Tourism economy

Tourism businesses and locally retained economic benefit.

159 Micro Businesses

▼ 0% from 159

1–19 employees

57 Small & Medium Business

▼ 7% from 61

20–99 employees

1 Large Business

▼ 0% from 1

100+ employees

6 Communities

Published employer locations for contributing Census subdivisions.

Community	Total	Accommodation	Food Beverage	Recreation Entertainment	Transportation	Travel Services	Change
Central Saanich	38	4	22	8	3	1	-3%
East Saanich 2	5	0	2	2	1	0	0%
Highlands	3	2	0	1	0	0	0%
Juan de Fuca (Part 1)	9	3	5	1	0	0	0%
Saanich	278	11	190	48	20	9	-2%
View Royal	27	1	20	3	2	1	0%

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	4812	Non-scheduled air transportation [4812]	1	0%	3	1	0	0
Transportation	4832	Inland water transportation [4832]	1	0%	3	1	0	0
Transportation	4851	Urban transit systems [4851]	1	0%	35	0	1	0
Transportation	4853	Taxi and limousine service [4853]	7	0%	32	8	0	0
Transportation	4855	Charter bus industry [4855]	1	0%	3	1	0	0
Transportation	4871	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, land [4871]	1	0%	35	0	1	0
Transportation	4872	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, water [4872]	3	0%	32	3	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	5121	Motion picture and video industries [5121]	8	0%	127	7	2	0
Transportation	5321	Automotive equipment rental and leasing [5321]	1	0%	77	1	1	0
Travel services	5615	Travel arrangement and reservation services [5615]	7	-13%	31	7	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7111	Performing arts companies [7111]	1	0%	3	1	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7115	Independent artists, writers and performers [7115]	1	0%	3	1	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7121	Heritage institutions [7121]	1	0%	15	1	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7132	Gambling industries [7132]	5	0%	25	5	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7139	Other amusement and recreation industries [7139]	22	+10%	456	16	5	1
Accommodation	7211	Traveller accommodation [7211]	7	-13%	308	4	3	1
Accommodation	7212	Recreational vehicle (RV) parks and recreational camps [7212]	3	0%	24	3	0	0
Food and beverage services	7224	Drinking places (alcoholic beverages) [7224]	4	0%	79	2	2	0
Food and beverage services	7225	Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places [7225]	143	-3%	2,745	100	44	0

Parks

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

122.6k BC Parks attendance 2023/24

▼ 2% from 124.9k

Latest complete fiscal-year attendance reported in person-days; unavailable values are not zero. 100% of parks reported attendance.

Parks

1 provincial park.

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/

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