National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures - Q1 2025

National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures, including expenditures at origin and those for air commercial transportation in Canada, in Thousands of Dollars (x 1,000)
Table summary
This table displays the results of C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures. The information is grouped by Duration of trip (appearing as row headers), Main Trip Purpose, Country or Region of Expenditures (Total, Canada, United States, Overseas) calculated using Visit-Expenditures in Thousands of Dollars (x 1,000) and c.v. as units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Duration of Visit Main Trip Purpose Country or Region of Expenditures
Total Canada United States Overseas
$ '000 C.V. $ '000 C.V. $ '000 C.V. $ '000 C.V.
Total Duration Total Main Trip Purpose 29,198,701 A 13,819,361 B 6,625,453 B 8,753,887 B
Holiday, leisure or recreation 17,091,245 B 5,158,971 B 4,774,559 C 7,157,715 B
Visit friends or relatives 5,466,946 A 3,899,799 B 537,840 B 1,029,307 B
Personal conference, convention or trade show 727,330 C 461,004 C 249,058 E 17,267 E
Shopping, non-routine 802,764 B 705,279 B 90,894 D

6,590

 E
Other personal reasons 1,229,301 E 962,442 E 80,093 E 186,767 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 1,507,745 B 864,117 B 469,285 C 174,344 E
Other business 2,373,370 C 1,767,749 D 423,724 E 181,897 E
Same-Day Total Main Trip Purpose 5,500,484 B 5,072,827 C 395,279 D 32,378 D
Holiday, leisure or recreation 2,013,933 B 1,721,668 B 261,266 D 31,000 D
Visit friends or relatives 1,325,242 B 1,298,242 B 26,841 D F  
Personal conference, convention or trade show 179,173 D 177,435 D F   ..  
Shopping, non-routine 693,696 B 622,720 B 70,976 E ..  
Other personal reasons 484,011 E 455,358 E 27,434 E F  
Business conference, convention or trade show 143,198 D 138,931 D 4,268 E F  
Other business 661,231 E 658,474 E 2,757 E F  
Overnight Total Main Trip Purpose 23,698,217 A 8,746,534 A 6,230,174 B 8,721,509 B
Holiday, leisure or recreation 15,077,312 B 3,437,303 B 4,513,293 C 7,126,715 B
Visit friends or relatives 4,141,704 B 2,601,557 B 511,000 B 1,029,147 B
Personal conference, convention or trade show 548,157 D 283,570 C 247,320 E 17,267 E
Shopping, non-routine 109,068 D 82,559 D 19,919 E 6,590 E
Other personal reasons 745,290 E 507,084 C 52,659 D 185,548 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 1,364,547 B 725,186 C 465,017 C 174,344 E
Other business 1,712,139 C 1,109,275 C 420,966 E 181,897 E
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Estimates contained in this table have been assigned a letter to indicate their coefficient of variation (c.v.) (expressed as a percentage). The letter grades represent the following coefficients of variation:

A
c.v. between or equal to 0.00% and 5.00% and means Excellent.
B
c.v. between or equal to 5.01% and 15.00% and means Very good.
C
c.v. between or equal to 15.01% and 25.00% and means Good.
D
c.v. between or equal to 25.01% and 35.00% and means Acceptable.
E
c.v. greater than 35.00% and means Use with caution.
F
too unreliable to be published
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