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Number of Breweries in 2020

4/10

Breweries Per Capita in 2020

6/10

Total Sales in 2020

4/10

Per Capita Consumption in 2020

6/10

Number of Breweries
% Change in Number of Breweries from 2019/2020
8.3%
Breweries Per Capita*
% Change in Breweries Per Capita from 2019/2020
8.6%
Domestic and Import Beer Sales (hL)
% Change in Domestic Sales from 2019/2020
-0.1%
% Change in Import Sales from 2019/2020
-20.2%

Total Change in Domestic & Import Beer Sales from 2019/2020: -2.7%

89.3%
of total beer sales in 2020 were domestic
10.7%
of total beer sales in 2020 were import
Per Capita Consumption**
% Change in Per Capita Consumption from 2019/2020
-4.0%
% Sales by Package Type in 2015
63% Can
23% Bottle
13% Keg
% Sales by Package Type in 2020
79% Can
13% Bottle
8% Keg
9.2% Change
in Can Sales from 2019/2020
-17.0% Change
in Bottle Sales from 2019/2020
-46.4% Change
in Keg Sales from 2019/2020

Change in Price of Beer from 2019/2020: -1.0%***

* 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