Economic impact of Parks Canada, 2022 to 2023

Heritage places have a significant impact on our economy. ^{Footnote 1}

Total spending, 2022 to 2023

• Parks Canada (in billions of dollars): 1.0 ^{Footnote 2}
• Visitors (in billions of dollars): 3.3
• Total (in billions of dollars): 4.3

Economic impact

• Gross Domestic Product (in billions of dollars): 4.2
• Labour Income (in billions of dollars): 2.7
• Jobs (full-time equivalents): 37,765
• Tax Revenue (in billions of dollars): 500

Impact of visitor spending at heritage places

Visitors support communities and local businesses.

• Contributes $3.0 billion to Canada’s Gross Domestic Product
• Contributes $1.7 billion to labour income
• Supports 28,416 full time jobs across Canada
• 18,068 jobs are direct and 10,348 jobs are indirect/ induced
• Generates $438 million in taxes for all levels of government (federal, provincial/territorial, municipal)