Tourism economy

Tourism businesses and locally retained economic benefit.

200 Micro Businesses

▼ 2% from 205

1–19 employees

58 Small & Medium Business

▲ 4% from 56

20–99 employees

5 Large Business

▼ 29% from 7

100+ employees

22 Communities

Published employer locations for contributing Census subdivisions.

Community	Total	Accommodation	Food Beverage	Recreation Entertainment	Transportation	Travel Services	Change
Alberni-Clayoquot A	4	2	1	0	1	0	0%
Alberni-Clayoquot B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alberni-Clayoquot C	2	1	0	1	0	0	-33%
Alberni-Clayoquot D	5	2	2	0	1	0	0%
Alberni-Clayoquot E	2	1	1	0	0	0	-33%
Alberni-Clayoquot F	4	1	0	1	2	0	0%
Comox Valley A	17	3	7	6	1	0	+6%
Comox Valley C (Puntledge - Black Creek)	13	8	0	3	2	0	-19%
Courtenay	104	8	68	19	5	4	0%
Cowichan Valley F	3	2	0	1	0	0	0%
Cowichan Valley I	1	0	1	0	0	0	0%
Cumberland	15	3	5	5	0	2	+7%
Nanaimo C	5	2	3	0	0	0	0%
Nanaimo E	13	0	3	5	3	2	-7%
Nanaimo F	14	1	5	4	4	0	-18%
Nanaimo G	13	5	2	3	3	0	0%
Nanaimo H	16	5	6	4	0	1	-11%
Port Alberni	79	11	41	14	12	1	0%
Strathcona A	3	2	1	0	0	0	0%
Strathcona D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake)	11	5	4	1	1	0	0%
Tofino	60	28	18	6	7	1	-2%
Ucluelet	40	19	13	4	2	2	-5%

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	4811	Scheduled air transportation [4811]	1	0%	75	0	1	0
Transportation	4812	Non-scheduled air transportation [4812]	6	-25%	455	4	1	1
Transportation	4831	Deep sea, coastal and Great Lakes water transportation [4831]	1	-50%	3	1	0	0
Transportation	4832	Inland water transportation [4832]	1	0%	7	1	0	0
Transportation	4852	Interurban and rural bus transportation [4852]	1	0%	7	1	0	0
Transportation	4853	Taxi and limousine service [4853]	10	0%	51	10	0	0
Transportation	4855	Charter bus industry [4855]	1	0%	7	1	0	0
Transportation	4871	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, land [4871]	1	0%	7	1	0	0
Transportation	4872	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, water [4872]	7	0%	146	5	2	0
Recreation and entertainment	5121	Motion picture and video industries [5121]	7	+17%	50	6	1	0
Transportation	5321	Automotive equipment rental and leasing [5321]	1	-50%	3	1	0	0
Travel services	5615	Travel arrangement and reservation services [5615]	7	0%	58	7	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7111	Performing arts companies [7111]	2	-33%	5	2	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7115	Independent artists, writers and performers [7115]	8	-11%	25	8	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7121	Heritage institutions [7121]	5	0%	29	5	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7132	Gambling industries [7132]	1	0%	75	0	1	0
Recreation and entertainment	7139	Other amusement and recreation industries [7139]	23	+10%	281	20	3	0
Accommodation	7211	Traveller accommodation [7211]	59	-3%	2,063	41	14	4
Accommodation	7212	Recreational vehicle (RV) parks and recreational camps [7212]	20	+11%	421	11	8	0
Food and beverage services	7224	Drinking places (alcoholic beverages) [7224]	3	0%	89	2	1	0
Food and beverage services	7225	Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places [7225]	97	-1%	1,678	71	26	0

Parks

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

1.2m National parks visitors

▲ 3% from 1.2m

Sum of reported attendance for 1 matched Parks Canada place.

1.5m BC Parks attendance 2023/24

▼ 17% from 1.9m

Latest complete fiscal-year attendance reported in person-days; unavailable values are not zero. 42% of parks reported attendance.

Parks

1 national park and 36 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

Parks Canada Source: Parks Canada, licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. https://parks.canada.ca/

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

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