Statistics Canada released the Gross domestic product index by industry for November 2005.
It stated that the retail trade sector rose 1.3 percent largely on that strength, as retailing activities excluding motor vehicles rose 0.6 percent with the largest gains recorded by clothing stores, supermarkets and home and hardware centres.
Gains in clothing manufacturing (+5.8 percent) contributed to limit the decline in output of the sector.
The largest manufacturing declines were recorded with gasoline and fuel oil prices diving from record levels, and American refineries along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico coming back online following extensive production disruptions caused by the hurricane season, Canadian refineries reduced their output.
The output of chemical manufacturers also retreated in November, driven by pharmaceuticals and resin and synthetic fibres.
Wholesale trade fell 1.0 percent in November, pulled down by a sharp drop in wholesaling of motor vehicles. Wholesalers of computers and other electronic equipment and of farm products also recorded significant declines.
Oil and gas extraction rose 0.1%. The growth in crude petroleum was offset by a decline in output of natural gas. Crude oil extraction on the East Coast fully recovered after maintenance work in September. As well, increased production in the tar sands area led to higher exports of crude oil.
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