About the Small Specialty Retail Stores in Ontario Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Small Specialty Retail Stores in Ontario Market Research Report
Definition of the Small Specialty Retail Stores in Ontario?
Canadian small specialty retailers sell specialized goods, such as art supplies, cigarettes and cigars, paper goods, collectors’ items, fireworks, religious merchandise, trophies and beer- and wine-making supplies. This industry also includes general merchandise auction houses, but it excludes mass merchandisers, department stores, warehouse clubs and supercentres.
What’s included in the Small Specialty Retail Stores in Ontario?
The Small Specialty Retail Stores in Ontario includes retailing general merchandise, retailing art supplies, retailing calendars, retailing candles, retailing collectors' items (e.g. autographs, cards, coins and stamps), retailing firework products, retailing religious goods (except books), retailing specialized occupational supplies, retailing tobacco and tobacco products (e.g. cigarettes and cigars) and retailing trophies. Related terms covered in the Small Specialty Retail Stores in Ontario industry report includes a retail store that is differentiated by its sheer size and large range of products, including electronics, household goods and other consumer products, a store that has a physical presence and location, as opposed to an online retailer selling only via the internet, the transmission of electronic documents between businesses from one computer system to another, a retailer that primarily sells goods and services via the internet. many of these companies do not have brick-and-mortar locations and a system used at checkout in retail stores using computers and cash registers to capture transaction data at the time and place of sale.
Industry Performance of the Small Specialty Retail Stores industry in Ontario
Benchmark the Small Specialty Retail Stores in Ontario industry performance with all ON Census Metropolitan Area and national performance.
Small Specialty Retail Stores in Ontario
#1 in Highest Revenue 38.8% of province's GDPRevenue (2026)
Annual Growth (2021-26)
Annual Growth (2026-31)
Small Specialty Retail Stores in Canada
Revenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
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Key Drivers of the Small Specialty Retail Stores industry in Ontario
See how key industry drivers, such as gross domestic product, per capita disposable income, private investment in non-residential construction, per capita disposable income, demand from e-commerce and online auctions and percentage of smokers are impacting Small Specialty Retail Stores in Ontario
Ontario Economic Indicators
Gross Domestic Product
Per Capita Disposable Income
Private Investment in Non-Residential Construction
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Canada Key External Drivers
Per capita disposable income
Demand from e-commerce and online auctions
Percentage of smokers
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Census Metropolitan Area Data of the Small Specialty Retail Stores industry in Ontario
Access proprietary data on Census Metropolitan Area in the Small Specialty Retail Stores in Ontario, such as Toronto, Ottawa - Gatineau and Hamilton. Data includes figures on revenue, establishments, employees and wages by Census Metropolitan Areas.
Key Statistics of the Small Specialty Retail Stores industry in Ontario
Download 19 years of historical data and 5 years of projected performance.
