Table 1
Food services and drinking places – Seasonally adjusted

Food services and drinking places – Seasonally adjusted
  December
2011
September
2012r
October
2012r
November
2012r
December
2012p
November to December 2012 December 2011 to December 2012
  thousands of dollars % change
Total, food services sales 4,290,756 4,423,583 4,378,726 4,455,049 4,478,235 0.5 4.4
Full-service restaurants 1,851,794 1,904,335 1,875,040 1,930,454 1,953,513 1.2 5.5
Limited-service eating places 1,886,706 1,946,830 1,940,171 1,954,661 1,948,250 -0.3 3.3
Special food services 355,588 374,221 367,224 374,421 381,163 1.8 7.2
Drinking places 196,668 198,198 196,291 195,513 195,308 -0.1 -0.7
Provinces and territories              
Newfoundland and Labrador 58,383 61,363 62,657 63,369 63,947 0.9 9.5
Prince Edward Island 16,132 16,126 16,047 16,477 16,438 -0.2 1.9
Nova Scotia 110,207 110,281 110,770 111,610 111,122 -0.4 0.8
New Brunswick 80,539 81,817 81,961 82,551 82,651 0.1 2.6
Quebec 852,053 869,129 858,682 874,994 867,639 -0.8 1.8
Ontario 1,639,665 1,681,705 1,678,542 1,706,392 1,724,079 1.0 5.1
Manitoba 125,780 128,493 125,468 127,523 128,202 0.5 1.9
Saskatchewan 130,929 139,302 137,720 138,484 139,968 1.1 6.9
Alberta 615,218 650,851 644,946 658,317 666,535 1.2 8.3
British Columbia 648,010 671,111 649,110 661,004 662,864 0.3 2.3
Yukon 4,924 5,145 5,264 5,298 F F F
Northwest Territories 7,111 6,866 6,419 7,926 F F F
Nunavut 1,805 1,394 1,139 1,104 F F F
r
revised
p
preliminary
F
too unreliable to be published
Note(s): 
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.