Table 4
Government revenue attributable to tourism, by level of government

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  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Government revenue attributable to tourism1 ($ millions) 14,882 14,896 16,048 15,825 15,825 16,924 18,241 18,846 19,653
year over year change (%) .. 0.1 7.7 -1.4 6.9 7.8 3.3 4.3
per $100 of tourism spending ($) 27.69 27.51 28.37 28.87 28.86 29.14 28.23 27.75
by residents ($) 26.32 26.41 27.43 28.13 28.12 28.35 27.24 26.61
by non-residents ($) 30.45 29.74 30.37 30.73 30.59 31.25 31.25 31.58
Revenue attributable to tourism, federal ($ millions) 7,107 6,958 7,660 7,596 8,088 8,774 8,983 9,350
year over year change (%) .. -2.1 10.1 -0.8 6.5 8.5 2.4 4.1
as a share of total government revenue attributable to
tourism (%)
47.8 46.7 47.7 48 47.8 48.1 47.7 47.6
share attributable to tourism exports (%) 33.3 32.7 31.6 28 29.1 26.5 25.1 24.2
per $100 of tourism spending 13.22 12.85 13.54 13.86 13.79 14.02 13.46 13.2
by residents ($) 13.2 12.93 13.64 13.93 13.94 14.14 13.39 12.98
by non-residents ($) 13.27 12.7 13.34 13.67 13.45 13.67 13.67 13.96
Revenue attributable to tourism, provincial/territorial
($ millions
6,949 7,038 7,458 7,287 7,847 8,416 8,761 9,145
year over year change (%) .. 1.3 6 -2.3 7.7 7.3 4.1 4.4
as a share of total government revenue attributable to
tourism (%)
46.7 47.2 46.5 46 46.4 46.1 46.5 46.5
share attributable to tourism exports (%) 38.8 37.9 36.3 31.9 33.6 31.2 29.1 27.4
per $100 of tourism spending ($) 12.93 13 13.19 13.29 13.38 13.44 13.12 12.91
by residents ($) 11.84 12.05 12.36 12.65 12.68 12.7 12.37 12.15
by non-residents ($) 15.12 14.91 14.94 14.91 15.03 15.44 15.43 15.46
Revenue attributable to tourism, municipal ($ millions) 827 901 930 943 989 1,051 1,102 1,158
year over year change (%) .. 8.9 3.2 1.4 4.9 6.3 4.8 5.1
as a share of total government revenue attributable to
tourism (%)
5.6 6 5.8 6 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.9
share attributable to tourism exports (%) 44.1 42.3 40.6 35.5 37.5 34.6 32.2 30.3
per $100 of tourism spending ($) 1.54 1.66 1.64 1.72 1.69 1.68 1.65 1.63
by residents ($) 1.29 1.43 1.44 1.55 1.5 1.51 1.49 1.48
by non-residents ($) 2.05 2.13 2.08 2.15 2.12 2.13 2.15 2.16