Economic impact of Parks Canada, 2023 to 2024

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

Total spending, 2023 to 2024

• Parks Canada (in billions of dollars): 1.3 ^{Footnote 2}
• Visitors (in billions of dollars): 4.5
• Total (in billions of dollars): 5.8

Economic impact of total spending

• Gross Domestic Product (in billions of dollars): 5.6
• Labour Income (in billions of dollars): 3.5
• Jobs (full-time equivalents): 51,832
• Tax Revenue (in billions of dollars): 664

Impact of visitor spending at heritage places

Visitors support communities and local businesses.

• Contributes $4.0 billion to Canada’s Gross Domestic Product
• Contributes $2.4 billion to labour income
• Supports 40,264 full time jobs across Canada
• 26,181 jobs are direct and 14,083 jobs are indirect/ induced
• Generates $584 million in taxes for all levels of government (federal, provincial/territorial, municipal)