Canada

The International Passenger Survey (IPS) was suspended on 16 March 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic until the start of 2021. The ONS have made every effort to produce high-quality estimates for the periods when IPS data is not being collected but have not been able to produce a full set of results. See the 2020 inbound page for more information.
The 2021 data is ‘incomplete’ as Eurotunnel data was unavailable for the entire year. In addition, interviewing at Dover restarted from Q3 2021 and pseudo records for the Irish land border were also removed in 2021. More info can be found on the 2021 inbound page.
For 2022, Eurotunnel data was also unavailable for the first half of the year. Interviewing at Eurostar was not affected by Covid-19 restrictions in 2021 or the first half of 2022. The ONS restarted IPS interviews at all ports from July 2022. The latest data can be found on the monthly and quarterly pages.
Due to the above, the latest full year IPS data below is from 2019.
Visitor characteristics
- Canadian visitors tend to be older than the average visitor to the UK: 31% of Canadian visitors were aged 55+ in 2018, compared to the all market average of 20%
- Almost half of the Canadian visitors come from Ontario
- 6 out of 10 Canadian holiday visitors are making a repeat visit
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The Canada visitor market compromises of 42% holiday visits and 40% visits to friends and/or relatives
Popular activities
Global context
Measure | 2019 |
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International tourism expenditure (US$bn) | 35.8 |
Global rank for international tourism expenditure | 8 |
Number of outbound visits (m) | 38.8 |
Most visited destination | USA |
Most visited destination in Western Europe | France |
Key demographic and economic data
Measure | 2021 |
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Population (m) | 38.2 |
GDP per capita PPP (US$) | 45,061 |
Annual average GDP growth over past decade (%) | 1.6 |
Annual GDP growth (%) | 5.0 |