Released: 2017-01-31
Food services and drinking places sales - Canada
$5.5 billion
November 2016
0.4%
(monthly change)
Food services and drinking places sales - N.L.
$73.8 million
November 2016
-0.2%
(monthly change)
Food services and drinking places sales - P.E.I.
$20.0 million
November 2016
0.6%
(monthly change)
Food services and drinking places sales - N.S.
$133.7 million
November 2016
0.8%
(monthly change)
Food services and drinking places sales - N.B.
$97.0 million
November 2016
-0.9%
(monthly change)
Food services and drinking places sales - Que.
$1,022.9 million
November 2016
0.4%
(monthly change)
Food services and drinking places sales - Ont.
$2,179.2 million
November 2016
0.2%
(monthly change)
Food services and drinking places sales - Man.
$168.5 million
November 2016
0.9%
(monthly change)
Food services and drinking places sales - Sask.
$159.0 million
November 2016
2.2%
(monthly change)
Food services and drinking places sales - Alta.
$747.8 million
November 2016
0.8%
(monthly change)
Food services and drinking places sales - B.C.
$889.6 million
November 2016
0.3%
(monthly change)
Food services and drinking places sales - Y.T.
$6.0 million
November 2016
2.0%
(monthly change)
Food services and drinking places sales - N.W.T.
$7.0 million
November 2016
2.0%
(monthly change)
Food services and drinking places sales - Nvt.
$2.5 million
November 2016
7.9%
(monthly change)
Total sales for the food services and drinking places subsector rose 0.4% in November to $5.5 billion. Prices for food purchased from restaurants were up 2.5% in the 12 months to November, and prices for alcoholic beverages served in licensed establishments were 1.3% higher.
Sales at limited service eating places increase
Higher receipts at limited service eating places (+1.0%) were the main contributor to the gain in November. Sales at limited service eating places increased for the sixth consecutive month.
Receipts from the special food services group (+1.1%), which includes food service contractors, caterers and mobile food services, were also up in November.
Sales at full-service restaurants (-0.2%) were down for the second consecutive month. Following three months of sales gains, drinking places (-0.2%) posted lower sales in November.
Sales up in eight provinces
After declining in September (-1.6%) and October (-0.5%), sales in Alberta were up 0.8% on the strength of limited service eating places.
Receipts in Ontario edged up 0.2%, following a 0.1% decline in October.
Higher sales were reported in Quebec (+0.4%) for the third consecutive month.
Sales in Saskatchewan (+2.2%), British Columbia (+0.3%) and Manitoba (+0.9%) were up, following declines in all three provinces in October.
Nova Scotia reported a 0.8% increase following two consecutive monthly declines.
Sales in New Brunswick (-0.9%) and Newfoundland and Labrador (-0.2%) were down in November.
The evolution of food services in Canada
As 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of Confederation, we take a look at some historical facts about restaurants and food services in Canada.
From the first comprehensive survey conducted on the subject, the sales of restaurants in 1930 were $76 million. This represented 2.8% of the total for retail merchandise trade that year. In 2015, restaurants and food services sales totalled $61 billion and represented 10.6% of total food and retail trade.
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