Nunavut Cruise Exit Survey (NCES)

Getting started

Why do we conduct this survey?

Statistics Canada is conducting this survey on travel and tourism in Nunavut on behalf of the Government of Nunavut.

Information from this survey will be used by the Government of Nunavut and other Canadian tourism stakeholders to better understand and serve travellers visiting Nunavut.

Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Although voluntary, your participation is important so that the information collected is as accurate and complete as possible.

This questionnaire is to be completed only by adults 18 years of age or older.

Other important information

Authorization and confidentiality

Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19. Your information will be kept strictly confidential.

Record linkages

To enhance the data from this survey and to reduce the response burden, Statistics Canada may combine the information you provide with other survey or administrative data sources.

Contact us if you have any questions or concerns about record linkage:

Email: infostats@statcan.gc.ca

Telephone: 1-877-949-9492

Mail:
Chief Statistician of Canada
Statistics Canada
Attention of Director, Centre for Special Business Projects
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6

Basic travel information

1. Are you 18 years of age or older?

  • Yes
  • No

2. Are you travelling as a member of a crew, or a military, or diplomatic corps?

Crew includes any paid or unpaid staff of the cruise line.

  • Yes
  • No

3. Report the name of the cruise line and ship for your voyage.

  • Name of cruise line
  • Name of ship

4. Where do you live?

Report your usual place of residence. If you have multiple residences, report the one in which you spend the most amount of time.

  • Usual place of residence
    • Within Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Northwest Territories
      • Nova Scotia
      • Nunavut
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Quebec
      • Saskatchewan
      • Yukon Territory
    • Outside Canada
      • United States of America
      • Afghanistan
      • Åland Islands
      • Albania
      • Algeria
      • American Samoa
      • Andorra
      • Angola
      • Anguilla
      • Antarctica
      • Antigua and Barbuda
      • Argentina
      • Armenia
      • Aruba
      • Australia
      • Austria
      • Azerbaijan
      • Bahamas
      • Bahrain
      • Bangladesh
      • Barbados
      • Belarus
      • Belgium
      • Belize
      • Benin
      • Bermuda
      • Bhutan
      • Bolivia
      • Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
      • Bosnia and Herzegovina
      • Botswana
      • Bouvet Island
      • Brazil
      • British Indian Ocean Territory
      • British Virgin Islands
      • Brunei Darussalam
      • Bulgaria
      • Burkina Faso
      • Burundi
      • Cabo Verde
      • Cambodia
      • Cameroon
      • Cayman Islands
      • Central African Republic
      • Chad
      • Chile
      • China
      • Christmas Island
      • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
      • Colombia
      • Comoros
      • Cook Islands
      • Costa Rica
      • Côte d'Ivoire
      • Croatia
      • Cuba
      • Curaçao
      • Cyprus
      • Czechia
      • Democratic Republic of the Congo
      • Denmark
      • Djibouti
      • Dominica
      • Dominican Republic
      • Ecuador
      • Egypt
      • El Salvador
      • Equatorial Guinea
      • Eritrea
      • Estonia
      • Eswatini
      • Ethiopia
      • Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
      • Faroe Islands
      • Federated States of Micronesia
      • Fiji
      • Finland
      • France
      • French Guiana
      • French Polynesia
      • French Southern Territories
      • Gabon
      • Gambia
      • Georgia
      • Germany
      • Ghana
      • Gibraltar
      • Greece
      • Greenland
      • Grenada
      • Guadeloupe
      • Guam
      • Guatemala
      • Guernsey
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Guyana
      • Haiti
      • Heard Island and McDonald Islands
      • Holy See (Vatican City State)
      • Honduras
      • Hong Kong
      • Hungary
      • Iceland
      • India
      • Indonesia
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Ireland
      • Isle of Man
      • Israel
      • Italy
      • Jamaica
      • Japan
      • Jersey
      • Jordan
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kenya
      • Kiribati
      • Kosovo
      • Kuwait
      • Kyrgyzstan
      • Laos
      • Latvia
      • Lebanon
      • Lesotho
      • Liberia
      • Libya
      • Liechtenstein
      • Lithuania
      • Luxembourg
      • Macao
      • Madagascar
      • Malawi
      • Malaysia
      • Maldives
      • Mali
      • Malta
      • Marshall Islands
      • Martinique
      • Mauritania
      • Mauritius
      • Mayotte
      • Mexico
      • Moldova
      • Monaco
      • Mongolia
      • Montenegro
      • Montserrat
      • Morocco
      • Mozambique
      • Myanmar
      • Namibia
      • Nauru
      • Nepal
      • Netherlands
      • New Caledonia
      • New Zealand
      • Nicaragua
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Niue
      • Norfolk Island
      • North Korea
      • North Macedonia
      • Northern Mariana Islands
      • Norway
      • Oman
      • Pakistan
      • Palau
      • Panama
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Paraguay
      • Peru
      • Philippines
      • Pitcairn
      • Poland
      • Portugal
      • Puerto Rico
      • Qatar
      • Republic of South Africa
      • Republic of the Congo
      • Réunion
      • Romania
      • Russian Federation
      • Rwanda
      • Saint Barthélemy
      • Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
      • Saint Kitts and Nevis
      • Saint Lucia
      • Saint Martin (French part)
      • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
      • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
      • Samoa
      • San Marino
      • Sao Tome and Principe
      • Sark
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Senegal
      • Serbia
      • Seychelles
      • Sierra Leone
      • Singapore
      • Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
      • Slovakia
      • Slovenia
      • Solomon Islands
      • Somalia
      • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
      • South Korea
      • South Sudan
      • Spain
      • Sri Lanka
      • Sudan
      • Suriname
      • Svalbard and Jan Mayen
      • Sweden
      • Switzerland
      • Syria
      • Taiwan
      • Tajikistan
      • Tanzania
      • Thailand
      • Timor-Leste
      • Togo
      • Tokelau
      • Tonga
      • Trinidad and Tobago
      • Tunisia
      • Türkiye
      • Turkmenistan
      • Turks and Caicos Islands
      • Tuvalu
      • Uganda
      • Ukraine
      • United Arab Emirates
      • United Kingdom
      • United States Minor Outlying Islands
      • United States Virgin Islands
      • Uruguay
      • Uzbekistan
      • Vanuatu
      • Venezuela
      • Viet Nam
      • Wallis and Futuna
      • West Bank and Gaza
      • Western Sahara
      • Yemen
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe

