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Recreational Fishing

Canada

2005 Survey of Recreational Fishing in Canada

Annex A: Summary Tables

Annex A.1 Origin of All Licensed Anglers, by Angler Category and Jurisdiction, 2005

Jurisdiction	Resident	Canadian Non-resident	Other Non-resident	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador¹	132,266	2,439	1,432	136,137
Prince Edward Island	7,221	436	195	7,853
Nova Scotia	48,674	1,227	906	50,807
New Brunswick	53,128	3,452	3,944	60,524
Quebec²	712,906	..	..	712,906
Ontario	919,455	31,475	475,454	1,426,385
Manitoba	128,905	10,175	27,353	166,433
Saskatchewan	125,087	20,762	17,011	162,860
Alberta	198,685	6,748	6,234	211,667
British Columbia Freshwater	241,346	30,799	32,509	304,654
British Columbia Tidal Waters	190,736	44,128	64,080	298,945
Yukon	6,899	2,933	3,428	13,260
Northwest Territories	2,403	2,630	2,348	7,380
Nunavut	845	698	492	2,035
Canada	2,768,556	157,902	635,386	3,561,846

Notes:
Figures may not add up to total due to rounding.
1. Due to licensing limitations, the number of resident anglers reflects the number of active anglers only.
2. Resident anglers only; there are no estimates for non-resident anglers in Quebec.
Source:
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Economic Analysis and Statistics.

Annex A.2 Origin of All Licensed Non-resident Anglers in Canada, 2005¹

Province/State/Country of Origin	Total Number	Percent of Total
Canadian Provinces/Territories:
Maritimes	5,421	0.7%
Quebec	11,580	1.5%
Ontario	16,787	2.1%
Prairies	114,984	14.5%
British Columbia	7,521	0.9%
Territories	1,610	0.2%
Sub-total: Canadian Provinces/Territories	157,903	19.9%
United States and Other Countries:
United States:
New England	7,052	0.9%
Mid Atlantic	54,246	6.8%
East North Central	247,975	31.3%
West North Central	168,695	21.3%
Mountain	31,458	4.0%
Pacific	71,134	9.0%
South Atlantic	25,151	3.2%
East South Central	7,923	1.0%
West South Central	14,165	1.8%
Alaska	1,273	0.2%
Hawaii	210	0.0%
Unspecified U.S.A.	46	0.0%
Other Countries:
United Kingdom	1,923	0.2%
Other Europe	3,468	0.4%
Mex.,C.A.,S.A.,Caribbean²	14	0.0%
Africa	0	0.0%
Asia	40	0.0%
Australia/Pacific Region	615	0.1%
Sub-total: United States and Other Countries	635,388	80.1%
Grand Total	793,291	100.0%

Notes:
Figures may not add up to total due to rounding.
1. Includes active and non-active licensed anglers.
2. Mexico, Central America, South America, Caribbean.
Source:
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Economic Analysis and Statistics.

Annex A.3 Number of Active Anglers, by Angler Category and Jurisdiction, 2005

Jurisdiction	Resident	Canadian Non-resident	Other Non-resident	Total Number of Anglers
Newfoundland and Labrador	131,578	2,340	1,429	135,347
Prince Edward Island	6,929	420	195	7,544
Nova Scotia	43,775	1,198	875	45,848
New Brunswick	43,382	3,375	3,846	50,603
Quebec¹	656,543	..	..	656,543
Ontario	764,374	29,074	472,505	1,265,953
Manitoba	121,788	9,851	26,981	158,620
Saskatchewan	119,824	20,519	16,825	157,168
Alberta	179,461	6,324	6,075	191,860
British Columbia Freshwater	211,403	28,205	31,230	270,838
British Columbia Tidal Waters	169,863	43,447	62,884	276,194
Yukon	5,048	2,678	3,162	10,888
Northwest Territories	2,138	2,497	2,034	6,669
Nunavut	769	648	428	1,845
Canada	2,456,876	150,576	628,469	3,235,920

Notes:
Figures may not add up to total due to rounding.
1. Resident anglers only; there are no estimates for non-resident anglers in Quebec.
Source:
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Economic Analysis and Statistics.

