Tourism economy

Tourism businesses and locally retained economic benefit.

284 Micro Businesses

▲ 3% from 277

1–19 employees

87 Small & Medium Business

▼ 3% from 90

20–99 employees

16 Large Business

▲ 7% from 15

100+ employees

1 Communities

Published employer locations for contributing Census subdivisions.

Community	Total	Accommodation	Food Beverage	Recreation Entertainment	Transportation	Travel Services	Change
Vancouver	3,702	158	2,065	1,186	125	168	+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	4811	Scheduled air transportation [4811]	1	0%	0	0	0	0
Transportation	4812	Non-scheduled air transportation [4812]	1	0%	0	0	0	0
Transportation	4831	Deep sea, coastal and Great Lakes water transportation [4831]	1	0%	0	0	0	0
Transportation	4832	Inland water transportation [4832]	1	0%	0	0	0	0
Transportation	4853	Taxi and limousine service [4853]	3	0%	40	2	1	0
Transportation	4855	Charter bus industry [4855]	1	0%	0	0	0	0
Transportation	4859	Other transit and ground passenger transportation [4859]	1	0%	0	0	0	0
Transportation	4872	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, water [4872]	1	0%	0	0	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	5121	Motion picture and video industries [5121]	64	0%	1,023	57	6	2
Transportation	5321	Automotive equipment rental and leasing [5321]	3	0%	17	3	0	0
Travel services	5615	Travel arrangement and reservation services [5615]	18	0%	189	15	2	0
Recreation and entertainment	7111	Performing arts companies [7111]	10	0%	27	9	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7112	Spectator sports [7112]	1	0%	0	0	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7115	Independent artists, writers and performers [7115]	20	0%	55	20	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7121	Heritage institutions [7121]	3	0%	22	2	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7131	Amusement parks and arcades [7131]	1	0%	0	0	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7132	Gambling industries [7132]	2	+100%	3	1	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7139	Other amusement and recreation industries [7139]	23	+5%	460	17	4	1
Accommodation	7211	Traveller accommodation [7211]	15	+7%	547	6	7	1
Accommodation	7212	Recreational vehicle (RV) parks and recreational camps [7212]	1	0%	3	1	0	0
Food and beverage services	7224	Drinking places (alcoholic beverages) [7224]	6	-14%	202	3	4	0
Food and beverage services	7225	Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places [7225]	209	+1%	5,400	140	61	7

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

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