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International trips to Canada

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International trips to Canada
  December January to December
2010 2011 Change 2011 2010 2011 Change 2011
  number percent number percent
Trips by non-residents 1 1,552,684 1,624,766 4.6 24,669,133 24,081,258 -2.4
United States residents 1,269,731 1,322,040 4.1 20,213,499 19,558,583 -3.2
Automobile 941,223 987,795 4.9 14,361,580 13,648,811 -5.0
Same day 514,099 536,658 4.4 7,439,111 6,997,532 -5.9
One or more nights 427,124 451,137 5.6 6,922,469 6,651,279 -3.9
Plane 268,488 264,323 -1.6 3,670,020 3,720,400 1.4
Bus 43,370 49,521 14.2 771,793 777,061 0.7
Train, boat and other methods 16,650 20,401 22.5 1,410,106 1,412,311 0.2
All other countries residents 282,953 302,726 7.0 4,455,634 4,522,675 1.5
Direct 187,477 209,234 11.6 2,754,860 2,855,801 3.7
Via the United States 2 95,476 93,492 -2.1 1,700,774 1,666,874 -2.0
Trips by residents of Canada 1 4,264,065 4,527,088 6.2 53,619,581 59,092,052 10.2
Returning from the United States 3,582,379 3,836,934 7.1 44,902,664 49,983,631 11.3
Automobile 2,923,985 3,155,828 7.9 36,384,383 40,828,768 12.2
Same day 2,272,570 2,497,906 9.9 24,471,467 28,462,677 16.3
One or more nights 651,415 657,922 1.0 11,912,916 12,366,091 3.8
Plane 571,402 587,419 2.8 6,971,307 7,528,466 8.0
Bus 72,060 75,826 5.2 981,059 1,041,244 6.1
Train, boat and other methods 14,932 17,861 19.6 565,915 585,153 3.4
Returning from all other countries 681,686 690,154 1.2 8,716,917 9,108,421 4.5
Direct 544,239 547,726 0.6 7,091,679 7,339,585 3.5
Via the United States 2 137,447 142,428 3.6 1,625,238 1,768,836 8.8
Total 1 5,816,749 6,151,854 5.8 78,288,714 83,173,310 6.2
1.
Excludes immigrants, former residents, military personnel, diplomats and crews.
2.
Entries and re-entries through or by way of the United States.
Source(s):
Reports of entries and re-entries from offices of the Canada Border Services Agency.
Date Modified: 2012-02-20

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