Cruise ship tourism in Canada, 2025

Release date: April 16, 2026
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Canada’s cruise industry remained on an even keel in 2025, after recovering from pandemic lows in 2023 and surging in 2024.

Canada’s cruise industry remained on an even keel in 2025, after recovering from pandemic lows in 2023 and surging in 2024 Table summary
This table displays the results of Canada’s cruise industry remained on an even keel in 2025, after recovering from pandemic lows in 2023 and surging in 2024 , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
  Change from 2019 (%) Number of passengers
2019 - 1,452,447
2020 -100.0% 715
2021 -99.9% 1,337
2022 -15.8% 1,223,083
2023 +25.7% 1,826,076
2024 +33.4% 1,938,095
2025 +31.4% 1,908,293
August saw the most passengers sail through Table summary
This table displays the results of August saw the most passengers sail through , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
  Number of passengers
January 105
February 101
March 2,163
April 37,406
May 271,258
June 327,946
July 339,151
August 407,870
September 373,505
October 146,100
November 2,571
December 117
Top Canadian ports where passengers arrived in 2025 Table summary
This table displays the results of Top Canadian ports where passengers arrived in 2025 , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
  Number of passengers
1. Victoria, B.C. 959,114
2. Vancouver, B.C. 533,311
3. Halifax/Dartmouth, N.S. 149,926
4. Saint John, N.B. 135,261

Cruise ships warming to Arctic ports

Ports such as Inuvik/Tuktoyaktuk, Pond Inlet and Iqaluit welcomed 5,591 passengers in 2025, up 27.0% from 2019.

4 in 5 passengers were from the United States Table summary
This table displays the results of 4 in 5 passengers were from the United States , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
  Percentage Number of passengers
United States residents 80.0% 1,525,661
Overseas residents 11.9% 227,804
Canadian residents 8.1% 154,828

Note: Through the Frontier Counts data program, cruise data are collected at travellers’ first port of call in Canada.

Source: Statistics Canada, table 24-10-0053-01 – International travellers entering or returning to Canada, by type of transportation and traveller type.

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