Statistics Canada (Statistique Canada, StatCan) is the Canadian government charged with producing statistics for all Canadian provinces as well as the federal government.

In July 2016, the Tourism Statistics Program of StatCan has published the first edition of Talking Tourism, which they describe as follows:

"This newsletter has been developed by Statistics Canada’s Tourism Statistics Program to highlight travel and tourism data developments, share news of program enhancements in the works and stay connected with data users.

"This inaugural issue looks at recent and upcoming program developments and answers some common user questions about locating, accessing and purchasing tourism data."

"What you'll find inside:

-About the Tourism Statistics Program
-What’s new?
-What’s coming?
-How to access tourism data
-When are data released?
-Did you know?
-Some important concepts
-Key links
-We want to hear from you!"

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Notable content:

• Starting in May 2016, data on the leading indicator of cross-border travel is available, collected through CBSA’s Integrated Primary Inspection Line (IPIL) at the Canadian land borders.
• Statistics Canada is developing a new National Travel Survey. In February and March 2016, over 50,000 Canadian residents were invited to complete an online travel questionnaire as a pilot test of the new survey... In 2018, the National Travel Survey will replace the Travel Survey of Residents of Canada on domestic travel and the International Travel Survey for Canadian residents returning to Canada.
• Tourism data may be obtained from Statistics Canada in a variety of formats, including CANSIM tables, standard tables, public use microdata files and cost-recovery requests.
• Tourism data may be obtained from Statistics Canada in a variety of formats, including CANSIM tables, standard tables, public use microdata files and cost-recovery requests.
• And a lot more...