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Retail By The Numbers
January 11, 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 |
September 2020 to October 2020 | October 2019 to October 2020 |
 Total Retail Sales |
+ 0.37% | + 7.46% |
 Core Retail |
+ 0.32% | + 10.66% |
 Auto parts |
+ 2.61% | + 11.54% |
 Furniture and home furnishings stores |
+ 6.59% | + 18.42% |
 Electronics and appliance stores |
– 0.64% | + 15.19% |
 Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers |
+ 2.87% | + 25.84% |
 Food and beverage stores |
– 1.47% | + 8.24% |
 Health and personal care stores |
+ 0.61% | + 10.94% |
 Clothing and clothing accessories stores |
– 2.06% | – 12.04% |
 Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores |
+ 11.84% | + 19.38% |
 General merchandise stores |
– 0.68% | + 11.30% |
| 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)
