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Table 1 Food services and drinking places

Food services and drinking places
  December 2008 September 2009r October 2009r November 2009r December 2009p November to December 2009 December 2008 to December 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
   $ thousands % change
Total, food services sales 3,872,740 4,046,532 4,040,654 4,051,045 4,091,947 1.0 5.7
Full-service restaurants 1,713,049 1,778,146 1,771,995 1,792,534 1,817,108 1.4 6.1
Limited-service eating places 1,629,232 1,741,581 1,738,634 1,738,931 1,744,010 0.3 7.0
Special food services 317,459 312,647 316,653 312,713 318,918 2.0 0.5
Drinking places 213,000 214,158 213,372 206,867 211,911 2.4 -0.5
Provinces and territories              
Newfoundland and Labrador 47,407 49,978 50,038 49,642 49,700 0.1 4.8
Prince Edward Island 14,047 14,797 14,990 14,960 15,245 1.9 8.5
Nova Scotia 100,938 103,891 104,353 104,550 104,764 0.2 3.8
New Brunswick 74,597 80,654 80,347 81,420 80,597 -1.0 8.0
Quebec 788,709 812,246 805,424 812,826 814,592 0.2 3.3
Ontario 1,459,635 1,512,291 1,525,519 1,536,102 1,576,991 2.7 8.0
Manitoba 110,261 120,824 121,722 121,004 121,898 0.7 10.6
Saskatchewan 106,902 117,085 117,737 118,028 118,086 0.0 10.5
Alberta 540,018 553,635 541,727 543,405 536,084 -1.3 -0.7
British Columbia 617,832 668,423 665,448 656,515 661,300 0.7 7.0
Yukon 3,918 4,360 4,363 4,485 F F F
Northwest Territories 6,823 6,786 7,644 7,003 F F F
Nunavut 1,653 1,562 1,342 1,105 F F F
revised
preliminary
too unreliable to publish
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.