Annex A.4 Number and Average Age of All Active Anglers, by Gender and Jurisdiction, 2005

Jurisdiction	Total Number of Anglers	Males	Females	Average Age of Males	Average Age of Females
Newfoundland and Labrador	135,347	89,311	46,036	50	47
Prince Edward Island	7,544	7,120	424	49	43
Nova Scotia	45,848	40,924	4,924	50	49
New Brunswick	50,603	43,891	6,712	50	49
Quebec¹	656,543	445,603	210,940	50	46
Ontario	1,265,953	1,009,364	256,589	49	44
Manitoba	158,620	128,099	30,521	49	47
Saskatchewan	157,168	118,391	38,777	48	45
Alberta	191,860	153,350	38,510	44	42
British Columbia Freshwater	270,838	224,099	46,739	51	50
British Columbia Tidal Waters	276,194	218,514	57,680	48	40
Yukon	10,888	8,937	1,951	51	46
Northwest Territories	6,669	5,713	956	48	40
Nunavut	1,845	1,572	273	47	38
Canada	3,235,920	2,494,888	741,032	49	45

Annex A.5 Number of Days Fished in Freshwater and Saltwater, Angler Category and Jurisdiction, 2005

Jurisdiction	Freshwater		Saltwater		Total
Jurisdiction	Number of Days	Average per Angler	Number of Days	Average per Angler	Number of Days	Average per Angler
Newfoundland and Labrador
Resident	1,763,331	14.0	450,447	11.4	2,213,778	16.8
Canadian Non-resident	13,410	5.8	1,210	4.2	14,620	6.3
Other Non-resident	10,276	7.3	467	4.4	10,743	7.5
Total	1,787,018	13.7	452,124	11.3	2,239,142	16.5
Prince Edward Island
Resident	105,518	17.3	60,653	15.4	166,170	24.0
Canadian Non-resident	2,642	6.8	783	6.3	3,425	8.2
Other Non-resident	1,303	6.7	80	1.6	1,383	7.1
Total	109,463	16.4	61,515	15.0	170,978	22.7
Nova Scotia
Resident	763,335	17.7	198,006	10.1	961,341	22.0
Canadian Non-resident	7,215	6.1	602	3.6	7,816	6.5
Other Non-resident	6,282	7.3	194	2.4	6,476	7.4
Total	776,832	17.2	198,802	10.0	975,634	21.3
New Brunswick
Resident	521,502	12.2	40,617	6.5	562,120	13.0
Canadian Non-resident	13,805	4.1	196	1.6	14,001	4.1
Other Non-resident	26,576	6.9	25	2.0	26,601	6.9
Total	561,884	11.2	40,838	6.4	602,722	11.9
Quebec¹
Resident	8,825,816	13.6	197,444	6.5	9,023,260	13.7
Canadian Non-resident	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other Non-resident	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total	8,825,816	13.6	197,444	6.5	9,023,260	13.7
Ontario
Resident	13,142,893	17.2	0	0	13,142,893	17.2
Canadian Non-resident	271,155	9.3	0	0	271,155	9.3
Other Non-resident	3,405,361	7.2	0	0	3,405,361	7.2
Total	16,819,409	13.3	0	0	16,819,409	13.3
Manitoba
Resident	1,954,183	16.0	0	0	1,954,183	16.0
Canadian Non-resident	77,326	7.8	0	0	77,326	7.8
Other Non-resident	171,197	6.3	0	0	171,197	6.3
Total	2,202,707	13.9	0	0	2,202,707	13.9
Saskatchewan
Resident	1,611,865	13.5	0	0	1,611,865	13.5
Canadian Non-resident	166,003	8.1	0	0	166,003	8.1
Other Non-resident	94,999	5.6	0	0	94,999	5.6
Total	1,872,868	11.9	0	0	1,872,868	11.9
Alberta
Resident	2,612,654	14.6	0	0	2,612,654	14.6
Canadian Non-resident	33,193	5.3	0	0	33,193	5.3
Other Non-resident	22,987	3.8	0	0	22,987	3.8
Total	2,668,834	13.9	0	0	2,668,834	13.9
British Columbia Freshwater
Resident	3,582,261	16.9	0	0	3,582,261	16.9
Canadian Non-resident	208,026	7.4	0	0	208,026	7.4
Other Non-resident	194,082	6.2	0	0	194,082	6.2
Total	3,984,368	14.7	0	0	3,984,368	14.7
British Columbia Tidal Waters
Resident	0	0	1,776,322	10.5	1,776,322	10.5
Canadian Non-resident	0	0	167,999	3.9	167,999	3.9
Other Non-resident	0	0	272,650	4.3	272,650	4.3
Total	0	0	2,216,970	8.0	2,216,970	8.0
Yukon
Resident	66,899	13.3	0	0	66,899	13.3
Canadian Non-resident	13,187	4.9	0	0	13,187	4.9
Other Non-resident	19,286	6.1	0	0	19,286	6.1
Total	99,372	9.1	0	0	99,372	9.1
Northwest Territories
Resident	32,856	15.4	0	0	32,856	15.4
Canadian Non-resident	12,748	5.1	0	0	12,748	5.1
Other Non-resident	9,195	4.5	0	0	9,195	4.5
Total	54,799	8.2	0	0	54,799	8.2
Nunavut
Resident	8,436	12.3	3,041	8.8	11,477	14.9
Canadian Non-resident	2,394	4.2	734	4.4	3,128	4.8
Other Non-resident	2,071	5.0	134	2.7	2,205	5.2
Total	12,901	7.7	3,909	6.9	16,810	9.1
Canada
Resident	34,991,550	15.4	2,726,529	10.1	37,718,078	15.4
Canadian Non-resident	821,104	7.7	171,524	3.9	992,628	6.6
Other Non-resident	3,963,617	7.0	273,549	4.3	4,237,166	6.7
Total	39,776,271	13.5	3,171,602	8.4	42,947,873	13.3

