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14-02-2015, 08:08
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Loads more numbers again. The word well is well and truly dry. Luckily the number well is overflowing.

Let’s start with the first pallet-load of figures:



Canadian Beer Production 1870 - 1963


Year
Bbls.
Year
Bbls.
Year
Bbls.


1870
291,622
1902
1,104,951
1934
2,083,144


1871
338,284
1903
1,030,206
1935
2,286,198


1872
382,293
1904
1,093,439
1936
2,412,326


1873
442,421
1905
1,213,203
1937
2,694,450


1874
430,861
1906
1,330,026
1938
2,533,265


1875
463,369
1907
1,552,015
1939
2,589,282


1876
372,767
1908
1,492,718
1940
3,044,102


1877
364,610
1909
1,542,328
1941
3,804,565


1878
343,123
1910
1,670,098
1942
4,569,401


1879
353,928
1911
1,900,746
1943
3,979,603


1880
368,048
1912
2,092,576
1944
4,693,128


1881
397,247
1913
2,242,434
1945
5,339,304


1882
481,479
1914
1,920,943
1946
6,126,322


1883
510,298
1915
1,584,113
1947
6,863,869


1884
523,948
1916
1,397,987
1948
7,230,713


1885
482,870
1917
1,148,702
1949
7,218,464


1886
531,291
1918
1,049,902
1950
7,121,501


1887
591,452
1919
1,479,371
1951
7,493,810


1888
617,760
1920
1,447,785
1952
8,319,338


1889
654,354
1921
1,541,670
1953
8,583,423


1890
687,845
1922
1,476,083
1954
8,380,950


1891
722,772
1923
1,763,220
1955
8,882,334


1892
677,849
1924
1,935,600
1956
9,126,568


1893
687,015
1925
2,097,954
1957
9,675,151


1894
731,985
1926
2,070,234
1958
9,369,608


1895
705,152
1927
2,335,917
1959
9,856,337


1896
720,588
1928
2,633,497
1960
10,173,671


1897
715,530
1929
2,538,021
1961
10,238,208


1898
794,869
1930
2,362,947
1962
10,844,603


1899
844,075
1931
2,091,897
1963
11,081,782


1900
932,367
1932
1,626,585




1901
1,004,330
1933
1,636,825




Source:


"Brewing in Canada", Brewers Association of Canada, 1965, page 116.




It’s mostly a story of constant growth, except for a couple of blips around WW I and the early 1930’s. Both are pretty easy to explain. In WW I various prohibitionist measures were introduced first regionally and then, in 1918, nationally. Starting in the early 1920’s, full prohibition was gradually peeled back. By 1928 beer was legal again in Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon territories*.

Output levels had only just started to edge past their 1913 when the next calamitous event struck: the Wall Street Crash of 1929. After that there was steady annual growth until the set of numbers ends in 1963.

I’ve some more modern statistics, but not for exactly the same thing. They’re for sales of Canadian beer in Canada, plus beer exported to the USA. Beer exported to other countries – which is actually bugger all – isn’t included.



Sales of Canadian-brewed beer in Canada



2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013


US barrels
23,044,364
22,289,186
22,381,476
21,926,440
21,702,116
21,290,576


hl
27,041,870
26,155,691
26,263,991
25,730,019
25,466,782
24,983,852


Source:


"Annual Statistical Bulletin", Beer Canada, page 8.




Clearly production must have continued to increase in the 1960’s and 1970’s, as in 2013, even after a few years of falling, it was still almost double the 1963 level.

And that’s me done. I told you there wouldn’t be many words.




* "Brewing in Canada", Brewers Association of Canada, 1965, pages 100 - 110.

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