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  • 41. Provincial and territorial gross domestic product (GDP) and employment generated by tourism and related measures
    Table: 24-10-0042-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Gross domestic product (GDP), employment, labour compensation per job, GDP per job and tourism share of employment and GDP by tourism industry, by province and territory.

    Release date: 2023-02-24
  • 42. Interprovincial tourism expenditures
    Table: 24-10-0044-01
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Expenditures related to tourism according to the province or territory of residence and the province or territory of the spending.

    Release date: 2023-02-24
  • 43. Provincial and Territorial Tourism Satellite Account
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2018011
    Description: The Provincial and Territorial Tourism Satellite Account (PTTSA) provides an economic measure of the importance of tourism in terms of expenditures, gross domestic product and employment for each of the provinces and territories. It permits a comparison of tourism with other industries within a province or territory since the concepts and methods used are based on the framework of the Canadian System of National Accounts.
    Release date: 2023-02-24
  • 44. Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions associated with tourism, by product
    Table: 38-10-0141-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Direct plus indirect energy use (terajoules) and greenhouse gas emissions (carbon dioxide equivalents) (kilotonnes) associated with tourism, by product.
    Release date: 2023-02-24
  • 45. The 2018 to 2021 revisions of the National Tourism Indicators
    Articles and reports: 13-605-X202200100005
    Description:

    This article explains the impact of new and revised data on the National Tourism Indicators (NTI). With the release of the fourth quarter 2021 estimates of the NTI in March 2022, all data were revised from the first quarter of 2018 to the third quarter of 2021. Estimates for all of 2021 were revised again with the release of the first quarter of 2022 NTI in July 2022, now including the fourth quarter of 2021.

    Release date: 2022-09-28
  • 46. Number of vehicles travelling between Canada and the United States Archived
    Table: 24-10-0002-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of vehicles travelling between Canada and the United States, by trip characteristics, length of stay and type of transportation. Data available monthly.
    Release date: 2022-02-23
  • 47. Non-resident travellers entering Canada, by country of residence (excluding the United States) Archived
    Table: 24-10-0003-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    This table contains 3549 series, with data for years 1972 - 2018 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (13 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...) Country of residence (273 items: Total non-resident travellers, countries other than the United States; North America, Central America and Caribbean, total; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; ...).

    Release date: 2022-02-23
  • 48. Trips by residents of countries other than the United States to Canada, percentage change Archived
    Table: 24-10-0003-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Trips to Canada by residents of selected countries other than the United States, monthly and percentage change. 

    Release date: 2022-02-23
  • 49. International travellers entering or returning to Canada, by province of entry, seasonally adjusted Archived
    Table: 24-10-0005-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of international travellers entering or returning to Canada by province of entry and traveller category (seasonally adjusted). Data available monthly.
    Release date: 2022-02-23
  • 50. Non-resident travellers entering Canada, by country of residence, seasonally adjusted Archived
    Table: 24-10-0006-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of non-resident travellers entering Canada by country of residence, excluding the United States (seasonally adjusted). Data available monthly.
    Release date: 2022-02-23
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  • 51. Travel arrangement services, methods used by businesses locations that reported e-commerce sales
    Table: 21-10-0247-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Methods used for e-commerce sales for businesses locations that reported e-commerce sales for the travel arrangement services industry in Canada, for 3 years of data.

    Release date: 2021-11-26
  • 52. Visitor Travel Survey Microdata File
    Public use microdata: 24-25-0002
    Description:

    Records relate to the activities of visitors from abroad travelling within Canada: Non-residents of Canada, travellers, expenditures, length of stay, type of transportation, purpose of trip, accommodation used, places visited, and expenditure by categories.

    The Visitor Travel Survey was introduced in January 2018 to replace the U.S. and overseas visitors to Canada component of the International Travel Survey.

