Nearly $4 million in liquor sales go to Nunavut government in 2020-21
CBC
Alcohol sales aren't insignificant to the Nunavut government: in 2020-21, the profits from the Nunavut Liquor and Cannabis Commission generated nearly $4 million for the territorial government.
Those profits came from nearly $17 million worth of alcohol and about $100,000 worth of cannabis sold by the Nunavut Liquor and Cannabis Commission (NULC) from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021. Of those sales, $8 out of $10 came from the Iqaluit beer wine store.
In all, the annual profits of $3.7 million from sales of 1.6 million litres of alcohol and a small amount of cannabis went to the territorial government.
That's according to its annual report for 2020-2021, tabled last week in the Nunavut legislature.
As was the case in 2019-20, vodka sales accounted for most of the revenue from community orders to the NULC.
Overall in Nunavut, $10.4 million worth of beer was sold in 2020-2021. That amounted to 1,355,800 litres or more than 3.82 million cans sold (about 100 cans for every person in the territory.) Most of that was sold at the Iqaluit beer and wine store.
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