5. Including yourself, for how many people who travelled together can you report spending on this trip?

  • Number of people
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5
    • 6
    • 7
    • 8
    • 9
    • 10 or more

For this survey, these people are considered to be your travelling party. Please report for these people throughout the questionnaire.

6. For each member of your travelling party, starting with yourself, indicate their age and gender.

If the person is less than one year old, report their age as zero.

Person 1 (yourself)

  • Age
    • 0 to 17 years old
    • 18 to 24 years old
    • 25 to 34 years old
    • 35 to 44 years old
    • 45 to 54 years old
    • 55 to 64 years old
    • 65 to 74 years old
    • 75 years old and older
  • Gender
    • Male
    • Female
    • Or please specify
      • Specify your gender

Person 2

  • Age
    • 0 to 17 years old
    • 18 to 24 years old
    • 25 to 34 years old
    • 35 to 44 years old
    • 45 to 54 years old
    • 55 to 64 years old
    • 65 to 74 years old
    • 75 years old and older
  • Gender
    • Male
    • Female
    • Or please specify
      • Specify your gender

Person 3

  • Age
    • 0 to 17 years old
    • 18 to 24 years old
    • 25 to 34 years old
    • 35 to 44 years old
    • 45 to 54 years old
    • 55 to 64 years old
    • 65 to 74 years old
    • 75 years old and older
  • Gender
    • Male
    • Female
    • Or please specify
      • Specify your gender

Person 4

  • Age
    • 0 to 17 years old
    • 18 to 24 years old
    • 25 to 34 years old
    • 35 to 44 years old
    • 45 to 54 years old
    • 55 to 64 years old
    • 65 to 74 years old
    • 75 years old and older
  • Gender
    • Male
    • Female
    • Or please specify
      • Specify your gender

Person 5

  • Age
    • 0 to 17 years old
    • 18 to 24 years old
    • 25 to 34 years old
    • 35 to 44 years old
    • 45 to 54 years old
    • 55 to 64 years old
    • 65 to 74 years old
    • 75 years old and older
  • Gender
    • Male
    • Female
    • Or please specify
      • Specify your gender

Person 6

  • Age
    • 0 to 17 years old
    • 18 to 24 years old
    • 25 to 34 years old
    • 35 to 44 years old
    • 45 to 54 years old
    • 55 to 64 years old
    • 65 to 74 years old
    • 75 years old and older
  • Gender
    • Male
    • Female
    • Or please specify
      • Specify your gender

Person 7

  • Age
    • 0 to 17 years old
    • 18 to 24 years old
    • 25 to 34 years old
    • 35 to 44 years old
    • 45 to 54 years old
    • 55 to 64 years old
    • 65 to 74 years old
    • 75 years old and older
  • Gender
    • Male
    • Female
    • Or please specify
      • Specify your gender