    Release date: 2021-05-26
  • 53. Jobs, hours worked and employment income in tourism industries, by class of worker and work activity, inactive Archived
    Table: 36-10-0634-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The Tourism human resource module provides data on jobs in tourism industries. This table includes jobs, hours worked, employment income and related indicators in tourism industries of full-time and part-time employees and self-employed workers.
    Release date: 2020-10-30
  • 54. Jobs, hours worked and employment income of employees in tourism industries, by employee characteristics, inactive Archived
    Table: 36-10-0635-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The Tourism human resource module provides data on jobs in tourism industries. This table includes jobs, hours worked, employment income and related indicators of employees in tourism industries, by work activity (full-time or part-time), sex, age group and immigrant status.
    Release date: 2020-10-30
  • 55. Jobs, hours worked and labour income of employees in tourism industries, by work activity, sex, immigrant status and occupation, inactive Archived
    Table: 36-10-0636-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The Tourism human resource module provides data on jobs in tourism industries. This table includes jobs, hours worked, labour income and related indicators of employees in tourism industries, by work activity (full-time or part-time), sex, immigrant status and occupation.
    Release date: 2020-10-30
  • 56. Jobs, hours worked and labour income of employees in tourism industries, by age group and occupation, inactive Archived
    Table: 36-10-0637-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The Tourism human resource module provides data on jobs in tourism industries. This table includes jobs, hours worked, labour income and related indicators of employees in tourism industries, by age group and occupation.
    Release date: 2020-10-30
  • 57. Tourism sector's share of jobs and employment income, inactive Archived
    Table: 36-10-0638-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The Tourism human resource module provides data on jobs in tourism industries. This table includes the tourism sector's share of jobs and employment income.
    Release date: 2020-10-30
  • 58. The Open Database of Cultural and Art Facilities
    Profile of a community or region: 21-26-0001
    Description: The Open Database of Cultural and Art Facilities (ODCAF) is a listing of cultural and art facilities across Canada. Facilities are classified in to one of the following nine types: art or cultural centre, festival site, gallery, heritage or historic site, library or archive, museum, theatre/performance and concert hall, and miscellaneous.

    The listing contains the names, addresses, and geo coordinates of facilities, as well as the facility type as assigned in the data source. The ODCAF is based on data from authoritative sources that include among them provincial, territorial and municipal governments, and professional associations.

    The ODCAF is released as open data under the Open Government License - Canada and provided as a zipped comma-separated values (.csv) file.

    Release date: 2020-10-02
  • 59. Traveller accommodation services price index, monthly
    Table: 18-10-0249-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Traveller accommodation services price index (TASPI) by client group. Monthly data are available from December 2000. The table presents data for the most recent reference period and the last four periods. The base period for the index is (2013=100).

    Release date: 2020-02-14
  • 60. Traveller accommodation services price index, percentage change, monthly
    Table: 18-10-0249-02
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Traveller accommodation services price index (TASPI) by client group. Monthly data are available from January 2001. The table presents month-over-month and year-over-year percentage changes for various aggregation levels. The base period for the index is (2013=100).

    Release date: 2020-02-14
Analysis (115)

Analysis (115) (90 to 100 of 115 results)

  • 91. More skiers and snowboarders are visiting Canadian ski areas Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-003-X20000014858
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    In the first part of this study, we will explore the development of the ski industry in Canada, after taking a short historical detour. In part two we will examine the characteristics of American travellers who visited Canadian ski areas (to ski or snowboard) during an overnight stay in Canada in the winter of 1998-99. Lastly, we will take a quick look at some characteristics of the overseas skier/snowboarder and at their contribution to the Canadian economy.

    Release date: 2000-01-14
  • 92. World trends Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-403-X19970014743
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    International tourism is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. Over the past ten years, the number of international arrivals at national borders has increased at an average annual rate of 5.2%, reaching 611 million in 1997.

    Release date: 1999-11-24
  • 93. Travel by Canadians Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-403-X19970014744
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Canada's economy was booming in 1997. The economy, as measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), grew 3.8% in 1997, its best performance since 1994 and the second best this decade.

    Release date: 1999-11-24
  • 94. International travel to Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-403-X19970014745
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Canada hosted over 45 million international visitors in 1997, the highest annual level in the 25 years that travel data have been collected.

    Release date: 1999-11-24
  • 95. Passenger transportation in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-403-X19970014746
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Vast distances, dependence on trade and low population density (compared to the United States and Europe) make transportation vitally important in Canada. The nation's travel and tourism patterns, both domestically and internationally, are a mirror image of Canadian business, lifestyles and quality of life.

