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January 26, 2022FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES, NOVEMBER 2021 With November reference month results, year-over-year (Nov 2021 vs. Nov 2020) and year-to-date (Jan-Nov 2021 vs. Jan-Nov 2020) show rebounds in economic activity from the unprecedented declines observed in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Month-over-Month (Nov 2021 vs. Oct 2021, seasonally adjusted)
Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts increased 1.8% to $153.0 million. Canada's food services and drinking places receipts increased 1.0% to $6.4 billion. Nine provinces reported monthly increases in food services and drinking places, with Quebec (2.4%) reporting the largest gain, and Manitoba (-0.5%) reporting the only decline in percentage terms.
Year-over-Year (Nov 2021 vs. Nov 2020, seasonally adjusted)
Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts increased 20.1%. Canada's food services and drinking places receipts increased 36.9%. All provinces reported year-over-year increases in food services and drinking place receipts, with Quebec (63.1%) reporting the largest gain and Prince Edward Island (11.6%) reporting the smallest gain in percentage terms.
Year-to-Date (Jan-Nov 2021 vs. Jan-Nov 2020, seasonally adjusted)
Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts increased 21.1% ($260.3 million). Canada's food services and drinking places receipts increased 16.9% ($8.6 billion).
Nine provinces reported year-to-date increases in food services and drinking place receipts, with Newfoundland and Labrador (21.6%) reporting the largest gain and Alberta (12.2%) reporting the smallest gain in percentage terms.
Nova Scotia Sales by Establishment Type (Jan-Nov 2021 vs. Jan-Nov 2020, unadjusted)
Compared with Jan-Nov 2020, the gains in food service and drinking place receipts have been most pronounced for Nova Scotia's limited-services eating places services restaurants ($123.8 million) and full-services restaurants ($116.7 million). In year-to-date percentage terms, the increases have been greater for full-service restaurants (+28.2%) and drinking places (+17.4%) with a smaller increase for special food services (+11.3%) and limited-service eating places (+16.7%).
Trends
Nova Scotia's Food services and drinking places month over month sales declined sharply in March 2020 (-32.4%) and April 2020 (-38.2%). Recovery began with rapid gains in May 2020 (+32.2%) and June 2020 (+34.3%). Nova Scotia experienced a short reversal in Nov-Dec 2020 but began a quick recovery in January (+18.0%) and February 2021 (+2.1%). Compared to February 2020 food services and drinking places sales in November 2021 are +6.8% above their pre-pandemic levels.
After five consecutive monthly gains, national food services and drinking places sales declined 7.8% to $4.8 billion in October 2020. This decline was mostly due to the second wave of COVID-19 restrictions introduced in several provinces. By February 2021 recovery had begun. National food services and drinking places sales are only 0.9% above their pre-pandemic levels. In November 2021, eight provinces report they are above February levels, and two provinces are below February 2020 levels.
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 21-10-0019-01 Monthly survey of food services and drinking places (x 1,000)
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