National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures - Q1 2026

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 VisitMain Trip PurposeCountry or Region of Expenditures
TotalCanadaUnited StatesOverseas
$ '000C.V.$ '000C.V.$ '000C.V.$ '000C.V.
Total DurationTotal Main Trip Purpose30,864,345A14,524,605A5,988,095B10,351,645A
Holiday, leisure or recreation17,569,940A5,567,619B3,676,271B8,326,051A
Visit friends or relatives6,278,606B4,163,764B916,589C1,198,252B
Personal conference, convention or trade show344,226E306,169E34,734E3,323E
Shopping, non-routine1,016,746D902,121D105,329E9,296E
Other personal reasons1,703,036C1,035,354B380,089E287,593E
Business conference, convention or trade show1,618,916B1,197,310C322,375C99,231E
Other business2,332,875C1,352,268C552,708D427,899E
Same-DayTotal Main Trip Purpose5,433,251B4,935,441B421,596D76,214D
Holiday, leisure or recreation1,862,563B1,677,909B110,184D74,470E
Visit friends or relatives1,524,237B1,475,761B46,957EF 
Personal conference, convention or trade show188,495E186,938EF .. 
Shopping, non-routine888,804D784,556D104,248E.. 
Other personal reasons581,021
 
C425,686B155,204EF 
Business conference, convention or trade show127,809D126,245DF F 
Other business260,323C258,346C1,911EF 
OvernightTotal Main Trip Purpose25,431,094A9,589,165B5,566,498B10,275,431A
Holiday, leisure or recreation15,707,377A3,889,710B3,566,087B8,251,581A
Visit friends or relatives4,754,370B2,688,003B869,632C1,196,734B
Personal conference, convention or trade show155,731C119,231C33,177E3,323E
Shopping, non-routine127,941D117,565DF 9,296E
Other personal reasons1,122,015C609,669C224,885E287,462E
Business conference, convention or trade show1,491,107B1,071,065C320,840 C99,201E
Other business2,072,552C1,093,922D550,796D427,834E

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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