About the Breweries in Nova Scotia Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Breweries in Nova Scotia Market Research Report
Definition of the Breweries in Nova Scotia?
The Breweries industry in Canada produces alcoholic beverages, such as beer and malt liquor as well as nonalcoholic beer, using water, barley, hops, yeast and other occasional adjuncts. Manufacturers of wine, spirits and other alcoholic beverages are not included in this industry.
What’s included in the Breweries in Nova Scotia?
The Breweries in Nova Scotia includes canned beer production, bottled beer production, draught beer production and nonalcoholic beer production. Related terms covered in the Breweries in Nova Scotia industry report includes beer broadly defined as having annual production of less than two million barrels made by an independent brewer, an instrument used to determine specific gravity of liquid. for brewers, hydrometers are used before and after fermentation to determine if yeast has properly converted fermentable sugars to alcohol, nonessential beer ingredients such as rice or corn that are often included in the mash to alter flavor or reduce ingredient purchase costs, the process of soaking malted grains in hot water and then draining the water to create a liquid that contains fermentable sugars and a very small commercial microbrewery that is often operated by a single owner and produces very small batches for local distribution.
Industry Performance of the Breweries industry in Nova Scotia
Benchmark the Breweries in Nova Scotia industry performance with all NS Census Metropolitan Area and national performance.
Breweries in Nova Scotia
#5 in Highest Revenue 4.5% of province's GDPRevenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
Breweries in Canada
Revenue (2024)
Annual Growth (2019-24)
Annual Growth (2024-29)
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Key Drivers of the Breweries industry in Nova Scotia
See how key industry drivers, such as population, net migration, private investment in residential construction, per capita disposable income, per capita alcohol consumption and world price of wheat are impacting Breweries in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Economic Indicators
Population
Net Migration
Private Investment in Residential Construction
View more economic information in NS State Economic profile
Canada Key External Drivers
Per capita disposable income
Per capita alcohol consumption
World price of wheat
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Census Metropolitan Area Data of the Breweries industry in Nova Scotia
Access proprietary data on Census Metropolitan Area in the Breweries in Nova Scotia, such as Halifax, Kentville and Cape Breton. Data includes figures on revenue, establishments, employees and wages by Census Metropolitan Areas.
Key Statistics of the Breweries industry in Nova Scotia
Download 18 years of historical data and 5 years of projected performance.
