Statistics Canada provides quarterly data on total spending by Canadian resident travellers on domestic and outbound visits. The dataset includes expenditures by region, country, or province visited, province of trip origin, visit duration, and spending category. Statistics for the territories are combined.
Use Cases
- Model regional tourism economic impact based on expenditure data by geography.
- Analyze domestic travel patterns based on province of trip origin and destination.
- Forecast travel spending trends based on quarterly time-series data.
- Compare spending categories (e.g., transportation, lodging) across different trip durations.
Strengths
- Data is provided quarterly, offering temporal granularity.
- Covers both domestic and outbound travel expenditures.
- Breakdowns are available by geography, origin province, 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, reducing granularity for those regions.
Provenance
- Source
- Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-29 12:49:11.913027.
- Geography
- Canada and international destinations visited by Canadian residents.