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Food services and drinking places, February 2022

Released: 2022-04-26

Food services and drinking places sales — Canada

$6.4 billion

February 2022

20.7% increase

(monthly change)

Food services and drinking places sales — N.L.

$70.0 million

February 2022

10.8% increase

(monthly change)

Food services and drinking places sales — P.E.I.

$26.8 million

February 2022

22.4% increase

(monthly change)

Food services and drinking places sales — N.S.

$144.8 million

February 2022

14.8% increase

(monthly change)

Food services and drinking places sales — N.B.

$110.4 million

February 2022

18.0% increase

(monthly change)

Food services and drinking places sales — Que.

$1,184.9 million

February 2022

33.6% increase

(monthly change)

Food services and drinking places sales — Ont.

$2,465.2 million

February 2022

26.6% increase

(monthly change)

Food services and drinking places sales — Man.

$176.8 million

February 2022

12.6% increase

(monthly change)

Food services and drinking places sales — Sask.

$167.9 million

February 2022

6.3% increase

(monthly change)

Food services and drinking places sales — Alta.

$819.9 million

February 2022

9.7% increase

(monthly change)

Food services and drinking places sales — B.C.

$1,179.3 million

February 2022

11.7% increase

(monthly change)

Food services and drinking places sales — Y.T.

$7.2E million

February 2022

5.9% increase

(monthly change)

Food services and drinking places sales — N.W.T.

$5.3E million

February 2022

6.6% increase

(monthly change)

Food services and drinking places sales — Nvt.

$1.3 million

February 2022

-4.5% decrease

(monthly change)

On a seasonally adjusted basis, sales in the food services and drinking places subsector increased by 20.7% to $6.4 billion in February 2022 as provinces eased lockdowns and other COVID-19-related restrictions that were in place the previous month. Sales rose at full-service restaurants (+47.5%), as well as at limited-service restaurants (+3.0%), special food services (+18.0%) and drinking places (+38.7%). All of the provinces reported higher sales, with the largest increases in dollar terms being in Ontario (+26.6%) and Quebec (+33.6%).

Chart 1  Chart 1: Sales in food services and drinking places
Sales in food services and drinking places

Further information is available in the "Food Services and Drinking Places Sales" dashboard, where users can consult data on sales in food services and drinking places for Canada and by province and territory. This application allows users to compare provincial and territorial data through interactive maps and charts.

Year-over-year sales in the food services and drinking places subsector up from 2021

The figures in this section are based on seasonally unadjusted estimates.

Unadjusted sales for February 2022 were up 39.3% compared with February 2021, but down 4.8% from pre-pandemic February 2020. Sales rose in each of the following industry groups: full-service restaurants (+68.5%), limited-service restaurants (+17.2%), special food services (+51.4%) and drinking places (+73.4%).

Year-over-year sales increased in all of the provinces, with Ontario (+46.0%), Quebec (+50.7%) and British Columbia (+31.6%) reporting the largest gains.

Prices for food purchased from restaurants were up 4.7% in February 2022 compared with February 2021, and prices for alcoholic beverages served in licensed establishments increased 3.4% over the same period (see table 18-10-0004-13).


  Note to readers

All data in this release are seasonally adjusted and expressed in current dollars, unless otherwise noted. Seasonally adjusted data are data that have been modified to eliminate the effect of seasonal and calendar influences to allow for more meaningful comparisons of economic conditions from period to period. For more information on seasonal adjustment, see Seasonally adjusted data – Frequently asked questions.

Trend-cycle data are included in selected charts to complement the seasonally adjusted series. These data represent a smoothed version of the seasonally adjusted time series and provide information on longer-term movements, including changes in direction underlying the series. 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 previous two months, and seasonally adjusted data are revised for the previous three months. Both seasonally adjusted data and trend-cycle estimates are subject to revision as additional observations become available. These revisions could be large and could even lead to a reversal of movement, especially for reference months near the end of the series or during periods of economic disruption.

Find these data and more statistics on the Business and consumer services and culture statistics portal.

Contact information

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