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August 24, 2021FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES, JUNE 2021 With June reference month results, year-over-year (Jun 2021 vs Jun 2020) and year-to-date (Jan-Jun 2021 vs Jan-Jun 2020) show rebounds in economic activity from the unprecedented declines observed in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Month-over-Month (Jun 2021 vs May 2021, seasonally adjusted)
Nova Scotia imposed restrictions on dining in restaurants at the end of April 2021. These restrictions were eased part-way through June.
In June 2021, Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts increased 28.0% to $124.8 million. Canada's food services and drinking places receipts increased 20.3% to $5.4 billion. Eight provinces reported monthly increases in food services and drinking places, with Quebec (31.9%) reporting the largest gain, and Prince Edward Island (-2.4%) reporting the largest month over month decline in percentage terms.
Year-over-Year (Jun 2021 vs Jun 2020, seasonally adjusted)
Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts increased 17.4% year over year. Canada's food services and drinking places receipts increased 30.8%. Nine provinces reported year-over-year increases in food services and drinking place receipts, with Quebec (50.9%) reporting the largest gain and Manitoba (-5.0%) reporting the only decline in percentage terms.
Year-to-Date (Jan-Jun 2020 vs Jan-Jun 2021, seasonally adjusted)
Notes: Data for Prince Edward Island were unavailable in March and April 2020.
Nova Scotia food services and drinking places year to date receipts increased 17.7% ($111.7 million). Canada's food services and drinking places receipts increased 5.3% ($1.4 billion). All provinces reported year-to-date increases in food services and drinking place receipts, with Newfoundland and Labrador (22.8%) reporting the largest gain and Ontario (0.2%) reporting the smallest gain in percentage terms.
Quarter-over-quarter (2021Q2 vs 2021Q1, seasonally adjusted)
Nova Scotia food services and drinking places quarter over quarter receipts decreased 10.7% (-$42.0 million), and Canada's food services and drinking places receipts increased 4.4% ($605.6 million).
Seven provinces reported quarter over quarter increases in food services and drinking place receipts, with Quebec (18.3%) reporting the largest gain and Nova Scotia (-10.7%) reporting the largest decline in percentage terms.
Nova Scotia Sales by Establishment Type (Jan-Jun 2020 vs Jan-Jun 2021, unadjusted)
Note: data for drinking places were imputed for some months during which limited data were available.
Limited-service eating places, full-service restaurants and drinking places accounted for the recovery in unadjusted year-to-date food services and drinking place receipts. Only sales at special food services (including mobile and catering) were down.
Trends
Nova Scotia's food services and drinking places seasonally adjusted sales receipts declined sharply in March 2020 (-32.4%) and April 2020 (-38.2%). Steady and rapid gains were reported from May through October of 2020. Nova Scotia experienced a short reversal in November and December 2020, but began to recover again from January through March before declining in April and May as new restrictions were imposed on another wave of COVID-19 infections. These restrictions were eased in June 2021, contributing to the rebound.
In June 2021, only one province (Saskatchewan +4.1%) reported receipts above the pre-pandemic period (February 2020).
Compared to February 2020 Nova Scotia's June 2021 food services and drinking places sales were 12.9% below their pre-pandemic levels. National food services and drinking places sales were still 15.0% below their pre-pandemic levels. Among the other provinces Ontario (-22.6%) reported the greatest level below the pre-pandemic benchmark.
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 21-10-0019-01 Monthly survey of food services and drinking places (x 1,000)
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