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March 23, 2022FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES, JANUARY 2022 Month-over-Month (Jan 2022 vs. Dec 2021, seasonally adjusted)
Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts decreased 6.3% to $127.5 million. Canada's food services and drinking places receipts decreased 11.3% to $5.3 billion. All provinces reported monthly decreases in food services and drinking places, with Alberta (-0.8%) reporting the smallest decline, and Quebec (-22.8%) reporting the largest decline in percentage terms.
Year-over-Year (Jan 2022 vs. Jan 2021, seasonally adjusted)
Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts decreased 0.9%. Canada's food services and drinking places receipts increased 26.4%. Seven provinces reported year-over-year increases in food services and drinking place receipts, with Alberta (41.5%) reporting the largest gain and Prince Edward Island (-8.5%) reporting the largest decline in percentage terms.
Nova Scotia Sales by Establishment Type (Jan 2022 vs. Jan 2021, unadjusted)
Compared with January 2021, the gains in food service and drinking place receipts were limited to Nova Scotia's special food services ($0.4 million, +10.1%) and drinking places ($0.2 million, +12.0%).
Sharp declines occurred in full-services restaurants (-$2.3 million, -6.4%) and limited services eating places (-$0.3 million, -0.4%).
Trends
Food service receipts have been very sensitive to the imposition of COVID-related restrictions on travel, gathering and dining in restaurants. Compared to February 2020, Nova Scotia's food services and drinking places sales in January 2022 were 11.1% below their pre-pandemic levels.
After declining in January 2022, national food service receipts were 15.7% below pre-pademic levels. All provinces reported January food services receipts that were below pre-pandemic levels. The largest gaps were in Quebec and the smallest in Alberta.
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 21-10-0019-01 Monthly survey of food services and drinking places (x 1,000)
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