Tourism in Canada

The Canada received 20 million tourists in 2005.

Economic aspects

Tourism is the 16 ème industrial sector in importance in Canada. This one made function some 160.000 companies and it employs nearly 600.000 people.

Country from which the tourists in Canada come

The United States is the only country bordering on Canada. As it is about a populated and rich country, it is normal that in fact the country provides the largest number of visitors to Canada.

The other countries including one great number of citizens visit Canada are, in the order:

1. the United States
2. the United Kingdom
3. Japan
4. France
5. Germany
6. Australia
7. Mexico
9. HongKong
10. Netherlands

American states from which the tourists in Canada come

1. New York

2. Michigan
3. Washington
4. California
5. Ohio
6. Pennsylvania
7. Massachusetts
8. Minnesota
9. Illinois
10. New Jersey

Principal points of interest

• main cities:

• Toronto
• Montreal
• Vancouver
• Niagara Falls/Holy Catharines
• Quebec
• Victoria
• Ottawa/Gatineau
• Calgary
• Edmonton
• Halifax
• Winnipeg
• Regina

• the Islands of the Madeleine

• the Falls the Niagara

• the National parks of Canada

• natural sites (River S, Mountain S)

• the Museum S

• the Rocky Mountains Canadian

Provinces and Territories

Provinces of is in west and their capitals

• St-Pierre-and-Miquelon (France)
• Ground-New-and-Labrador: St.John' S
• the Island-of-Prince-Edouard: Charlottetown
• the Nova Scotia: Halifax
• the New Brunswick: Fredericton
• the Quebec: Quebec
• the Ontario: Toronto
• the Manitoba: Winnipeg
• the Saskatchewan: Regina
• the Alberta: Edmonton
• the Colombia-British: Victoria

Territories of is in west and their capitals

• the Nunavut: Iqaluit
• the Territory-of-North-West: Yellowknife
• the Yukon: Whitehorse

Note

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