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Nova Scotia

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Number of breweries in 2020

5/10

Breweries Per Capita in 2020

2/10

Total Sales in 2020

7/10

Per Capita Consumption in 2020

5/10

Number of Breweries
% Change in Number of Breweries from 2019/2020
16.7%
Breweries Per Capita
% Change in Breweries Per Capita from 2019/2020
16%
Domestic and Import Beer Sales (hL)
% Change in Domestic Sales from 2019/2020
2.0%
% Change in Import Sales from 2019/2020
-22.6%

Total Change in Domestic & Import Beer Sales from 2019/2020: -0.4%

92.2%
of total beer sales in 2020 were domestic
7.8%
of total beer sales in 2020 were import
Per Capita Consumption**
% Change in Per Capita Consumption from 2019/2020
-1.4%
% Sales by Package Type in 2015
59% Can
34% Bottle
7% Keg
% Sales by Package Type in 2020
80% Can
17% Bottle
3% Keg
9.3% Change
in Can Sales from 2019/2020
-16% Change
in Bottle Sales from 2019/2020
-55.8% Change
in Keg Sales from 2019/2020

Change in Price of Beer from 2019/2020: 2.8%***

* 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