seasonally Adjusted Sales
| Percent Growth | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Category |
December 2020 to January 2021 | January 2019 to January 2021 |
 Total Retail Sales |
– 1.13% | + 1.26% |
 Core Retail |
– 1.43% | + 5.83% |
 Auto parts |
-2.57% | + 11.51% |
 Furniture and home furnishings stores |
– 15.07% | – 7.87% |
 Electronics and appliance stores |
– 1.42% | + 8.33% |
 Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers |
+ 2.87% | + 25.98% |
 Food and beverage stores |
+ 0.06% | + 13.64% |
 Health and personal care stores |
+ 0.10% | + 8.37% |
 Clothing and clothing accessories stores |
– 17.83% | – 42.49% |
 Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores |
– 16.76% | – 17.97% |
 General merchandise stores |
+ 3.27% | + 8.37% |
| Source: Statistics Canada. Table 20-10-0008-01 Retail trade sales by province and territory (x 1,000) | ||
Archive
- Stats for January 2020 (released Mar 2020)
- Stats for February 2020 (released Apr 2020)
- Stats for March 2020 (released May 2020)
- Stats for April 2020 (released June 2020)
- Stats for May 2020 (released July 2020)
- Stats for June 2020 (released August 2020)
- Stats for July 2020 (released September 2020)
- Stats for August 2020 (released October 2020)
- Stats for September 2020 (released November 2020)
- Stats for October 2020 (released December 2020)
- Stats for November 2020 (released January 2021)
- Stats for December 2020 (released February 2021)
