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January 22, 2021FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES, NOVEMBER 2020 
Month-over-Month (Nov 2020 vs Oct 2020, seasonally adjusted)
- Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts decreased 2.8% to $120.4 million
- Canada's food services and drinking places receipts decreased 3.7% to $4.5 billion
- Three provinces reported monthly increases in food services and drinking places, with
- Prince Edward Island (3.2%) reporting the largest gain, and
- Manitoba (-18.16%) reporting the largest decline in percentage terms.
Year-over-Year (Nov 2020 vs Nov 2019, seasonally adjusted)
- Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts decreased 18.3%
- Canada's food services and drinking places receipts decreased 30.8%
- None of the provinces reported year-over-year increases in food services and drinking place receipts, with
- Newfoundland and Labrador (-7.6%) reporting the smallest decline and
- Quebec (-39.3%) reporting the largest decline in percentage terms.
Year-to-Date (Jan-Nov 2019 vs Jan-Nov 2020, seasonally adjusted)
- Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts decreased 23.6% (-$381.5 million).
- Canada's food services and drinking places receipts decreased 27.5% (-$19.4billion).
- None of the provinces reported year-to-date increases in food services and drinking place receipts, with
- Saskatchewan (-17.8%) reporting the smallest decline and
- Ontario (-30.4%) reporting the largest decline in percentage terms.
NOVA SCOTIA SECTORS
Nova Scotia Year-over-year Sales by Establishment Type (Nov 2020 vs Nov 2019, unadjusted for seasonality)
Compared with Jan-Nov 2019, the reductions in food service and drinking place receipts have been most pronounced for Nova Scotia's full-service restaurants (-$259.2 million). In year-to-date percentage terms, the declines have been more severe for drinking places (-51.7%) and special good services (-43.7%), with a smaller decline for limited service eating places (-10.1%).
- Limited-service eating places, decreased 10.1% (-$83.3 million) to $74.3 million.
- Full-service restaurants decreased 40.6% (-$259.2 million) to $34.6 million.
- Special food services decreased 43.7% (-$46.7 million) to $5.1 million.
- Drinking places -alcoholic beverages decreased 51.7% (-$24.0 million) to $1.9 million.
LONG-RUN TREND
Canada and Nova Scotia (2012 to 2020, seasonally adjusted))
Nova Scotia's Food services and drinking places month over month sales declined sharply in March 2020 (-32.5%) and April 2020 (-38.7%). Recovery began with rapid gains in May 2020 (+31.8%) and June 2020 (+34.7%). Compared to February 2020, Nova Scotia's November 2020 Food services and drinking places sales were still -17.4% below their pre-pandemic levels.
After six consecutive monthly gains. National food services and drinking places sales declined 9.2% to $4.7 billion in October 2020. This decline was mostly due to the second wave of COVID-19 restrictions introduced in several provinces. National food services and drinking places sales were still 30.7% below their pre-pandemic levels.
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 21-10-0019-01 Monthly survey of food services and drinking places (x 1,000)
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