Food services and drinking places, January 2018
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Released: 2018-03-21
$5.8 billion
January 2018
-0.5% 
(monthly change)
$74.9 million
January 2018
-0.3%
(monthly change)
$21.3 million
January 2018
0.3% 
(monthly change)
$138.1 million
January 2018
0.6%
(monthly change)
$100.7 million
January 2018
-1.8%
(monthly change)
$1,085.7 million
January 2018
-1.3%
(monthly change)
$2,318.0 million
January 2018
0.3%
(monthly change)
$172.2 million
January 2018
2.6%
(monthly change)
$155.0 million
January 2018
-0.9%
(monthly change)
$770.8 million
January 2018
-2.2%
(monthly change)
$972.2 million
January 2018
-0.4%
(monthly change)
$6.1 million
January 2018
-1.7%
(monthly change)
$8.3 million
January 2018
-5.4%
(monthly change)
$2.4 million
January 2018
5.3%
(monthly change)
Sales in the food services and drinking places subsector were down 0.5% to $5.8 billion in January. Prices for food purchased from restaurants were up 3.7% in January while prices for alcoholic beverages rose 1.4%.
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Sales at food services and drinking places
The decline in January was entirely attributable to lower sales at full-service restaurants (-1.9%). Sales were up at limited-service restaurants (+0.4%), special food services (+2.2%) and drinking places (+0.1%).
Sales were down in six provinces in January, led by Alberta (-2.2%) and Quebec (-1.3%). British Columbia (-0.4%), New Brunswick (-1.8%) and Saskatchewan (-0.9%) also reported lower sales. Sales in Ontario (+0.3%) and Manitoba (+2.6%) increased in January.
To find out more, consult the dashboard entitled Food Services and Drinking Places Sales. This web application provides access to data on the sales of food services and drinking places for Canada, the provinces and territories. This dynamic application allows users to compare provincial and territorial data with interactive maps and charts.
Sales in food services and drinking places subsector increase year over year
The figures in this section are based on unadjusted (that is, not seasonally adjusted) estimates.
Unadjusted year-over-year sales increased 4.9% in the food services and drinking places subsector in January.
Year over year, sales increased in full-service restaurants (+4.6%), limited service restaurants (+5.6%) and special food services (+4.1%). Conversely, receipts in drinking places edged down 0.2%.
Sales increased in most provinces, with the largest gains in dollar terms in Ontario (+5.5%), British Columbia (+7.8%) and Quebec (+4.4%).
Note to readers
All data in this release are seasonally adjusted and expressed in current dollars unless otherwise noted. 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.
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