Statistics Canada provides quarterly data on visits, nights, and expenditures for Canadian residents traveling domestically and abroad. The dataset includes metrics like nights per visit and expenditures per night, broken down by geography of visit, province of trip origin, and main trip purpose. Data for the territories is presented in a combined form.
Use Cases
- Modeling domestic tourism demand based on quarterly visit and expenditure data.
- Analyzing seasonal travel patterns by main trip purpose and province of origin.
- Comparing outbound travel spending across different destination countries or regions.
- Forecasting tourism sector revenue using historical nights and spending per visit metrics.
Strengths
- Data is provided quarterly, enabling time-series analysis.
- Includes derived metrics like expenditures per night and per visit.
- Covers both domestic and international travel from a Canadian perspective.
- 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
- Collection Method
- Likely collected via surveys and administrative data.
- Time Range
- Quarterly data; specific temporal coverage is not provided.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-29 12:49:09.956148; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Canada (domestic travel) and international destinations (outbound travel).