Sales in Alberta restaurants and bars hit a record high, report says
New data from Statistics Canada says sales at restaurants and bars across the country are on their way up and, in Alberta, they've broken a record.
The agency released its report on September sales last month, which saw $7.7 billion in nation-wide sales, up 0.8 per cent from the month before.
ATB Financial says the seasonally adjusted figures for Alberta were $1 billion, up by 0.9 per cent from the previous month.
The institution says that's a record high for the province, but Canada's totals were 1.1 per cent below the total reached last February.
"Revenues continue to far exceed last year's levels," ATB Financial said in its newsletter late last month.
"Over the first nine months of 2022, Alberta's restaurant and bar sales were up by 14.2 per cent year-to-date (YTD) and it was a similar story nationally.
"Higher prices at restaurants and bars account for about half of these increases."
According to Statistics Canada, Alberta's totals for September were fourth highest.
Ontario saw the largest amount of sales ($3 billion), followed by Quebec ($1.52 billion) and then B.C. ($1.35 billion).
Most of Atlantic Canada saw nearly flat increases while New Brunswick saw a drop of 1.1 per cent.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
'They thought he wasn't making it': B.C. soccer star's family on his shocking shooting — and remarkable recovery
Born and raised in Metro Vancouver, Nathan Demian was living his dream playing soccer for top-ranked Ohio State University, when he was shot during a post-game pizza run with his brother Saturday night.
MPs approve $21.6B in supplementary spending; Conservatives vote against
Parliament has approved $21.6 billion in government spending, in a late Tuesday vote in the House of Commons.
No injuries reported after gunshots fired inside Etobicoke high school, 2 suspects outstanding
Toronto police are searching for two suspects after gunshots were fired inside an Etobicoke high school late Tuesday afternoon.
DEVELOPING Luigi Mangione shouts as he is led into courthouse where he contests extradition to N.Y.
The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO struggled with deputies and shouted Tuesday while arriving for a court appearance in Pennsylvania, a day after he was arrested at a McDonald’s and charged with murder.
Celebrities and coastal residents flee from wind-driven wildfire in Malibu
Evacuation orders and warnings have gone out to 20,000 Southern California residents Tuesday as firefighters battled a wind-driven wildfire in Malibu that burned near celebrities' seaside mansions, horse farms and Pepperdine University, the sheriff's department said.
Waterloo Region mistakenly applied $13.7M discount to Amazon build in Blair
The Region of Waterloo will not be able to demand $13.7 million from a developer after they said a discount was mistakenly issued for the development of an Amazon fulfillment centre.
Dolly Parton explains why her longtime husband doesn't attend events with her
Dolly Parton has been married for 58 years, but you probably could count on one hand the times you have seen her with her husband.
'Which one of those two is going to win?': Poilievre prods Trudeau, Freeland over spending tension
Revived talk of tensions between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland prompted new questions Tuesday, about how big the federal deficit will be in next week's economic update.
Ex-minister cites 'threat to security' for denying emergency passport to Abdelrazik
Former foreign minister Lawrence Cannon says he denied an emergency passport to Abousfian Abdelrazik in 2009 because he considered the Montreal man a possible threat to national security.