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Canadian travel to the United States and overseas countries rose 3.6% in March from the previous month, while travel to Canada from abroad declined 3.7%.
Canadian residents took nearly 4.4 million trips outside of the country in March. This included 3.7 million trips to the United States, up 4.0% from February. Overnight travel by Canadian residents to the United States increased 0.9%, with the largest increase being seen in the number of overnight car trips, up 1.5% in March compared with February.
Same-day car travel to the United States rose 6.7% from February as Canadian residents took 2.0 million same-day car trips to the United States in March.
Canadian residents took 690,000 trips to overseas destinations in March, a 1.8% increase from February.
United States residents took 1.7 million trips to Canada in March, down 4.3% from February. Overnight travel by US residents decreased 2.5%, although there was a 1.8% increase in overnight car travel in March from February.
The number of same-day car trips to Canada by US residents declined 8.1% to 605,000 trips.
Residents of overseas countries took 368,000 trips to Canada in March, down 0.7% from February.
Note: Monthly data are seasonally adjusted.
Available on CANSIM: tables 427-0001 to 427-0006.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 5005.
The March 2010 issue of International Travel, Advance Information, Vol. 26, no. 3 (66-001-P, free), is now available from the Key resource module of our website under Publications.
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Table 1
| March 2009r | February 2010r | March 2010p | February to March 2010 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seasonally adjusted | ||||
| thousands | % change1 | |||
| Canadian trips abroad2 | 3,902 | 4,199 | 4,352 | 3.6 |
| To the United States | 3,210 | 3,521 | 3,662 | 4.0 |
| To other countries | 692 | 678 | 690 | 1.8 |
| Same-day car trips to the United States | 1,691 | 1,874 | 2,000 | 6.7 |
| Total trips, one or more nights | 2,170 | 2,287 | 2,313 | 1.1 |
| United States3 | 1,478 | 1,609 | 1,623 | 0.9 |
| Car | 890 | 962 | 976 | 1.5 |
| Plane | 496 | 540 | 541 | 0.2 |
| Other modes of transportation | 92 | 108 | 106 | -1.3 |
| Other countries4 | 692 | 678 | 690 | 1.8 |
| Travel to Canada2 | 2,141 | 2,108 | 2,031 | -3.7 |
| From the United States | 1,791 | 1,737 | 1,663 | -4.3 |
| From other countries | 350 | 370 | 368 | -0.7 |
| Same-day car trips from the United States | 721 | 659 | 605 | -8.1 |
| Total trips, one or more nights | 1,327 | 1,359 | 1,331 | -2.1 |
| United States3 | 985 | 997 | 973 | -2.5 |
| Car | 609 | 557 | 567 | 1.8 |
| Plane | 265 | 283 | 285 | 0.6 |
| Other modes of transportation | 111 | 157 | 121 | -23.2 |
| Other countries4 | 342 | 362 | 358 | -1.1 |
| Travel to Canada: Top overseas markets, by country of origin5 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 63 | 60 | 62 | 3.8 |
| France | 31 | 35 | 37 | 5.3 |
| Germany | 25 | 27 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Australia | 17 | 18 | 21 | 13.9 |
| Japan | 18 | 19 | 20 | 0.7 |
| China | 15 | 15 | 15 | 3.2 |
| South Korea | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4.6 |
| India | 9 | 9 | 11 | 18.5 |
| Mexico | 19 | 10 | 9 | -0.6 |
| Hong Kong | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27.4 |
| Italy | 8 | 10 | 9 | -5.8 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 11 | 9 | -18.3 |
