Tourism economy

Tourism businesses and locally retained economic benefit.

299 Micro Businesses

▼ 3% from 307

1–19 employees

151 Small & Medium Business

▼ 0% from 151

20–99 employees

29 Large Business

▲ 4% from 28

100+ employees

17 Communities

Published employer locations for contributing Census subdivisions.

Community	Total	Accommodation	Food Beverage	Recreation Entertainment	Transportation	Travel Services	Change
Bowen Island	24	1	11	8	3	1	-8%
Fraser Valley A	8	3	2	2	1	0	0%
Fraser Valley C	4	4	0	0	0	0	0%
Fraser Valley F	1	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Lions Bay	8	0	6	2	0	0	0%
Metro Vancouver A	30	0	24	5	0	1	0%
Pemberton	29	4	11	11	1	2	0%
Squamish	128	12	57	48	9	2	-4%
Squamish-Lillooet A	3	2	1	0	0	0	0%
Squamish-Lillooet C	7	2	2	2	1	0	0%
Squamish-Lillooet D	6	1	1	3	1	0	-14%
Sunshine Coast A	19	8	4	3	3	1	+6%
Sunshine Coast B	8	2	3	0	3	0	-20%
Sunshine Coast F	7	2	2	2	1	0	-22%
West Vancouver	169	15	85	55	8	6	+3%
Whistler	195	22	113	41	7	12	0%
qathet A	6	2	2	2	0	0	+20%

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]	5	+25%	29	5	0	0
Transportation	4831	Deep sea, coastal and Great Lakes water transportation [4831]	1	0%	15	1	0	0
Transportation	4832	Inland water transportation [4832]	3	0%	24	3	0	0
Transportation	4851	Urban transit systems [4851]	1	0%	150	0	0	1
Transportation	4853	Taxi and limousine service [4853]	2	-71%	17	2	0	0
Transportation	4854	School and employee bus transportation [4854]	1	0%	350	0	0	1
Transportation	4855	Charter bus industry [4855]	2	0%	82	1	1	0
Transportation	4871	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, land [4871]	4	+100%	374	3	0	1
Transportation	4872	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, water [4872]	3	0%	8	3	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	5121	Motion picture and video industries [5121]	43	+8%	114	42	0	0
Transportation	5321	Automotive equipment rental and leasing [5321]	3	-25%	8	3	0	0
Travel services	5615	Travel arrangement and reservation services [5615]	20	-5%	224	16	3	0
Recreation and entertainment	7111	Performing arts companies [7111]	3	0%	12	3	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7112	Spectator sports [7112]	4	-20%	10	4	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7115	Independent artists, writers and performers [7115]	14	-18%	35	14	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7121	Heritage institutions [7121]	4	0%	98	2	2	0
Recreation and entertainment	7131	Amusement parks and arcades [7131]	3	0%	387	1	1	1
Recreation and entertainment	7132	Gambling industries [7132]	1	0%	35	0	1	0
Recreation and entertainment	7139	Other amusement and recreation industries [7139]	68	-4%	3,937	38	18	11
Accommodation	7211	Traveller accommodation [7211]	42	0%	2,686	21	14	6
Accommodation	7212	Recreational vehicle (RV) parks and recreational camps [7212]	10	+25%	129	8	1	0
Food and beverage services	7224	Drinking places (alcoholic beverages) [7224]	11	0%	372	2	9	0
Food and beverage services	7225	Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places [7225]	231	+1%	7,212	123	101	7

Parks

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

6.6m BC Parks attendance 2023/24

▼ 7% from 7.1m

Latest complete fiscal-year attendance reported in person-days; unavailable values are not zero. 57% of parks reported attendance.

Parks

23 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/

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