Notes:
Figures may not add up to total due to rounding and the methodology used to produce the estimates.
1. Resident anglers only; there are no estimates for non-resident anglers in Quebec.
Source:
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Economic Analysis and Statistics.

Annex A.6 Trip Information Summary for All Non-resident Anglers, 2005¹

Jurisdiction	Total Trips	Trip Days	Fishing Trips	Days Fished	Day Trips	Nights
Newfoundland and Labrador	5,127	67,964	3,981	25,364	17	49,682
Prince Edward Island	1,771	13,296	948	4,808	110	8,652
Nova Scotia	10,103	37,519	4,289	14,292	2,125	22,594
New Brunswick	26,707	91,141	13,427	40,602	3,398	49,196
Quebec²	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ontario	1,439,939	5,578,794	954,825	3,676,517	278,609	3,638,835
Manitoba	152,809	449,486	92,236	248,523	31,905	256,799
Saskatchewan	293,119	714,672	85,993	261,002	19,908	315,295
Alberta	82,451	328,277	20,094	56,180	3,291	134,789
British Columbia Freshwater	134,328	762,820	93,480	402,108	10,358	542,272
British Columbia Tidal Waters	207,598	929,580	93,836	440,649	8,415	510,714
Yukon	9,497	97,708	6,854	32,473	197	74,162
Northwest Territories	5,984	57,515	5,017	21,943	107	40,241
Nunavut	1,716	23,651	1,231	5,333	38	15,017
Canada	2,371,151	9,152,423	1,376,209	5,229,794	358,476	5,658,248

Notes:
Figures may not add up to total due to rounding.
1. Estimates include Canadian non-resident anglers and foreign anglers.
2. There are no estimates for non-resident anglers in Quebec.
Source:
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Economic Analysis and Statistics.

Annex A.7 Summary of Fish Harvested by All Anglers, 2005

	Fish Caught		Fish Kept
Jurisdiction	Total	Average per Angler	Total	Average per Angler
Newfoundland and Labrador	8,351,604	61.7	6,009,711	44.4
Prince Edward Island	647,288	85.8	377,781	50.1
Nova Scotia	3,863,362	84.3	1,539,129	33.6
New Brunswick	2,425,654	47.9	899,283	17.8
Quebec¹	40,269,991	61.4	27,091,753	41.3
Ontario	114,606,751	90.5	25,394,781	20.1
Manitoba	12,068,682	76.1	2,611,832	16.5
Saskatchewan	7,999,717	50.9	2,361,452	15.0
Alberta	12,334,452	64.3	1,652,336	8.6
British Columbia Freshwater	8,192,510	30.2	2,139,469	7.9
British Columbia Tidal Waters	3,621,516	13.1	1,506,666	5.5
Yukon	275,046	25.3	51,315	4.7
Northwest Territories	322,122	48.3	36,858	5.5
Nunavut	48,648	26.4	9,067	4.9
Canada	215,027,343	66.5	71,681,432	22.2

