Alcohol Consumption

About 2.4 billion litres of alcoholic beverages were sold in Canada in 1996/97, down 0.7% from the previous year. In per capita terms, this worked out to 83.4 litres of beer, 10.6 litres of wine and 5.4 litres of spirits for every Canadian aged 15 and older (Statistics Canada, 1998). Beer continues to be the drink of choice accounting for approximately 80% of all alcohol consumed.