CANADA HYPERMARKET
RETAIL MARKET
Retailers posted widespread gains in August 2006, led by a second consecutive
advance in new car dealer sales. In total, retail sales advanced 1.0%
to $33.4 billion in August. Except for three months of slight declines,
retail sales have been growing strongly so far in 2006.
Despite lower sales at gasoline stations, sales in the automotive sector
(+1.5%) continued to surge ahead, on the strength of sales at new car
dealers. Retail sales in the building and outdoor home supplies sector
increased by 1.4% in August. Sales in this sector have been generally
on the rise with only one month of decline since November 2005. Furniture,
home furnishings and electronic stores' sales advanced 1.3%, continuing
four consecutive months of sales gains.
KEY STATISTICS
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Retail sales
|
August 2005 to August 2006
$ Millions |
|
Automotive |
8.5 |
|
New car dealers |
4.4 |
|
Used and recreational motor vehicle and parts dealers |
19.5 |
|
Gasoline stations |
11.8 |
|
Furniture, home furnishings and electronics stores |
9.2 |
|
Furniture stores |
7.9 |
|
Home furnishings stores |
10.1 |
|
Computer and software stores |
4.1 |
|
Home electronics and appliance stores |
10.8 |
|
Building and outdoor home supplies stores |
10.6 |
|
Home centres and hardware stores |
13.5 |
|
Specialized building materials and garden stores |
-0.7 |
|
Food and beverage stores |
2.4 |
|
Supermarkets |
0.9 |
|
Convenience and specialty food stores |
6.9 |
|
Beer, wine and liquor stores |
6.3 |
|
Pharmacies and personal care stores |
12.6 |
|
Clothing and accessories stores |
7.3 |
|
Clothing stores |
7.0 |
|
Shoe, clothing accessories and jewellery stores |
8.6 |
|
General merchandise stores |
8.0 |
|
Miscellaneous retailers |
8.2 |
|
Sporting goods, hobby, music and book stores |
7.2 |
|
Miscellaneous store retailers |
9.1 |
|
Total retail sales |
7.4 |
|
Total excluding new car dealers, used and recreational motor vehicle and
parts dealers |
7.5 |
|
Provinces and territories
|
August 2005 to August 2006
$ Millions |
|
Newfoundland and Labrador |
3 |
|
Prince Edward Island |
3.3 |
|
Nova Scotia |
6.4 |
|
New Brunswick |
6.2 |
|
Quebec |
6.9 |
|
Ontario |
5.3 |
|
Manitoba |
4.9 |
|
Saskatchewan |
4.3 |
|
Alberta |
18.1 |
|
British Columbia |
5.8 |
|
Yukon |
2.6 |
|
Northwest Territories |
8.6 |
|
Nunavut |
2.3 |
Population: 33,098,932 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 17.6% (male 2,992,811/female 2,848,388)
15-64 years: 69% (male 11,482,452/female 11,368,286)
65 years and over: 13.3% (male 1,883,008/female 2,523,987) (2006 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.88% (2006 est.)
GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.114 trillion (2005 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): $34,000 (2005 est.)
Unemployment rate: 6.8% (2005 est.)
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