Annex A.8 Summary of Fish Harvested by Angler Category, 2005

Jurisdiction	Residents	Canadian Non-residents	Other Non-residents	Total Fish Caught by All Anglers	Residents	Canadian Non-residents	Other Non-residents	Total Fish Kept by All Anglers
	Fish Caught (number of fish, all species)				Fish Kept (number of fish, all species)
Newfoundland and Labrador	8,251,058	55,728	44,823	8,351,604	5,984,396	22,625	2,688	6,009,711
Prince Edward Island	621,030	16,919	9,339	647,288	367,413	8,104	2,264	377,781
Nova Scotia	3,835,273	18,184	9,904	3,863,362	1,531,304	5,538	2,288	1,539,129
New Brunswick	2,301,615	46,464	77,575	2,425,654	877,286	8,375	13,621	899,283
Quebec¹	40,269,991	..	..	40,269,991	27,091,753	..	..	27,091,753
Ontario	65,093,908	1,659,376	47,853,466	114,606,751	16,068,801	265,755	9,060,225	25,394,781
Manitoba	8,705,471	397,820	2,965,391	12,068,682	2,278,159	85,851	247,822	2,611,832
Saskatchewan	5,826,569	802,508	1,370,640	7,999,717	2,025,357	215,533	120,562	2,361,452
Alberta	11,991,445	152,590	190,416	12,334,452	1,629,324	16,657	6,354	1,652,336
British Columbia Freshwater	6,808,617	573,775	810,118	8,192,510	1,913,066	121,680	104,722	2,139,469
British Columbia Tidal Waters	2,368,819	550,674	702,022	3,621,516	979,736	206,449	320,481	1,506,666
Yukon	103,526	45,023	126,496	275,046	32,476	7,834	11,006	51,315
Northwest Territories	89,614	92,833	139,675	322,122	25,256	8,722	2,880	36,858
Nunavut	13,598	11,479	23,571	48,648	6,209	2,047	810	9,067
Canada	156,280,534	4,423,374	54,323,436	215,027,343	60,810,537	975,171	9,895,722	71,681,432

Annex A.9 Direct Recreational Fishing Expenditures Made by All Active Anglers, 2005

Jurisdiction	Package Deals	Food and Lodging	Transportation Costs	Fishing Services	Fishing Supplies	Other	Total
	($’000)
Newfoundland and Labrador	5,942	17,464	21,240	1,579	4,820	225	51,271
Prince Edward Island	9	654	1,056	262	401	26	2,409
Nova Scotia	162	7,332	10,069	1,328	2,886	176	21,953
New Brunswick	4,716	7,516	7,583	2,616	2,212	395	25,038
Quebec¹	47,622	118,551	142,147	33,249	35,710	1,614	378,894
Ontario	205,347	354,058	318,234	81,105	69,863	2,920	1,031,527
Manitoba	25,761	28,848	38,551	5,193	6,844	1,074	106,271
Saskatchewan	25,279	37,145	41,447	9,639	6,301	222	120,033
Alberta	5,349	50,364	56,256	8,751	12,602	618	133,939
British Columbia Freshwater	14,818	74,907	79,323	15,009	16,753	3,897	204,708
British Columbia Tidal Waters	139,493	72,397	122,758	15,981	13,769	515	364,915
Yukon	4,388	3,066	3,278	521	426	390	12,070
Northwest Territories	6,778	1,322	1,924	355	283	214	10,875
Nunavut	1,316	303	473	88	75	9	2,264
Canada	486,982	773,927	844,340	175,676	172,944	12,297	2,466,167
	($)
Average per Active Angler	$150	$239	$261	$54	$53	$4	$762

Annex A.10 Major Purchases and Investments (Wholly or Partly Attributable to Recreational Fishing), Made by All Active Anglers, 2005

Jurisdiction	Fishing Equipment	Boating Equipment	Camping Equipment	Special Vehicles	Land &/or Building	Other	Total
	($’000)
Newfoundland and Labrador	6,225	22,891	25,825	111,778	36,924	4,087	207,730
Prince Edward Island	356	908	211	1,782	628	183	4,069
Nova Scotia	3,628	12,431	3,501	24,359	11,474	1,645	57,038
New Brunswick	2,649	8,362	5,806	18,270	8,576	1,325	44,988
Quebec¹	41,234	198,263	110,469	489,966	505,263	25,865	1,371,059
Ontario	73,065	423,674	137,314	362,406	423,470	31,781	1,451,711
Manitoba	8,615	59,377	36,790	79,464	73,107	4,234	261,587
Saskatchewan	7,920	53,227	37,496	51,092	39,549	3,507	192,790
Alberta	19,672	90,176	154,735	183,656	58,654	9,995	516,888
British Columbia Freshwater	22,258	113,948	79,075	152,423	103,503	7,037	478,245
British Columbia Tidal Waters	24,082	216,874	29,781	81,692	70,706	6,748	429,882
Yukon	678	4,158	2,226	2,752	955	258	11,028
Northwest Territories	315	2,706	1,266	2,606	96	143	7,132
Nunavut	64	64	22	770	129	37	1,085
Canada	210,761	1,207,058	624,516	1,563,016	1,333,037	96,844	5,035,231
	($)
Average per Active Angler	$65	$373	$193	$483	$412	$30	$1,556

