Food services and drinking places, July 2023
Released: 2023-09-28
$7.8 billion
July 2023
1.4% 
(monthly change)
$87.9 million
July 2023
3.2%
(monthly change)
$36.4 million
July 2023
1.4%
(monthly change)
$188.9 million
July 2023
3.5%
(monthly change)
$129.4 million
July 2023
2.6%
(monthly change)
$1,501.7 million
July 2023
1.9%
(monthly change)
$3,089.7 million
July 2023
1.2%
(monthly change)
$215.6 million
July 2023
0.9%
(monthly change)
$201.4 million
July 2023
0.9%
(monthly change)
$1,009.2 million
July 2023
1.7%
(monthly change)
$1,354.8 million
July 2023
0.4%
(monthly change)
$9.1 million
July 2023
-1.2% 
(monthly change)
$6.7 million
July 2023
0.0%
(monthly change)
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July 2023
F
(monthly change)
On a seasonally adjusted basis, sales in the food services and drinking places subsector were up by 1.4% to $7.8 billion in July. Sales increased at limited-service restaurants (+1.6%), full-service restaurants (+1.3%) and drinking places (+2.2%) in the month, while special food services (-0.3%) saw a slight decline. Ontario (+1.2%), Quebec (+1.9%) and Alberta (+1.7%) reported the largest increases in July in dollar terms, whereas Nova Scotia (+3.5%), Newfoundland and Labrador (+3.2%) and New Brunswick (+2.6%) saw the largest percentage increases.
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 the territories. This dynamic application allows users to compare provincial and territorial data with interactive maps and charts.
Chart 1
Sales in food services and drinking places
Year-over-year sales in food services and drinking places continue to rise
The figures in this section are based on unadjusted (that is, not seasonally adjusted) estimates.
Sales increased in all subsectors in July 2023 compared with July 2022: limited-service restaurants (+11.4%), full-service restaurants (+8.9%), special food services (+13.4%) and drinking places (+1.3%). Sales also increased in each of the provinces and territories year over year. With the Calgary Stampede reaching the second-highest number of attendees to date (surpassed only in 2012), sales in Alberta showed the highest percentage increase (+12.7%) among the provinces.
Prices for food purchased from restaurants were up 6.1% in July 2023 compared with July 2022, and prices for alcoholic beverages served in licensed establishments increased 5.0% in the same period.
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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