Tourism economy

Tourism businesses and locally retained economic benefit.

92 Micro Businesses

▼ 0% from 92

1–19 employees

32 Small & Medium Business

▲ 3% from 31

20–99 employees

2 Large Business

▼ 0% from 2

100+ employees

7 Communities

Published employer locations for contributing Census subdivisions.

Community	Total	Accommodation	Food Beverage	Recreation Entertainment	Transportation	Travel Services	Change
Chilliwack	242	12	160	52	12	6	+5%
Fraser Valley D	7	2	4	1	0	0	0%
Fraser Valley E	1	0	0	0	1	0	0%
Fraser Valley H	7	1	1	4	1	0	-13%
Skowkale	0	0	0	0	0	0
Soowahlie 14	0	0	0	0	0	0	-100%
Tzeachten 13	7	0	5	2	0	0	-13%

1 Detailed Business Breakdown

Tourism NAICS categories that have employer locations. Estimated employees use the same size-range midpoints as the cards above: Micro Businesses (1–19), Small & Medium Business (20–99), and Large Business (100+). Categories with no locations are omitted.

Group	Naics	Name	Count	Change	Estimated Employees	Micro Businesses	Small Medium Business	Large Business
Transportation	4853	Taxi and limousine service [4853]	2	0%	5	2	0	0
Transportation	4872	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, water [4872]	2	0%	49	1	1	0
Recreation and entertainment	5121	Motion picture and video industries [5121]	7	+17%	27	6	0	0
Transportation	5321	Automotive equipment rental and leasing [5321]	1	0%	7	1	0	0
Travel services	5615	Travel arrangement and reservation services [5615]	3	0%	5	2	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7115	Independent artists, writers and performers [7115]	2	0%	5	2	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7121	Heritage institutions [7121]	1	0%	0	0	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7131	Amusement parks and arcades [7131]	2	0%	424	0	1	1
Recreation and entertainment	7132	Gambling industries [7132]	2	0%	3	1	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7139	Other amusement and recreation industries [7139]	16	0%	316	11	4	0
Accommodation	7211	Traveller accommodation [7211]	3	0%	37	1	1	0
Accommodation	7212	Recreational vehicle (RV) parks and recreational camps [7212]	5	0%	87	3	1	0
Food and beverage services	7224	Drinking places (alcoholic beverages) [7224]	2	0%	75	0	1	0
Food and beverage services	7225	Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places [7225]	77	+1%	1,387	54	22	0

Parks

National park visits, BC Parks attendance, and how many parks are in this region.

1.6m BC Parks attendance 2023/24

▲ 15% from 1.4m

Latest complete fiscal-year attendance reported in person-days; unavailable values are not zero. 75% of parks reported attendance.

Parks

4 provincial parks.

Sources and attribution

Statistics Canada Adapted from Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3310109701

BC Parks Source: BC Parks, Province of British Columbia, licensed under the Open Government Licence - BC. https://bcparks.ca/

Chilliwack-Cultus Lake