![]() ![]() In fact, more than half (56%) of food service and drinking place operators reported being closed at some point last April, while 41% reported being closed for the entire month. Real gross domestic product (GDP) of food services and drinking places fell 39.5% in March 2020 and by another 40.8% in April 2020 Note as many of these businesses either closed completely or operated at a greatly reduced capacity, providing take-out or delivery services exclusively. Note As of December 2020, food services and drinking places accounted for 5.6% of all employer businesses in Canada. Since then, the industry has experienced constant challenges, exacerbated by the need to adapt in light of repeated re-openings and shutdowns as a result of fluctuations in the number of COVID-19 cases across the country.īy May 2020, employment in the subsector dropped 55.8% (-635,515) from pre-pandemic levels observed in February 2020 and remained one-third lower (-29.3% -336,667) in December 2020 compared with February 2020. These measures severely impacted many businesses, particularly those in the food services and drinking places subsector which was one of the hardest hit by public safety measures. In March 2020-and continuing throughout the month of April-government interventions were put in place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which time provinces restricted access to and implemented closures of non-essential businesses. ![]()
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