The document provides an overview of the Canadian beer industry. It discusses that the beer industry supports over 149,000 jobs and contributes $13.6 billion annually to the Canadian economy. However, beer sales volumes have declined slightly in recent years. The number of breweries in Canada has greatly increased, with over three-quarters being small breweries producing under 2,000 hectoliters annually. The priorities of Beer Canada include seeking tax relief, updating regulations, preparing for legalized marijuana, and reducing interprovincial trade barriers.

1. STATE OF THE
CANADIAN BEER
INDUSTRY
Luke Chapman, Beer Canada
MBAC Ontario Technical Conference
Hilton Niagara Falls
January 25, 2018

2. AGENDA
• About Beer Canada
• Current Issues and Trends

3. 50+ MEMBERS OF ALL SIZES

4. GOALS
• Be a guiding and unifying force in advancing beer industry
positions to achieve a rational regulatory and public policy
environment in which industry members can market their
brands and grow their volumes profitably
• Be a recognized and authoritative national source of
information on all aspects of the beer industry

5. BEER SUPPORTS CANADA’S ECONOMY!
• Beer supports 149,000 Canadian jobs, with a labour
income of $5.3 billion
• 85% of beer sold in Canada, is made in Canada
• Canada has the third highest tax rate on beer in the world.
While contributing $13.6 billion annually to the economy,
beer generates $5.7 billion in tax and other revenues for
federal, provincial/territorial, and municipal governments
(not including provincial liquor board profits)

6. OUR PRIORITIES
• Tax Relief
• Updating the Federal Definition of Beer
• Legal marijuana
• Interprovincial Trade Barriers
• Data and Technical Services

7. TAX RELIEF
• Nearly half the price of a case of beer in Canada is tax
• Set to rise annually due to automatic excise duty rate
increases (www.axethebeertax.ca)
• In some provinces, increases in provincial markups tied to
inflation

8. UPDATING THE FEDERAL DEFINITION OF BEER
• Expected to be completed in 2018
• Modern definition will:
– allow for the use of innovative/traditional ingredients in beer
– maintain barley as a required ingredient in beer
– cap the amount of residual sugars permitted in beer to 4% by
weight.

9. LEGAL MARIJUANA
• Expected to be legal in Canada in summer 2018
• Feds have proposed strict limits on branding, use of
colours and mandatory warning labels
• Provinces rolling out distinct distribution/retail systems
• Will beer sales be impacted?

10. INTERPROVINCIAL TRADE BARRIERS
• Beer Canada maintains an inventory of interprovincial trade barriers
that exist for brewers: Currently over 100
• Supreme Court ruling (expected this year) in Comeau case could
change how brewers sell and consumers purchase beer
• Under the new Canadian Free Trade Agreement, a Beverage Alcohol
Working Group has been struck to identify ways to enhance trade in
beverage alcohol in Canada

11. DATA AND TECHNICAL SERVICES
• Industry data share program
• Syndicated pricing survey
• Media spend industry data share agreement
• Labelling toolkit

12. THE CANADIAN BEVERAGE ALCOHOL MARKET
Total market = $22.1 billion
Beer’s share = $9.2 billion
41.5%
31.6%
23.1%
3.8%
2016 Market Share by Category ($)
Beer Wine Spirits Ciders/Coolers
49.4%
24.9%
22.6%
3.1%
2006 Market Share by Category ($)
Beer Wine Spirits Ciders/Coolers
Total market = $15.4 billion
Beer’s share = $7.6 billion

13. NUMBER OF BREWERIES
379
420
520
644
775
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
+104.5%
increase
in number
of
breweries
since ‘12

14. NUMBER OF BREWERIES BY PROVINCE
240
180
151
54 50
40 40
7 7 3 2 1 0
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
On QC BC AB NB SK NS MB NF PEI YK NWT NT

15. BREWERIES PER CAPITA
1.4
1.5
1.8
2.3
2.7
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
+93.8%
increase
in
breweries
per capita
since ‘12

16. BREWERIES PER CAPITA BY PROVINCE
8.1
6.8
5.2
4.6
3.9
3.1
2.7 2.5
2.2
1.6 1.6
0.7
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
NB YK NS SK BC NWT QC PEI ON AB NF MB

17. BREWERY PERCENTAGES BY SIZE
Size (HL) Percent
<2,000 77.0%
2,001 to 4,999 9.0%
5,000 to 14,999 6.4%
15,000 to 75,000 3.8%
>75,000 3.8%

18. BEER SALES (HL)
0
5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
20,000,000
25,000,000
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total Domestic Total Import
+ 12.5%
growth in
import sales
since ‘12
-3.5% decline
in domestic
sales since
‘12
-1.3% decline
in total sales
since ‘12

19. BEER SALES (HL) BY PROVINCE
0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
8,000,000
9,000,000
ON QC BC AB MB SK NS NB NF PEI YK NWT NT

20. PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION (LITRES)
83.4
80.9
79.5 79.3
77.1
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
-7.6% decline
in per capita
consumption
since ‘12

21. PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION BY PROVINCE
128.7
103.4
96.3
83.3
78.9 78.3 77.4 77.1 76.4 75.6 74.8 72.1
21.1
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
YK NWT NF QC AB SK BC PEI NS NB MB ON NT

22. BEER SALES BY PACKAGE TYPE
43%
47%
10%
2012
Cans Bottles Keg
56%
34%
10%
2016
Cans Bottles Keg

23. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – ON PREMISE
100
110
120
130
140
150
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Beer Wine Liquor

24. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – OFF PREMISE
100
110
120
130
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Beer Wine Liquor

25. DEMOGRAPHICS
Population is growing, but…

26. DEMOGRAPHICS
We are getting older…

27. DEMOGRAPHICS
And more diverse…

28. FINAL THOUGHTS
Challenges lie ahead:
• Legal marijuana
• Shrinking category (on a volume and market share basis)
• Increasing taxes
• De-normalization of alcohol