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Leeds Grenville has a large tourism and hospitality sector to serve both visitors and residents, including dozens of restaurants, golf courses, campgrounds and shopping destinations. There is a wide range of services from large tour boat, fishing, helicopter and scuba tour operators, to hotel, motel, B&B, resort and convention centre owners and many support service providers.

Some of our many attractions:

  • 1000 Islands St. Lawrence River seaway region
  • Historic Rideau Heritage Route Canal System (UNESCO site)
  • Canadian Shield and the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve (UNESECO site)
  • 1000 Islands Helicopter Tours
  • 24 inland lakes, amazing landscapes, trails and cottage country
  • Fort Wellington in Prescott
  • Skywood Eco Adventure Park, Canada largest aerial adventure and zip line park and children's Treewalk Village
  • Aquatarium at Tall Ships Landing interactive learning and discovery centre
  • St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival in Prescott
  • Thousand Islands Playhouse, Canada's Dockside Theatre in Gananoque
  • 1000 Islands Tower
  • 1000 Islands Parkway
  • Biking and hiking trails
  • Kayaking and canoeing water trails
  • Le Boat self-drive boat rentals on the Rideau Canal
  • 15 designated National Historic Sites

View our Tourism section for more visitor information.

 Ontario Tourism Outlook 2013-2019 (from the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport)

 

 Level

 % change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Total Ontario Inbound

140,846

 -1.6%

 6.2%

 1.5%

 2.1%

 1.4%

  1.7%

Ontario residents

122,082

-2.1%

5.8%

0.4%

1.4%

1.6%

1.5%

Other provinces

6,152

3,2%

8.0%

3.0%

2.3%

1.2%

1.2%

United States

10,616

 -1.8%

 9.4%

 12.5%

 7.6%

 0.3%

 3.3%

Overseas

1,996

13.1%

8.1%

2.8%

5.7%

3.1%

2.9%

Total Expenditures ($million)

$22,844

11.8%

2.4%

1.9%

9.9%

4.7%

3.7%

Ontario residents

13,586

6.9%

0.5%

-2.6%

10.7%

2.3%

1.0%

Other provinces

2,091

16.7%

-3.3%

1.0%

5.7%

7.4%

5.4%

United States

3,155

3.1%

16.8%

11.8%

10.0%

6.7%

4.8%

Overseas

4,013

32.8%

1.3%

7.3%

9.8%

8.2%

8.4%

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