Canada has nearly 8.8 million square kilometres of land area, along with an estimated 1.3 million square kilometres of freshwater area and 247 000 kilometres of coastline. In other words, there’s a lot to see when deciding where to go on vacation! Let’s take a trip through some more numbers.
In 2024, tourism activities generated $104.4 billion in revenues (inflation-adjusted), distributed over a wide range of services provided in communities of all sizes across Canada. This was up 3.5% from 2023, in which recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continued.
Statistics Canada's look at the week.
Every two years, the Survey of Household Spending releases detailed data on the average household expenditures on a wide range of items and categories of products. The latest data are from 2023, when the average expenditure per household on food from stores was $8,659, up 7.4% from 2021.
The streets of Toronto will be pulsating with the rhythmic sounds of Caribbean music in the days ahead. To kick off the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, let’s take a look through a musical and trade lens at the 774,510 Canadians who reported being of Caribbean ethnicity in the 2021 Census of Population, with a focus on the six largest Caribbean communities in Canada today.
Statistics Canada's look at the week.
In the second quarter of 2025, close to two in five (38.8%) businesses in the food services and drinking places subsector (which also includes food service contractors, caterers, and food trucks) expected to raise prices over the next three months.
In 2024, Statistics Canada surveyed First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit on a number of topics, through the new Survey Series on First Nations People, Métis and Inuit.
Statistics Canada's look at the week.
