Tourism Human Resource Module

The Tourism Human Resource Module is funded through a partnership agreement with Tourism HR Canada. It provides timely and reliable statistics on the human resource dimension of the tourism sector. Estimates include data from 2009 to 2022 for Canada and the provinces and territories.

The Tourism Human Resource Module provides information on jobs, compensation and hours worked in tourism industries and includes jobs that are attributable to demand from tourists and non-tourists. This information is different from the data on tourism jobs in the National Tourism Indicators and the Tourism Satellite Account, which consider only those jobs directly attributable to demand from tourists. These variables are aggregated into five industry groups: transportation, accommodation, food and beverage services, recreation and entertainment, and travel services.

Employee jobs are those for which employers must complete a Canada Revenue Agency T4 Statement of Remuneration Paid. This category also includes jobs where workers are paid by tips or commissions.

Jobs from self-employment include those performed by working owners of unincorporated enterprises and members of their household who work without a wage or salary (i.e., unpaid family workers).

Beginning with the 2021 Census of Population, the gender variable refers to the gender of the person holding the paid worker job. Gender refers to an individual's personal and social identity as a man, woman or non-binary person (someone who is not exclusively a man or a woman). Because of the small size of the non-binary population, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable was necessary. Before its introduction in the 2021 Census, this variable referred to an individual's sex at birth.

For Tourism Human Resource Module data, email statcan.neadinfodcen-neadinfodcen.statcan@statcan.gc.ca