Travel - Visitor arrivals from Canada by province and purpose Year ended December 1979–2019

Country of residence: the country where the person last lived or will next live for 12 months or more. In this case, the data refers to the Canadian province of residence, if known.
Visitor arrivals: overseas residents arriving in New Zealand for a stay of less than 12 months.

http://datainfoplus.stats.govt.nz/Item/nz.govt.stats/f705ca38-ea6e-453f-b1d9-a95dc0fcaf59

A person may change their intentions after their arrival, which may mean the recorded passenger type becomes incorrect. Stats NZ does not revise published statistics for such changes, but advises that the published figures remain a good indicator of trends in permanent and long-term migration.
Data is derived from a sample of records and hence may contain sample error. Caution should be used when using data with low cell values.

'Transit' passengers do not complete border clearance – regardless of whether they travel by air or by sea – so are not included in these statistics. About three-quarters of cruise ship passengers visiting New Zealand are 'transit' passengers.

At URL provided, select 'Tourism > International Travel and Migration > Visitor arrivals from Canada by province and purpose (Annual-Dec)'. All variables were selected to create this dataset.

International Travel covers the number and characteristics of overseas visitors and New Zealand resident travellers (short-term movements) entering New Zealand.