Statistics Canada provides quarterly data on total spending by Canadian residents on domestic and outbound travel. The dataset includes expenditures by region, country, or province of visit, province of trip origin, main trip purpose, and expenditure category. Statistics for the territories are combined.
Use Cases
- Analyze domestic tourism flows based on province of trip origin and geography of expenditures
- Model outbound travel spending patterns based on main trip purpose and expenditure category
- Compare quarterly travel expenditure trends between commercial air transportation and other categories
- Assess regional economic impact of tourism based on spending data by geography of visit
Strengths
- Quarterly time-series data allows for trend analysis.
- Data is disaggregated by multiple dimensions including geography, trip purpose, and expenditure category.
- Published by Statistics Canada, a national statistical office.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Statistics for the territories are combined, limiting granular analysis for those regions.
Provenance
- Source
- Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
- Time Range
- Quarterly
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-29 12:49:12.852274; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Canada (domestic and international destinations)