    Release date: 1999-11-24
  • 96. Tourism in Canada and its various economic facets Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-403-X19970014748
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Tourism affects a number of industries. Hotels, travel agencies, airlines and restaurants are to varying degrees affected by tourism. Thus, tourism is not just one industry, but an amalgam of several, and the tourism phenomenon raises a number of questions because of its complexity, its various ramifications and its scope.

    Release date: 1999-11-24
  • 97. Profile of tourism in Canada's tourism regions Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-403-X19970014749
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article provides a thumbnail sketch of the top ten tourism regions in Canada based on the number of overnight visits. It will point out some of the similarities these regions share, as well as what makes them unique.

    Release date: 1999-11-24
  • 98. Tourism generating regions in Canada: factors associated with travel patterns and tourist behaviours Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-403-X19970014750
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The purpose of this study was to describe tourism patterns in terms of the regions from which toursits orginate, and to identify those demographic and behavioural factors associated with the tourists generated by those regions.

    Release date: 1999-11-24
  • 99. A glance at the future Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-403-X19970014751
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The purpose of this chapter is, first, to review some of the current long and medium term forecasts for tourism globally and within Canada. Secondly, the chapter discusses some of the Canadian tourism industries' current responses to their changing economic and social context.

    Release date: 1999-11-24
  • 100. Lessons learned from the analysis of the 1997 CTS and ITS for the merger of Southwestern Ontario and Festival County Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-403-X19970014752
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    The Province of Ontario has traditionally been divided into 12 travel regions known as OTAPs (Ontario Travel Association Partners). Core funding for these OTAPs comes form the Ministry of Economic Development.

    Release date: 1999-11-24
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  • 11. Air Passenger Origin and Destination, Domestic Journeys
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2702
    Description: The Air Passenger Origin and Destination, Domestic Journeys survey provides estimates of the number of passengers traveling on scheduled domestic commercial flights by directional origin and destination.
  • 12. Air Passenger Origin and Destination, Canada-U.S.A.
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2703
    Description: The Air Passenger Origin and Destination - Canada/United States survey provides estimates of the number of passengers traveling on scheduled commercial flights between Canada and the United States by directional origin and destination.
  • 13. Coupon Passenger Origin and Destination Report - Other Unit Toll Services
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2704
    Description: The survey covers the scheduled services operated within, into or out of Canada by medium-size and smaller-size Canadian and non-Canadian air carriers. Data on the origin and destination of passengers from the reporting carrier's system are collected.
  • 14. Survey of Canada's Tourist Attractions
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2925
    Description: The purpose of this survey is to collect new statistical information on Canada's tourist attractions.
  • 15. Survey of Adventure Travel Operations in Canada
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2944
    Description: Statistics Canada is conducting this survey on behalf of the Canadian Tourism Commission, which will use the results to produce and up-to-date and comprehensive study of the adventure travel sector in Canada.
  • 16. International Travel Survey: Electronic questionnaires and Air Exit Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3152
    Description: The primary objective of the International Travel Survey (ITS) is to provide statistics on travellers, to and from Canada, their characteristics of travel and spending levels.
  • 17. Travel Survey of Residents of Canada
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3810
    Description: The Travel Survey of Residents of Canada (TSRC) is a major source of data used to measure the size and status of Canada's tourism industry. It was developed to measure the volume, the characteristics and the economic impact of domestic travel. Since the beginning of 2005 this survey replaces the Canadian Travel Survey (CTS).
  • 18. Tourism Attitude and Motivation Study
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3822
    Description: This survey identified the reasons why trips were taken as well as what motivated the traveller in the first place.
  • 19. Travel Activities and Motivation Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4439
    Description: The survey collected, among other things, information on Canadian residents' travel patterns during the past two years, their travel intentions over the next two years, their participation in entertainment and recreational activities at home and while on an overnight trip, the reasons for travelling or not travelling in Canada, the types of accommodation used, the sources of travel planning information and their impressions of Canada.
  • 20. Frontier Counts
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5005
    Description: The Frontier Counts data provide a full range of statistics on the number of international travellers by selected category and by type of transportation as well as the number of automobiles, trucks and other vehicles entering Canada.

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