La
faune et la nature ÇA COMPTE!
Quebec Government study examines the economic value
of outdoor industries. In total
combined outdoor industries are worth $3 billion to the provincial economy.
The
entire report is available (in French) at:
http://www.fapaq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/faune/faunenatureenchiffres.htm
NOTE:
ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF HUNTING AND FISHING SECTIONS
Wildlife
and nature count!
Québec
is renowned for its wealth of wildlife and natural heritage.
This
vast territory of over 1,700,000 square kilometres boasts more than a million
lakes and waterways, a diversity of wild fauna and flora, thousands of
kilometres of hiking trails, and much more. It is a ready-to-enjoy nature
lover’s paradise that draws over three
million Québec enthusiasts and thousands of foreign visitors every year
to enjoy wildlife and nature activities.
Wildlife
and nature in Québec account for billions of dollars in economic activity. Enthusiasts spend $3
billion generating $1.5 billion
in added value. This expenditure
also helps create and maintain 32,000
jobs throughout Québec. Wildlife and nature in Québec is all this…
and much more!
The
following documents provide a clear and realistic picture of recreational
wildlife and nature use from a regional perspective.
Sport
fishing: promising markets for Québec companies
Québec
households with at least one fishing enthusiast spend $345.6 million every
year on equipment related to sport fishing.
Of this amount, over 206 million (60%) is spent on imported goods.
A market that could be of considerable interest to Québec companies.
Québec is
home to 813,590 fishing enthusiasts who spend over $1 billion a year on
recreational fishing.
Sport fishing enthusiasts devote nearly 11.4 million days a year to
fishing activities, which works out to an average of 14 days per enthusiast.
Imagine the
impact… if the 1.6 million Quebecers who say they would like to try sport
fishing one day actually do…
Gone
fishing
Enthusiasts from
the regions below took over 67% (7,685,599) of the days spent on sport fishing
activities:
Abitibi-Témiscamingue:
772,937 days, 6.8%
Capitale-Nationale:
928,450 days, 8.1%
Laurentides:
962,209 days, 8.4%
Montérégie:
2,060,441 days, 18.0%
Montréal:
1,215,060 days, 10.6%
Outaouais:
820,498 days, 7.2%
Saguenay-Lac
Saint Jean: 926,004 days, 8.7%
Other:
3,738,963 days, 32.7%
Profile
of enthusiasts per age group
15
to 24 years -- 7.6%
25
to 34 years -- 13.3%
35
to 44 years -- 25.7%
45
to 54 years -- 26.8%
55
to 64 years -- 16.9%
65
years and over -- 9.7%
Québec anglers
between the ages of 15 and 34 are half as numerous as enthusiasts aged 35 to 54.
While they make up 33% of the population aged 15 and over, they
constitute only 21% of fishing enthusiasts.
Fishing enthusiasts aged 35 to 54 make up more than half of Québec
anglers.
Profile
of potential enthusiasts per age group
15
to 24 years -- 21.1%
25
to 34 years -- 22.8%
35
to 44 years -- 24.2%
45
to 54 years -- 18.3%
55
to 64 years -- 7.9%
65
years and over -- 5.7%
The number of
young people between the ages of 15 and 24 who say they would like to try sport
fishing at some point is almost three times higher than the number of actual
anglers in this age group.
Québec sport
fishing enthusiasts spend over $1 billion a year, helping to create or maintain
9754 jobs, pay out $245.8 million in job income, and generate $457.9 million in
added value.
Over 246,000
and Québec households with at least one fishing enthusiast spend $1.08 billion
on equipment.
Of this amount, $630.3 million is devoted specifically to sport fishing.
In addition to purchasing equipment, Québec households with at least one
fishing enthusiasts spend $417.3 million on trip expenditures for fishing,
including $64.2 million on fishing packages.
In Québec, the
nearly 245,000 households with at least one fishing enthusiast on a total of
357,000 boats of various types, which they use for a total of 7.8 million days a
year for a range of recreational like to the days, although primarily for
fishing (56%).
43% of the boats
owned by these households are used for over 15 years, and nearly one quarter is
still in use after 20 years. Many of
these boats will need to be repaired or replaced in the short or medium-term.
