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  • 1. Frontier Counts: Interactive Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023020
    Description: The "Frontier Counts: Interactive Dashboard" provides access to data on the number of border crossings in an interactive and customizable format. The counts include only those travelling for tourism-related purposes. The dashboard includes four visualizations: leading indicator of air arrivals, leading indicator of land arrivals, returning Canadians, and visitors to Canada.
    Release date: 2026-07-23
  • 2. Non-resident visitors entering Canada, by country of residence
    Table: 24-10-0050-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: International travel by non-Canadian visitors coming to Canada for a trip. Data come from Frontier Counts, part of the Tourism Statistics Program.
    Release date: 2026-07-23
  • 3. Non-resident visitors entering Canada, by country of residence, annual
    Table: 24-10-0050-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Annual estimates of international travel by non-Canadian visitors coming to Canada for a trip. Data come from Frontier Counts, part of the Tourism Statistics Program.
    Release date: 2026-07-23
  • 4. Non-resident visitors entering Canada, by country of residence, seasonally-adjusted
    Table: 24-10-0051-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    International travel by non-Canadian visitors coming to Canada for a trip. Seasonally-adjusted data come from Frontier Counts, part of the Tourism Statistics Program.

    Release date: 2026-07-23
  • 5. Vehicles entering Canada by land, by vehicle type and licence plate
    Table: 24-10-0052-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: International travel to Canada by automobile (car), motorcycle, truck or other land vehicle, by port of entry (border crossing). Data come from Frontier Counts, part of the Tourism Statistics Program.
    Release date: 2026-07-23
  • 6. Vehicles entering Canada by land, by vehicle type and licence plate, annual
    Table: 24-10-0052-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Annual international travel to Canada by automobile (car), motorcycle, truck or other land vehicle, by port of entry (border crossing). Data come from Frontier Counts, part of the Tourism Statistics Program.
    Release date: 2026-07-23
  • 7. International travellers entering or returning to Canada, by type of transportation and traveller type
    Table: 24-10-0053-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: International travel by non-Canadians visitors coming to Canada for a trip, by Canadians returning from a visit abroad and by other non-tourism travellers (e.g. crew), by port of entry (e.g. airport, border crossing). This table includes breakdowns by mode of transportation (e.g. plane, automobile (car), boat) and by duration (same-day, overnight). Data come from Frontier Counts, part of the Tourism Statistics Program.
    Release date: 2026-07-23
  • 8. International travellers entering or returning to Canada, by type of transportation and traveller type, annual
    Table: 24-10-0053-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Annual international travel by non-Canadians visitors coming to Canada for a trip, by Canadians returning from a visit abroad and by other non-tourism travellers (e.g. crew), by port of entry (e.g. airport, border crossing). This table includes breakdowns by mode of transportation (e.g. plane, automobile (car), boat) and by duration (same-day, overnight). Data come from Frontier Counts, part of the Tourism Statistics Program.
    Release date: 2026-07-23
  • 9. International travellers entering or returning to Canada, by type of transportation and traveller type, seasonally-adjusted
    Table: 24-10-0054-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    International travel by non-Canadians visitors coming to Canada for a trip, by Canadians returning to Canada from a visit abroad and by other non-tourism travellers. This table includes breakdowns by mode of transportation (e.g. plane, automobile (car)) and by duration (same-day, overnight). Seasonally-adjusted data come from Frontier Counts, part of the Tourism Statistics Program.

    Release date: 2026-07-23
  • 10. Non-resident visitors entering Canada, by country of residence, mode of transportation, arrival type and traveller type
    Table: 24-10-0055-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: International travel by non-Canadians visitors coming to Canada for a trip, by port of entry (e.g. airport, border crossing). This table includes breakdowns by mode of transportation (air, land, water), by arrival type and by duration (same-day, overnight). Data come from Frontier Counts, part of the Tourism Statistics Program.
    Release date: 2026-07-23
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  • 21. China's tourism markets: an overview of trends, developments and prospects Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-003-X20020026177
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines the economic importance of international tourism to the Chinese economy, and the prospect of China becoming a major international tourism market. After decades of rapid economic growth, economic reforms and rising incomes, China could become one of the world's largest sources of international tourists by 2020, as well as a market of more than 1.2 billion potential consumers. The article also briefly describes Chinese travel to Canada.

    Release date: 2002-04-16
  • 22. Tourism and culture: A developing partnership Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-004-X20010036133
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    For many countries, tourism has become an increasingly important economic activity; it is now common practice for national governments to practice for national governments to develop policies to encourage its growth.

    Release date: 2002-03-08
  • 23. Canadians in search of new horizons Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-003-X20020016072
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Drawing on the results of the International Travel Survey (ITS), this article summarizes how Canadians' travel habits outside their country have evolved over the past decade, more especially with respect to destinations other than the United States.

