Registration - In-house Organization

Tourism Industry Association of Canada / L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada / Sébastien Benedict, President and CEO

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Tourism Industry Association of Canada / L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada
Responsible Officer Name: Sébastien Benedict, President and CEO
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2006-09-22
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 962420-13771

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 1186

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 33

Version 40 of 54 (2022-04-14 to 2023-06-13)

Registration versions:

Version 40 of 54 (2022-04-14 to 2023-06-13)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Aboriginal Affairs
Arts and Culture
Consumer Issues
Employment and Training
Environment
Fisheries
Immigration
Industry
Infrastructure
International Relations
Labour
Small Business
Sports
Taxation and Finance
Tourism
Transportation

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program

A Tax Incentive Program as it pertains to inbound leisure travel to Canada. This program provides GST relief to volume leisure tour groups and meetings and conventions being held in Canada.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic - Seeking changes on EI reform and other policy and support measures during the pandemic. Ensuring access to financial impact measures for its members. Expansion of the RRRF funding program for tourism businesses. Monitoring developments and assessing impacts on members. Advocating for the implementation of a Canadian Travel Incentive Program to encourage domestic travel recovery.
Federal Tourism Strategy – supports government initiatives toward industry growth
TIAC is seeking a well-funded and balanced national tourism marketing agency and will continue to work with the government to ensure that Canada's marketing efforts in mature and emerging markets are adequately funded, including co-investments with industry, and that campaigns are aligned with industry priorities.

Policies or Program

Employment/Immigration – TIAC advocates for a permanent-residency path as a part of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and an industry focused Municipal Nominee Program
Immigration - Modernizing Canada's visitor visa process in order to meet international demand for travel to Canada. These initiatives include reinvestment of visa processing fees into increased capacity, expanding transfer without visa, augmenting the Visa Application Centre ("VAC") network into new priority source markets and utilizing electronic travel authority as an alternative visa stream for lower-risk countries
Transportation – TIAC advocates for the reduction and elimination of fees related to air travel including airport rents and CATSA fees paid for by travellers

Policies or Program, Regulation

Regulations and policies in regards to marine mammals and waterways
Regulations and policies in regards to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Regulation

TIAC will work to improve Canada's competitiveness of Canada's aviation sector and the important role it serves in economic development and job creation. TIAC supports efforts to expand the number and scope of Canada's air liberalization agreements however Canada's ability to attract international business and leisure travellers is impeded, in part, by the layers of taxes, fees and levies imposed on the traveling public. TIAC is working to reform Canada's aviation cost structure.

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Bank of Canada
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)
Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
Justice Canada (JC)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Parks Canada (PC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Senate of Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Transport Canada (TC)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

The Tourism Industry Association of Canada is the voice of Canadian tourism. Founded in 1930 to encourage the development of tourism in Canada, TIAC serves today as the national private-sector advocate for this $105 billion industry, representing the interests of the tourism business community nation-wide. It represents the interests of its members in the travel and tourism industry promoting positive measures that help the industry grow and prosper. TIAC's membership reflects partnerships among all sectors of the industry, and provincial, territorial and regional tourism associations, enabling the association to address the full range of issues facing Canadian tourism. Its activities focus on legislative and regulatory barriers to the growth of Canadian inbound travel and tourism.

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Beth Potter, President and CEO

Organization's membership or classes of membership

TIAC has over six hundred member organizations organized into the following six categories: Tourism businesses which sell goods and/or services directly to visitors/travellers (accommodation, attraction, event/festival, transportation, travel trade, restaurant/food service, convention centres, concert hall, sports arena/stadium, duty-free shop or airport),; Destination (destination marketing organization, provincial marketing organization, convention and visitor bureaux, provincial/territorial tourism industry association or tourism destination region); Sectoral organization/association - typically a supplier that sells goods and/or services to tourism businesses; Media (Companies involved in the travel press); Educational category (institution with a tourism related program offered); and Federal, Provincial or Municipal government department or agency or an interprovincial economic development agency

Government funding

End date of the last completed financial year: 2020-08-31

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)	$240,145.00	Yes
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	$0.00	Yes

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
116 Lisgar Street Suite 600
Ottawa, ON K2P 0C2
Canada

Telephone number: 416-806-4094

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Ken Ross, Vice-President Industry Services | No public offices held
Marc Seguin, Vice-President, Policy and Government Affairs | No public offices held
Madison Simmons, Director, Government Affairs | No public offices held

Tourism Industry Association of Canada/L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

Name	From	To
Tourism Industry Association of Canada/L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada	2008-08-11	current

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

Tourism Industry Association of Canada/L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada

Tourism Industry Association of Canada / L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Sébastien Benedict	2025-10-20	Current
CLAUDE PAUL BOIVIN	2025-06-03	2025-10-20
Beth Potter	2021-03-24	2025-06-03
Vince Accardi	2020-11-16	2021-03-24
Charlotte Bell	2015-04-09	2020-11-16
Rob Taylor	2014-10-08	2015-04-09
DAVID GOLDSTEIN	2010-04-06	2014-10-08
Wayne St. John	2010-01-04	2010-04-06
Randall Williams	2006-09-22	2010-01-04

Date Modified:: 2026-03-23

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Registration - In-house Organization

Tourism Industry Association of Canada / L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada / Sébastien Benedict, President and CEO

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 40 of 54 (2022-04-14 to 2023-06-13)

Version 40 of 54 (2022-04-14 to 2023-06-13)

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program

Policies or Program

Policies or Program, Regulation

Regulation

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization