Tourism activity, 2023

Release date: September 27, 2024
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Description: Tourism activity, 2023

Canadians made 36.2 million visits abroad in 2023

Top 5 countries visited by Canadian residents, by number of visits

Table 1 Table summary
This table displays the results of . The information is grouped by United States (appearing as row headers), , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
United States 25,693,000
Mexico 1,634,000
France 723,000
Dominican Republic 708,000
United Kingdom 580,000

Non-Canadian visitors took 27.2 million trips to Canada in 2023

Top 5 countries of residence of visitors from abroad, by number of trips

Table 2 Table summary
This table displays the results of . The information is grouped by United States (appearing as row headers), , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
United States 21,204,000
United Kingdom 787,000
France 618,000
Mexico 596,000
India 415,000

Ontario was the most visited province in 2023

Table 3 Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 3 , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
  Canadian visitors Non-Canadian visitors
Ontario 40.4% 40.2%
Quebec 20.0% 15.4%
British Columbia 12.5% 26.4%

In 2023, Canadians spent $73.5 billion on domestic tourism

While travelling in Canada, Canadian visitors spent the most on food and beverages, while non-Canadian visitors spent the most on accommodations

Table 4 Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 4 , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
  Canadian visitors Non-Canadian visitors
Food and beverages 30.8% 26.3%
Accommodations 25.4% 36.4%
Local transportation 20.7% 13.1%
Recreation and entertainment 11.4% 11.4%
Clothing and gifts 4.8% 10.4%
Others 6.9% 2.5%

More than 3 in 4 visitors to Canada were U.S. residents. While they represented the majority of visitors, they only spent slightly more in Canada than overseas visitors.

Table 5 Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 5 , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
  Tourism spending Percentage of trips
U.S. residents $12.9 billion 77.9%
Overseas residents $12.6 billion 22.1%

Sources: Statistics Canada, Frontier Counts, 2023, National Travel Survey, 2023, Visitor Travel Survey, 2023.

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