Food services and drinking places, March 2015
Archived Content
Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please "contact us" to request a format other than those available.
Released: 2015-05-29
Sales at food services and drinking places rose 0.2% to $4.9 billion in March. Prices for food purchased from restaurants were up 2.8% in the 12 months to March, but were unchanged from February.
Chart 1
Food services and drinking places sales increase in March
In March, three of the four sectors reported higher sales. In dollar terms, sales in the full-service restaurant sector (+0.4%) led the gain. Receipts in the limited service restaurant sector rose 0.3%, the ninth consecutive increase. Higher sales were posted in the drinking places sector (+0.8%), more than offsetting the losses in February. Lower sales were reported in the special food services sector (-1.4%), which includes food service contractors, caterers and mobile food services, erasing the gains of the previous two months
Sales up in five provinces
Sales were up in five provinces in March.
The largest sales increases were in Ontario (+1.2%) and Saskatchewan (+1.9%), led by gains in limited-service restaurants. Sales were also up in Quebec (+0.2%), Nova Scotia (+0.6%), and Manitoba (+0.2%).
Sales were down in British Columbia (-1.3%) and Alberta (-1.2%) in March following gains the previous month.
Note to readers
All data in this release are seasonally adjusted and expressed in current dollars. For more information on seasonal adjustment, see Seasonally adjusted data – Frequently asked questions.
With this release, monthly data were revised back to January 2013 for unadjusted data, and back to January 2010 for seasonally adjusted data.
Factors influencing revisions include late receipt of respondent information, correction of information in the data provided, the replacement of estimated figures with actual values (once available), and updates to seasonal factors.
Contact information
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact us (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; 514-283-8300; infostats@statcan.gc.ca) or Media Relations (613-951-4636; statcan.mediahotline-ligneinfomedias.statcan@canada.ca).
- Date modified: