Tourism - Canadian Travel Survey

The Canadian Travel Survey (CTS) is conducted by Statistics Canada on behalf of the Canadian Tourism Commission and the ten provincial governments. The CTS, is conducted as a supplement to Statistics Canada's monthly Labour Force Survey.

Summary

Topics included in these records are:

Socio-demographic information about travelers

• sex;
• marital status;
• age;
• education;
• class of worker;
• industry;
• occupation;
• household size.

Information about trips

• number of trips;
• origin;
• destination;
• distance;
• duration;
• mode of transportation;
• purpose;
• accommodation;
• activities;
• travel expenditures.

Costs

There are a number of products and services available from the Canadian Travel Survey, such as: travel profiles, micro-data files, customized tabulations, CANSIM II and a Web site. Except for the Web site, fees are structured on a cost-recovery basis.

Additional Information

In order to get free data on tourism you may visit the Culture, leisure and travel Web page on the Statistics Canada Web site.

Detailed information such as: data source, methodology, data accuracy, topics and documentation is available on the Canadian Travel Survey Web page of the Statistics Canada Web site.

Any data request should be directed to:

Client services
Culture, Tourism and Centre of Education Statistics
Statistics Canada
Toll-free: 1-800-307-3382
Fax: 613-951-2909
E-mail: cult@tourstat@statcan.ca

New Brunswick Contact(s):
SERVING ATLANTIC CANADA
Advisory Services
Statistics Canada
1888 Brunswick Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia  B3J 2G7
Fax: 902-426-9538
Toll-free (information): 1-800-263-1136
Toll-free (publications): 1-800-267-6677
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-363-7629
E-mail: infostats@statcan.ca
Web site: http://www.statcan.ca/start.html

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National Contact(s):
Statistical Reference Centre
Statistics Canada
Room 1500
Main Building
Holland Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0T6
Fax: 1-877-287-4369
Toll-free (information): 1-800-263-1136
Toll-free (publications): 1-800-267-6677
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-363-7629
E-mail: infostats@statcan.ca
Web site: http://www.statcan.ca/start.html