Breakdown
of boats by age
1
to 5 years old -- 3.8%
6
to 10 years old -- 23.4%
11
to 15 years old -- 29.7%
16
to 20 years old -- 20.4%
21
to 25 years old -- 12.6%
25
years old and over -- 10.1%
Sport Hunting: $308 million Annually in Expenditures
Sport hunting attracts 408,000 Quebecers for many reasons
-- recreation, the element of challenge, and sheer enjoyment, to name a few.
But whatever their reason, the $308 million in Québec's sport hunters
spend every year on their sport and the consumption of related goods and
services helps drive local economies across the province.
Over 700,000 Quebecers -- 12% of the population -- say they are interested in hunting.
For regions:
National Capital,
Laurentides,
Montérégie,
and
Montréal
Where 311,355 hunting enthusiasts and potential hunters
are concentrated. In relative terms,
over 44% of Quebecers who expressed an interest in hunting live in these urban
regions.
If every potential new hunter took up the sport, expenditures would rise by nearly 75%.
Québec's 408,000 and enthusiasts devote nearly 6 million days a year to hunting, or an average of 14.5 days per hunter.
Profile
of enthusiasts per age group
15
to 24 years -- 14%
25
to 34 years -- 22%
35
to 44 years -- 29%
45
to 54 years -- 20%
55
to 64 years -- 11%
65
years and over -- 4%
Profile
of potential enthusiasts per age group
15
to 24 years -- 29%
25
to 34 years -- 21%
35
to 44 years -- 19%
45
to 54 years -- 13%
55
to 64 years -- 9%
65
years and over -- 9%
The largest
proportion of hunting enthusiasts is in the 25 to 54 year age group, which
accounts for 71% of Québec hunters. Hunting
enthusiasts between the ages of 15 and 24 number only just over 57,000.
Half the potential hunting clientele is under the age of 35.
Hunting attracts roughly four times more men than women.
And take enthusiast spend $308 million a year, which helps create or
maintain 3,322 jobs, pay out A.D. $7.3 million in job income, and generate
$150.3 million in added value. Their
expenditures earn $46 million and $37 million respectively in income for the Québec
and Canadian governments.
Expenditures of
$2.9 billion (100%) by enthusiasts on activities related to wildlife and nature
Expenditures by
hunting enthusiasts $308 million -- 11%
Average annual
expenditure per hunting enthusiast varies from $300 to $955 in regions across Québec.
The Québec average is $756
Did you know that
in 2000…
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23,000 non-resident
hunters came to Québec to partake in their favourite sport.
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They purchased 4.8% of
the hunting licenses sold in Québec.
Game for a few
figures?
White-tailed deer
140,000 hunting
enthusiasts, mainly from Montérégie, Chaudière-Appalaches, Laurentides, and
Estrie, who spend $78.2 million
Moose
122,500 hunting
enthusiasts mainly from Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Saguenay-Lac Saint Jean, Montérégie,
Bas-Saint-Laurent, Laurentides, Capitale-Nationale, Chaudière-Appalaches,
Nord-du-Québec, and Outaouais, who spend $121.5 million.
Small game
182,500 hunting
enthusiasts, mainly from Montérégie, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Saguenay-Lac
Saint Jean, Capitale-Nationale and Chaudière-Appalaches, who spend $78.5
million.
Black bear
3,300 hunting
enthusiasts mainly from Montérégie, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Chaudière-Appalaches,
and Laurentides, who spend $5.6 million
Caribou
7,400 hunting enthusiasts mainly from Côte-Nord, Saguenay-Lac
Saint Jean, Laurentides, Montérégie, and Abitibi-Témiscamingue, who spend
$24.5 million.
Outdoor activities: $1.3 billion annually in expenditures
Outdoor
activities are the most popular of all wildlife and nature related activities in
Québec, which counts 2.4 million and outdoor enthusiasts.
Québec's outdoor enthusiasts spend nearly $1.3 billion a year on hiking,
camping, canoeing, kayaking, snowmobiling, and many other outdoor activities.
In
12 regions, over half the population part takes in outdoor activities in their
home regions. All seven resource
regions make the list:
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Côte-Nord
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Estrie
Capitale-Nationale
Bas-Saint-Laurent
Outaouais
Mauricie
Laurentides
Montérégie
Nord-du-Québec
Outdoor enthusiasts devote a total
of 36.4 million days annually to recreational activities, which works out to an
average of 15.5 days per person.
