The National Travel Survey (NTS) 2022 and 2023 is now available for download and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects. Additionally, the folder structure and contents for NTS have been updated to reflect the new bundled (“all years”) approach for granting access.  

The National Travel Survey (NTS) provides statistics on the activities of Canadian residents related to domestic and international tourism. It was developed to measure the volume, the characteristics and the economic impact of tourism.

The NTS, sponsored by Statistics Canada, aims to measure the characteristics and the economic impact of the tourism activities of Canadian residents. The objectives of the survey are to provide information about the number of trips and expenditures by Canadian residents by trip origin, destination, duration, type of accommodation used, trip reason, mode of travel, etc.; to provide information on travel incidence and to provide the socio-demographic profile of travellers and non-travellers. From a macroeconomic point of view, the NTS measures the domestic and international tourism demand by Canadian residents.