    Release date: 2002-01-28
  • 24. Characteristics of international travellers, Second quarter 2001 Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-003-X20020016073
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Overnight international travel to Canada posted its highest second-quarter result in the 27 years that international travel data have been collected. More than 5.4 million travellers arrived from foreign countries in the second quarter, up 3.4% from the second quarter of 2000.

    Release date: 2002-01-28
  • 25. Travel between Canada and other countries, September 2001 Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-003-X20020016074
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Travel both by foreigners to Canada and Canadians to points abroad plummeted following the September 11 events in the United States. The aftermath of the events had a profound impact on all forms of travel, especially between Canada and the United States, from overnight trips to same-day car trips.

    Release date: 2002-01-28
  • 26. International tourist travel to Canada - Before and after the Asian crisis Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-003-X20010045949
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    In keeping with the upward trend worldwide, international travel to Canada (all durations combined) increased by 5.2% for arrivals from overseas and 1.8% for arrivals from the United States in 1999.

    Release date: 2001-10-17
  • 27. World trends Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-403-X20010015895
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Global tourism continued to grow in 1998 despite the financial crisis that affected much of the East Asia/Pacific region. However, the strong recovery of tourism in that region in 1999 helped boost international tourist arrivals at national borders to a record 663 million and receipts to US$455 billion.

    Release date: 2001-10-12
  • 28. International travel to Canada - Before and after the Asian crisis Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-403-X20010015896
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    In keeping with the upward trend worldwide, international travel to Canada (all durations combined) increased by 5.2% for arrivals from overseas and 1.8% for arrivals from the United States in 1999. Between 1998 and 1999 expenditures during those trips jumped by 9.5% and 6.5% for overseas and American visitors respectively.

    Release date: 2001-10-12
  • 29. Canadian travel Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-403-X20010015897
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    With the Canadian economy in solid shape, the number of overnight trips made by Canadians in Canada remained steady in 1999, as did travel to overseas destinations. Despite the Canadian dollar's weakness relative to its American counterpart, overnight travel to the United States was up 5% from 1998.

    Release date: 2001-10-12
  • 30. International travel to Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-403-X20010015899
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The decade ended on a positive note with Canada welcoming a record 19.4 million overnight international tourists, a 3% increase over 1998. Although visitation showed in comparison to the 7% increase a year earlier, this was the largest number of overnight visitors recorded over the history of the international travel survey.

    Release date: 2001-10-12
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  • 1. A preview of the 2019 revision of the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts
    Notices and consultations: 13-605-X201900100007
    Description:

    This article describes the upcoming revisions (November 2019) in the Canadian Macroeconomic Accounts resulting from the inclusion of illegal cannabis production, consumption and distribution as well as statistical revisions of the international travel services. The paper highlights the impact of these revisions on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the balance of international payments (BOP).

    Release date: 2019-05-30
  • 2. Official Canadian Government Travel Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1803
    Description: This survey collects data on a continuous basis from visitors from countries other than the United States.
  • 3. Air Passenger Origin and Destination, Canada-U.S.A.
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2703
    Description: The Air Passenger Origin and Destination - Canada/United States survey provides estimates of the number of passengers traveling on scheduled commercial flights between Canada and the United States by directional origin and destination.
  • 4. Coupon Passenger Origin and Destination Report - Other Unit Toll Services
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2704
    Description: The survey covers the scheduled services operated within, into or out of Canada by medium-size and smaller-size Canadian and non-Canadian air carriers. Data on the origin and destination of passengers from the reporting carrier's system are collected.
  • 5. International Travel Survey: Electronic questionnaires and Air Exit Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3152
    Description: The primary objective of the International Travel Survey (ITS) is to provide statistics on travellers, to and from Canada, their characteristics of travel and spending levels.
  • 6. Tourism Attitude and Motivation Study
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3822
    Description: This survey identified the reasons why trips were taken as well as what motivated the traveller in the first place.
  • 7. Travel Activities and Motivation Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4439
    Description: The survey collected, among other things, information on Canadian residents' travel patterns during the past two years, their travel intentions over the next two years, their participation in entertainment and recreational activities at home and while on an overnight trip, the reasons for travelling or not travelling in Canada, the types of accommodation used, the sources of travel planning information and their impressions of Canada.
  • 8. Frontier Counts
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5005
    Description: The Frontier Counts data provide a full range of statistics on the number of international travellers by selected category and by type of transportation as well as the number of automobiles, trucks and other vehicles entering Canada.
  • 9. National Travel Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5232
    Description: The National Travel Survey provides statistics on the activities of Canadian residents related to domestic and international tourism. It was developed to measure the volume, the characteristics and the economic impact of tourism.
  • 10. Visitor Travel Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5261
    Description: The Visitor Travel Survey (VTS) provides statistics on U.S. and overseas visitors to Canada, their characteristics of travel and spending levels. The Visitor Travel Survey was introduced in January 2018 to replace the U.S. and overseas visitors to Canada component of the International Travel Survey (ITS record 3152 Archived).

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