Person 8

  • Age
    • 0 to 17 years old
    • 18 to 24 years old
    • 25 to 34 years old
    • 35 to 44 years old
    • 45 to 54 years old
    • 55 to 64 years old
    • 65 to 74 years old
    • 75 years old and older
  • Gender
    • Male
    • Female
    • Or please specify
      • Specify your gender

Person 9

  • Age
    • 0 to 17 years old
    • 18 to 24 years old
    • 25 to 34 years old
    • 35 to 44 years old
    • 45 to 54 years old
    • 55 to 64 years old
    • 65 to 74 years old
    • 75 years old and older
  • Gender
    • Male
    • Female
    • Or please specify
      • Specify your gender

Person 10

  • Age
    • 0 to 17 years old
    • 18 to 24 years old
    • 25 to 34 years old
    • 35 to 44 years old
    • 45 to 54 years old
    • 55 to 64 years old
    • 65 to 74 years old
    • 75 years old and older
  • Gender
    • Male
    • Female
    • Or please specify
      • Specify your gender

Package or inclusive trips

7. Was a travel package included as any part of this trip?

A travel package covers at least part of your trip and includes any combination of at least two services for which individual costs are not identified separately.

For example:

  • Cruise that includes transportation, accommodations and meals as one price
  • All-inclusive vacations
  • Airfare and accommodation
  • Accommodation, meals, and entertainment
  • Yes
  • No

8. Which of the following items were included in the single price you paid?

Select all that apply.

  • Commercial transport to and from Canada (by plane, bus, train, boat)
  • Transportation while in Canada
  • Transportation (by plane, bus, train, boat) between and within foreign countries visited (other than Canada)
  • Accommodation
  • Recreation and entertainment
  • Food and/or beverages
    Include alcoholic beverages.
  • Other
    Include tips and internet access.
    • Specify all other items

9. How many nights were covered by the package portion of your trip?

Number of nights

10. How much did the package cost for your travelling party?

Use an estimate if necessary.

Total package cost

11. What is the currency used to report package spending?

  • Currency
    • Canadian dollar (CAD)
    • Other currency
      • Other currency
        • U.S. dollar (USD)
        • Euro (EUR)
        • British pound (GBP)
        • Australian dollar (AUD)
        • Swiss franc (CHF)
        • Danish krone (DKK)
        • Other currency
          • Specify other currency

Total spending in Nunavut

12. Please report total spending in Nunavut for your travelling party for this trip in each of the following categories.

Exclude the package cost reported in question 10.

Use estimates if necessary.

Include any planned spending in Nunavut for the remainder of your trip.

Exclude commercial transportation costs to enter and leave Nunavut.

  1. Inuit-made art (carvings, prints, clothing, etc.)
    • Amount
  2. Clothing, gifts, and souvenirs
    Exclude Inuit-made art.
    • Amount
  3. Accommodation
    • Amount
  4. Local transportation
    Include gasoline, rented car, ride share, bus, and taxi.
    • Amount
  5. Commercial transportation while in Nunavut
    Include planes and boats between Nunavut communities.
    • Amount
  6. Food and/or beverages
    Include alcoholic beverages.
    • Amount
  7. Recreation and entertainment
    • Amount
  8. Other spending
    Include tips.
    • Specify other spending
      • Amount
  9. Total spending
    • Amount

13. What is the currency used to report total spending in Nunavut?

  • Currency
    • Canadian dollar (CAD)
    • Other currency
      • Other currency
        • U.S. dollar (USD)
        • Euro (EUR)
        • British pound (GBP)
        • Australian dollar (AUD)
        • Swiss franc (CHF)
        • Danish krone (DKK)
        • Other currency
          • Specify other currency

Activities while in Nunavut

14. While on this trip in Nunavut, in which activities did you or anyone in your travelling party participate?

Include activities offered by the cruise line and those from local companies, as well as self-directed activities.

Select all that apply.

  • Visiting a cultural centre, museum, or art gallery
  • Visiting a historic or archeological site
  • Attending an Inuit or Indigenous event (performance, throat singing, etc.)
  • Shopping
  • Going to a restaurant
  • Sightseeing
  • Visiting a territorial or national park
  • Going bird watching or wildlife viewing
  • Outdoor activities (ATV, hiking, boating, fishing, etc.)
  • Other
    • Specify other activities

Household income

15. What is the best estimate of your total household income in 2025?

Report for all sources (such as from work, investments, pensions, or government programs) for all members of your household, before taxes and deductions.

Total household income

16. What is the currency used to report household income?

  • Currency
    • Canadian dollar (CAD)
    • Other currency
      • Other currency
        • U.S. dollar (USD)
        • Euro (EUR)
        • British pound (GBP)
        • Australian dollar (AUD)
        • Swiss franc (CHF)
        • Danish krone (DKK)
        • Other currency
          • Specify other currency