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April 26, 2023FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES, FEBRUARY 2023 Month-over-Month (February 2023 vs January 2023, seasonally adjusted)
Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts decreased 1.8% to $181.6 million. Canada's food services and drinking places receipts declined 1.0% to $7.8 billion. Foure provinces reported monthly increases in receipts for food services and drinking places, with Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick reporting the largest gains and British Columbia recording the largest decline.
Year-over-year (February 2023 vs February 2022)
Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts increased 24.3%. Canada's food services and drinking places receipts increased 22.5%. All provinces reported year-over-year increases in food services and drinking place receipts, with Prince Edward Island reporting the largest gains and New Brunswick reporting the smallest gain.
Year-to-date (January - February 2023 vs January - February 2022)
Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts increased 34.7%. Canada's food services and drinking places receipts increased 34.6%. All provinces reported year-to-date increases in food services and drinking place receipts, with Quebec, Prince Edward Island and Ontario reporting the largest gains and Saskatchewan reporting the smallest gain.
Nova Scotia's year-to-date gains in food service receipts are primarily attributable to the increases in limited service eating places as well as full-service restaurants. In percentage terms, however the gains were faster for special food services and drinking places.
Trends
Food services and drinking places have reported repeated downturns during imposition of COVID restrictions. As these restrictions eased, food service receipts have rebounded, and Nova Scotia has surpassed its 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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