Tourism economy

Tourism businesses and locally retained economic benefit.

466 Micro Businesses

▲ 2% from 457

1–19 employees

108 Small & Medium Business

▼ 4% from 112

20–99 employees

6 Large Business

▼ 33% from 9

100+ employees

1 Communities

Published employer locations for contributing Census subdivisions.

Community	Total	Accommodation	Food Beverage	Recreation Entertainment	Transportation	Travel Services	Change
Surrey	1,609	58	1,168	203	134	46	+1%

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	4831	Deep sea, coastal and Great Lakes water transportation [4831]	1	0%	3	1	0	0
Transportation	4851	Urban transit systems [4851]	1	0%	750	0	0	1
Transportation	4853	Taxi and limousine service [4853]	31	+19%	90	31	0	0
Transportation	4859	Other transit and ground passenger transportation [4859]	3	+200%	5	2	0	0
Transportation	4872	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, water [4872]	1		3	1	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	5121	Motion picture and video industries [5121]	17	-15%	144	14	2	0
Transportation	5321	Automotive equipment rental and leasing [5321]	9	-10%	100	7	2	0
Travel services	5615	Travel arrangement and reservation services [5615]	17	+6%	109	16	1	0
Recreation and entertainment	7111	Performing arts companies [7111]	3	+50%	12	3	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7112	Spectator sports [7112]	2	0%	15	1	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7115	Independent artists, writers and performers [7115]	8	0%	18	7	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7131	Amusement parks and arcades [7131]	1	0%	7	1	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7132	Gambling industries [7132]	7	0%	27	7	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7139	Other amusement and recreation industries [7139]	35	+6%	968	27	7	2
Accommodation	7211	Traveller accommodation [7211]	18	0%	299	13	5	0
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]	7	0%	128	3	3	0
Food and beverage services	7225	Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places [7225]	415	-1%	6,774	327	85	3

Parks

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

219.6k BC Parks attendance 2023/24

▲ 577% from 32.5k

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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