In Canada’s Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, home to Whistler, the average person will spend $967 per year on alcohol. That is nearly three times the amount spent by your average hockey loving Canadian. However, according to the new survey released by the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch the numbers might not tell the whole story.
“The figures don’t take into account the number of tourists who visit the resort each year,” acknowledged Vince Cournoyer Manager of Communications for the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch. “As a result, the per capita beverage alcohol sales figures appear to be higher as they do not take temporary population figures into account.”
Whistler Coun. John Grills agrees the results do not accurately represent the region, pointing out that the average daily population in Whistler is just over 20,000 people. During busy weekends Coun. Grills said Whistler’s population can rise to over 40,000 people, skewing the per-capita average. - whistlerquestion.com
The survey also reveled that beer is the most popular drink followed by wine then hard liquor.
For more survey results visit the Data BC website, www.data.gov.bc.ca.
next you’ll be telling us that Whistlerites are having more casual sex
Yea but we arnt paying double then the rest of the country for the sex!
“The figures don’t take into account the number of tourists who visit the resort each year”
Talk about data skew… this statistic is SO flawed that I have no clue why even release it?!
Statishticsh are like bikinish – what they reveal is intereshting, what they consheal ish vital..
You’re right, this survey does lose some validity when you take into account the weekend warriors and large number of visitors but it is based purely on the sale of liquor through BC Liquor. Try and fathom for just a second the hundreds of dollars a month (yes month) that Whistlers young locals spend on going clubbing 2-4 nights a week. This place is a party Mecca, and speaking from personal experience this form of entertainment here in the resort comes at a hefty price.
$967 a year? That’s it?
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