Food services and drinking places, June 2017
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Released: 2017-08-23
$5.7 billion
June 2017
1.1% 
(monthly change)
$75.6 million
June 2017
0.3%
(monthly change)
$20.7 million
June 2017
1.8%
(monthly change)
$133.1 million
June 2017
3.2%
(monthly change)
$97.8 million
June 2017
0.2%
(monthly change)
$1,036.7 million
June 2017
0.5%
(monthly change)
$2,251.0 million
June 2017
1.3%
(monthly change)
$170.4 million
June 2017
-0.5% 
(monthly change)
$155.3 million
June 2017
0.6%
(monthly change)
$766.0 million
June 2017
0.5%
(monthly change)
$945.7 million
June 2017
1.9%
(monthly change)
$7.3 million
June 2017
14.6%
(monthly change)
$8.7 million
June 2017
3.0%
(monthly change)
$3.0 million
June 2017
1.9%
(monthly change)
Sales in the food services and drinking places subsector were up 1.1% to $5.7 billion in June.
Prices for food purchased from restaurants rose 2.5% in the 12 months to June while prices for alcoholic beverages were up 1.3%.
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Sales in the food services and drinking places subsector
Receipts were up at full-service restaurants (+1.9%), limited-service eating places (+0.4%) and in the special food services industry group (+1.3%), but fell at drinking places (-1.0%).
Sales were up in nine provinces in June. Sales increased in Ontario (+1.3%) on the strength of full-service restaurants and special food services. Sales rose in British Columbia (+1.9%) for the fourth consecutive month. Other notable increases included Quebec (+0.5%), Nova Scotia (+3.2%) and Alberta (+0.5%). Manitoba (-0.5%) was the lone province where sales decreased.
Sales in the food services and drinking places subsector up from last year
The figures in this section are based on unadjusted (that is, not seasonally adjusted) estimates.
Food services and drinking places sales were up 6.0% in June 2017 compared with June 2016.
From January through to the end of June 2017, total sales in the food services and drinking places subsector were 4.7% higher than during the first six months of 2016. The increase was attributable to higher sales at full-service restaurants (+5.6%) and limited-service eating places (+5.1%).
In celebration of the country's 150th birthday, Statistics Canada is presenting snapshots from our rich statistical history.
Monthly sales data about restaurants and food services were first published as The Restaurant, Caterer and Tavern statistics in January 1981. In June 1981, unadjusted sales totalled $854.5 million.
Back then, restaurant, caterer and tavern sales were composed of five sectors: restaurants - licensed (43.3%), restaurants - unlicensed (26.0%), take outs (17.0%), caterers (8.2%) and taverns (5.5%). In June 2017, sales were composed of limited-service eating places (44.3%), full-service eating places (44.0%), special food services consisting of food service contractors, caterers and mobile food services (8.2%) and drinking places (3.4%).
Note to readers
All data in this release are seasonally adjusted and expressed in current dollars. For information on seasonal adjustment, see Seasonally adjusted data – Frequently asked questions.
For information on trend-cycle data, see the StatCan Blog and Trend-cycle estimates – Frequently asked questions.
Data for the current reference month are preliminary. Usually, unadjusted data are revised for the two previous months, and seasonally adjusted data are revised for the three previous months.
Products
The dashboard entitled Food Services and Drinking Places Sales (71-607-X) is now available online. This web application provides access to data on the sales of food services and drinking places for Canada, provinces and territories. This dynamic application allows users to compare provincial and territorial data with interactive maps and charts.
Contact information
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