Annex A.11 Major Purchases and Investments (Wholly Attributable to Recreational Fishing),
Made by All Active Anglers, 2005

Jurisdiction	Fishing Equipment	Boating Equipment	Camping Equipment	Special Vehicles	Land &/or Building	Other	Total
	($’000)
Newfoundland and Labrador	6,225	16,092	17,145	42,058	9,943	3,626	95,089
Prince Edward Island	356	514	94	1,111	206	151	2,432
Nova Scotia	3,628	8,431	2,916	9,418	5,355	1,505	31,252
New Brunswick	2,649	6,330	2,260	7,613	4,647	1,190	24,689
Quebec¹	41,234	145,284	56,361	208,447	101,484	21,498	574,307
Ontario	73,065	300,749	68,111	146,966	197,471	28,686	815,049
Manitoba	8,615	44,929	15,531	23,217	13,959	3,788	110,039
Saskatchewan	7,920	38,021	15,094	18,920	13,080	3,214	96,248
Alberta	19,672	73,580	84,700	61,079	34,640	8,740	282,411
British Columbia Freshwater	18,429	77,776	47,982	55,373	69,770	5,857	275,187
British Columbia Tidal Waters	20,645	156,658	13,038	30,252	42,083	5,169	267,845
Yukon	678	3,146	1,034	853	549	219	6,480
Northwest Territories	315	1,997	555	815	68	109	3,859
Nunavut	64	52	13	275	107	28	540
Canada	203,495	873,559	324,833	606,399	493,362	83,779	2,585,427
	($)
Average per Active Angler	$63	$270	$100	$187	$152	$26	$799

Annex A.12 Major Purchases and Investments (Wholly Attributable to Recreational Fishing), by Angler Category, Canada 2005¹

Major Purchases and Investments	Resident	Canadian Non-resident	Other Non -resident	Total Number of Anglers
	($'000)
Fishing Equipment	193,919	4,369	5,206	203,495
Boating Equipment	842,242	19,140	12,177	873,559
Camping Equipment	321,409	2,816	608	324,833
Special Vehicles	604,332	1,676	391	606,399
Land &/or Building	368,530	38,176	86,657	493,362
Other	80,420	1,486	1,873	83,779
Total	2,410,852	67,664	106,911	2,585,427

Notes:
Figures may not add up to total due to rounding.
1. There are no estimates for non-resident anglers in Quebec.
Source:
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Economic Analysis and Statistics.

Annex A.13 Statistical Reliability of Selected Variables, All Active Anglers, 2005

Jurisdiction	Sample Size	Days Fished	Fish Caught	Fish Kept	Direct Expenditures	Major Purchases and Investments (W/P)²	Major Purchases and Investments (W)³
	(number)	(%)
Newfoundland and Labrador	2,487	3.4	10.8	15.5	4.5	10.4	10.3
Prince Edward Island	1,865	5.5	11.1	19.2	7.8	37.2	35.2
Nova Scotia	1,405	3.5	7.1	9.8	3.9	17.3	21.2
New Brunswick	4,498	3.1	11.4	7.0	5.2	11.0	9.5
Quebec⁴	13,279	1.7	2.6	2.9	2.0	8.5	5.2
Ontario	16,000	1.5	2.3	4.3	1.4	15.4	15.3
Manitoba	4,400	3.0	5.1	6.0	3.5	12.5	10.7
Saskatchewan	6,000	2.4	3.1	3.5	2.9	13.0	11.8
Alberta	5,900	2.8	4.9	5.9	3.0	8.4	8.8
British Columbia Freshwater	5,800	2.4	4.0	3.8	2.8	10.9	11.8
British Columbia Tidal Waters	15,410	2.0	4.2	2.6	1.8	6.6	6.7
Yukon	1,900	5.5	7.7	7.8	6.6	17.6	19.5
Northwest Territories	1,800	5.0	6.2	14.7	5.9	23.2	24.7
Nunavut	1,694	5.5	9.2	9.7	19.0	20.8	8.0
Canada	82,798	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.8	3.9	3.9

Notes:
1. Coefficient of variation=(standard error of the mean/mean)*100.
2. Major purchases and investments wholly or partially attributable to recreational fishing.
3. Major purchases and investments wholly attributable to recreational fishing.
4. Resident anglers only.
Source:
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Economic Analysis and Statistics.