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