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Table 31.3 Employment generated by tourism, 1996 to 2010
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 31.3 employment generated by tourism 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, calculated using thousands units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  thousands
Tourism activities 534.6 548.9 565.9 588.4 610.0 608.4 611.0 602.2 610.6 607.1 608.1 613.6 617.4 601.2 594.5
Total tourism industries 431.2 442.5 456.8 474.7 490.8 488.4 490.4 482.8 490.0 485.6 487.8 492.4 496.8 487.4 481.2
Transportation 76.3 78.4 80.8 83.5 85.5 82.6 77.8 75.7 73.2 66.6 68.8 71.7 70.9 70.5 68.6
Air transportation 51.4 53.1 55.0 56.7 58.2 55.5 50.6 48.8 46.8 39.6 40.7 42.6 41.0 42.3 41.6
Railway transportation 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.3 2.9 2.7
Water transportation 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.8
Bus transportation 9.0 9.2 9.4 9.6 9.8 9.9 9.8 9.8 9.6 9.4 9.9 10.4 10.7 10.3 10.2
Other transportation industries 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.6 12.7 12.5 12.7 12.7 12.3 13.0 13.4 13.6 13.9 13.1 12.3
Accommodation 150.0 151.1 154.5 157.0 159.2 158.4 160.5 155.4 161.6 163.2 160.8 161.8 158.0 150.0 151.1
Food and beverage services 115.8 121.9 126.5 135.4 143.2 143.8 144.7 144.8 145.3 145.4 147.5 147.2 152.6 152.9 151.4
Other tourism activities 89.1 91.1 95.0 98.9 102.9 103.6 107.3 107.0 110.0 110.5 110.7 111.7 115.2 113.9 110.0
Recreation and entertainment 51.7 53.6 57.1 59.0 61.1 61.9 65.5 66.0 68.2 68.1 68.7 69.3 70.3 72.0 71.0
Travel agencies 37.4 37.5 37.9 39.9 41.8 41.7 41.8 40.9 41.8 42.4 42.0 42.4 44.9 41.8 39.0
Other industries 103.4 106.5 109.1 113.7 119.1 120.0 120.7 119.4 120.5 121.5 120.3 121.2 120.6 113.9 113.3
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 387-0003.
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