Tourism employment information is sourced from Statistics Canada. The industries included in the tourism sector are those that would cease to exist or would operate at a significantly reduced level of activity as a direct result of an absence of tourism.
A year-over-year decline in tourism employment is observed in each month from January to May 2026, with increased employment reported for June and July, compared with 2025.
With the exception of February, the unemployment rate in Nova Scotia’s tourism industry is lower in each of the first seven months of 2026, compared with 2025.
Declines in the number of hours worked by tourism employees in Nova Scotia are observed in each of the first seven months of 2026, compared with 2025.
The food & beverage category has the highest tourism employment, supplying jobs to 24,200 workers in Nova Scotia, although employment in this category declined by 3,600 jobs in 2025.
The transportation sector saw the largest increase in tourism employment in 2025, up by 1,500 jobs compared with 2024.
