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Food and Beverage
Restaurants, caterers and taverns October 2007
Statscan - Total estimated sales in the restaurants, caterers and taverns industry reached $3.5 billion in October, a 3.7% increase over October 2006. (Data are neither seasonally adjusted, nor adjusted for inflation.)
The increase in sales at the national level was due to higher sales at full service restaurants (+4.4%). Sales at limited service restaurants increased by 3.7%. These two sectors accounted for more than 85% of the sales for the industry in October. The food service contractors sector increased by 2.3%. That sector accounted for over 6% of the sales for the industry in October.
| Food services sales |
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October 2006r |
September 2007r |
October 2007p |
October 2006 to October 2007 |
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Not seasonally adjusted |
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$ thousands |
% change |
| Total, food services sales |
3,390,060 |
3,530,595 |
3,517,031 |
3.7 |
| Full-service restaurants |
1,565,842 |
1,672,835 |
1,635,279 |
4.4 |
| Limited-service restaurants |
1,321,628 |
1,366,375 |
1,370,195 |
3.7 |
| Food service contractors |
210,764 |
200,857 |
215,712 |
2.3 |
| Social and mobile caterers |
76,415 |
79,443 |
83,544 |
9.3 |
| Drinking places |
215,411 |
211,085 |
212,301 |
-1.4 |
| Provinces and territories |
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| Newfoundland and Labrador |
33,302 |
34,944 |
36,290 |
9.0 |
| Prince Edward Island |
13,760 |
14,737 |
13,814 |
0.4 |
| Nova Scotia |
81,326 |
86,771 |
82,869 |
1.9 |
| New Brunswick |
54,834 |
55,395 |
54,743 |
-0.2 |
| Quebec |
704,891 |
720,842 |
699,163 |
-0.8 |
| Ontario |
1,362,374 |
1,420,122 |
1,432,076 |
5.1 |
| Manitoba |
84,922 |
84,938 |
87,531 |
3.1 |
| Saskatchewan |
87,772 |
91,429 |
94,282 |
7.4 |
| Alberta |
423,305 |
440,082 |
454,402 |
7.3 |
| British Columbia |
533,830 |
570,577 |
551,738 |
3.4 |
| Yukon |
2,406 |
2,572 |
2,225 |
-7.5 |
| Northwest Territories |
6,963 |
7,867 |
7,540 |
8.3 |
| Nunavut |
376 |
320 |
359 |
-4.4 |
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