Leading indicator of international arrivals to Canada by air, April 2020
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Released: 2020-05-26
International travel has virtually ground to a halt amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new study, "Leading indicator of international arrivals to Canada by air, for April 2020," looks at how the once-commonplace activity of crossing our border has now become a rarity. For example, the number of US residents entering Canada by air this April was down by 99.5% compared with 2019.
The number of people arriving at major Canadian airports from overseas countries during April fell 97.7%, from 257,000 in 2019 to 6,000 arrivals in 2020.
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The study "Leading indicator of international arrivals to Canada by air, April 2020," released today as part of the series StatCan COVID-19: Data to Insights for a Better Canada (45280001), is now available.
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