Food services and drinking places, July 2022
Released: 2022-09-23
$7.1 billion
July 2022
0.4% 
(monthly change)
$79.3 million
July 2022
1.6%
(monthly change)
$33.1 million
July 2022
3.3%
(monthly change)
$170.3 million
July 2022
1.4%
(monthly change)
$116.9 million
July 2022
0.6%
(monthly change)
$1,330.3 million
July 2022
-1.3% 
(monthly change)
$2,837.1 million
July 2022
1.0%
(monthly change)
$203.9 million
July 2022
0.2%
(monthly change)
$182.6 million
July 2022
0.6%
(monthly change)
$913.8 million
July 2022
1.5%
(monthly change)
$1,225.9 million
July 2022
-0.4%
(monthly change)
$8.0 million
July 2022
-2.6%
(monthly change)
$6.4 million
July 2022
1.8%
(monthly change)
$1.7 million
July 2022
1.3%
(monthly change)
On a seasonally adjusted basis, sales in the food services and drinking places subsector increased for the sixth consecutive month, rising by 0.4% to $7.1 billion in July. Sales were up at full-service restaurants (+0.4%), limited-service restaurants (+0.1%), special food services (+1.4%) and drinking places (+1.0%).
Higher sales were reported in eight provinces, with Ontario (+1.0%) and Alberta (+1.5%) reporting the highest increases in sales in dollar terms. Quebec (-1.3%) and British Columbia (-0.4%) posted decreases.
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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 food services and drinking places still increasing
The figures in this section are based on seasonally unadjusted estimates.
Two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent restrictions on the food services and drinking places subsector, unadjusted sales for July were up 19.6% compared with July 2021 and 10.7% higher than in July 2019.
Prices for food purchased from restaurants were up 7.3% in July 2022 compared with July 2021, and prices for alcoholic beverages served in licensed establishments increased 5.5% in the same period. (See table 18-10-0004-13).
Note to readers
Unless otherwise noted, all data in this release are seasonally adjusted and expressed in current dollars. 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.
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