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The control and sale of alcoholic beverages in Canada
2004
Highlights
- Canadians increased their purchases of beer, wine and spirits last year,
but the pace of growth cooled somewhat. As usual, beer was by far the most
popular beverage.
- In total, Canada's beer and liquor stores and agencies sold more than $16.1 billion
worth of alcoholic beverages during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2004,
up 4.9% from the year before. This rate of growth was slower than the 6.0%
increase during the previous fiscal year.
- Revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages plus the net income realized
by provincial and territorial liquor authorities hit $4.3 billion
in 2003/2004, up 7.2% from the previous year. This was the largest
year-over-year increase in the last 20 years.
- On average, each Canadian aged 15 and older bought 86.3 litres
of beer, 13.3 litres of wine and 7.6 litres of spirits
during the year. Total per capita purchases of alcoholic beverages amounted
to $623.60.
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