Profile
of enthusiasts per age group
15
to 24 years -- 20%
25
to 34 years -- 25.6%
35
to 44 years -- 26.5%
45
to 54 years -- 15.5%
55
to 64 years -- 6.4%
65
years and over -- 6.0%
Those
between the ages of 15 and 44 make up over 72% of all outdoor enthusiasts, while
nearly half of the clientele is under 35.
Profile
of potential enthusiasts per age group
15
to 24 years -- 19.6%
25
to 34 years -- 19.0%
35
to 44 years -- 22.2%
45
to 54 years -- 19.3%
55
to 64 years -- 11.5%
65
years and over -- 8.4%
60% of the
potential clientele is in the under 45 category, including nearly 40% in the
under 35 category.
Annual
expenditures of $1.3 billion by outdoor enthusiasts helps create or maintain
16,656 jobs and pay out $396 million in job income.
In addition to interacting $700 million in added value into Québec's
economy, outdoor enthusiasts generate $226 million and $180 million respectively
in income for the Québec and Canadian governments.
Average annual
expenditure per outdoor enthusiast is $540.
Regions with the
most expenditures
Montréal
-- $255.2 million
Montérégie
-- $217.1 million
Capitale-Nationale
-- $105.4 million
Laurentides
--$99 million
Lanaudière
-- $91.4 million
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
--83 $.8 million
Outdoor
enthusiasts in each of these six regions spend over $80 million on other outdoor
activities, for a total of $851.9 million or over two thirds of all expenditures
on outdoor activities.
Network
of wildlife territory managers: expenditures of nearly $150 million
The social and
economic contribution of the network of wildlife territory managers has a
significant impact on Québec's regions. There
are operating expenses in the order of $249.5 million provided valuable boost to
regional economies.
The term
“managers” is used here to refer to organizations and associations
authorized by the government of Québec to develop wildlife and recreational
activities
Expenditures by
the network of wildlife territory managers across Québec create significant
spinoffs for the regions:
Parks -- $25.0
million, 17%
Wildlife reserves
-- $13.6 million, 9%
ZECs -- $19.1
million, 13%
Outfitters --
$91.8 million, 61%
The
Côte-Nord,
Laurentides, Mauricie, Nord-du-Québec, and Outaouais regions account for 60%
of all operating expenses, injecting $89.4 million into the economy.
The wildlife territory managers in Québec's resource regions contribute
to Québec's economy by injecting $96.7 million (65%) of all operating expenses.
The network of wildlife territory managers contributes to creating or maintaining over 7600 jobs:
Parks
-- 589, 8%
Wildlife
reserves -- 467, 6%
ZECs
– 656, 9%
Outfitters
-- 5933, 78%
$103.2
million in job income
Parks
-- $21.0 million, 21% in
Wildlife
reserves -- $12.8 million, 12%
ZECs
-- $14.6 million, 14%
Outfitters
-- $54.7 million, 53 %
The biggest
sources of employment are, in descending order, outfitters, Québec parks, ZECs
and wildlife reserves.
Main network
territories:
685 outfitters
86 controlled
harvesting zones (ZECs)
22 Québec
national parks and one Marine Park managed in cooperation with the federal
government
21
wildlife reserves
A
major source of income for governments:
Network
of wildlife territory managers
Contribution
to Québec's GDP: $181.2 million
Tax
and other revenues to Québec: $27.5 million
Tax
and other revenues to Ottawa: $19.3 million
Outfitters:
Contribution
to Québec's GDP: $104.8 million
Tax
and other revenues to Québec: $15.1 million
Tax
and other revenues to Ottawa: $10.3 million
Québec's
national parks:
Contribution
to Québec's GDP: $31.7 million
Tax
and other revenues to Québec: $5.6 million
Tax
and other revenues to Ottawa: $3.9 million
ZECs:
Contribution
to Québec's GDP: $25.2 million
Tax
and other revenues to Québec: $3.6 million
Tax
and other revenues to Ottawa: $2.7 million
Wildlife
reserves:
Contribution
to Québec's GDP: $19.5 million
Tax
and other revenues to Québec: $3.1 million
Tax
and other revenues to Ottawa: $2.4 million