National Overview
Canada at a Glance
Number of Breweries
% Change in Number of Breweries from 2019/2020
8.0%
Breweries Per Capita*
% Change in Breweries Per Capita from 2019/2020
8.1%
Domestic and Import Beer Sales (hL)
% Change in Domestic Sales from 2019/2020
0.0%
% Change in Import Sales from 2019/2020
-8.0%
Total Change in Domestic & Import Beer Sales from 2019/2020: -1.4%
84.6%
of total beer sales in 2020 were domestic
15.4%
of total beer sales in 2020 were imported
Per Capita Consumption**
% Change in Per Capita Consumption from 2019/2020
-2.7%
Domestic Production
% Change in Domestic Production from 2019/2020
-0.3%
% Sales by Package Type in 2015
53%
Can
37%
Bottle
10%
Keg
% Sales by Package Type in 2020
74%
Can
21%
Bottle
5%
Keg
12.3% Change
in Can Sales from 2019/2020
-15.1% Change
in Bottle Sales from 2019/2020
-54.8% Change
in Keg Sales from 2019/2020
Change in Price of Beer from 2019/2020: 0.5%***
* Per every 100,000 legal drinking age adults
** Based on legal drinking age population (18+ in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec, 19+ everywhere else)
***Based on Statistics Canada's Consumer Price Index for Retail Stores
Data Sources: Beer Canada, Provincial Liquor Boards, Statistics Canada, Canada Revenue Agency
Please note: For confidentiality purposes, the total number of breweries in some provinces have been rounded to the nearest ten