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Leading indicator, Canadian-resident return trips from the US by air and automobile - Canada
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2,182,9005.1%
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674,3605.1%
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$16.7 billion3.0%
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8.7 million-13.0%
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$11.6 billion6.9%
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74.9 million-6.2%
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6.1 million-0.7%
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$5.9 billion12.4%
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$9.6 billion6.3%
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$3.9 billion11.7%
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$2.9 billion3.9%
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26.4 million7.3%
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- Stats in brief: 11-001-X20262043635Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2026-07-23
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023020Description: 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
- Table: 24-10-0050-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: 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
- Table: 24-10-0050-02Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: 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
- Table: 24-10-0051-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
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 - Table: 24-10-0052-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: 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
- Table: 24-10-0052-02Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: 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
- Table: 24-10-0053-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: 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
- Table: 24-10-0053-02Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: 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
- Table: 24-10-0054-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
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
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- Data Visualization: 13-609-X2018015Description: This product gathers information from various statistical programs and illustrates the nature and the extent of Canada's economic and financial relationship with the Republic of Korea using interactive graphics and tables. The statistical information is presented according to four main topics: trade, investment, employment and travel. Key indicators are available for each of the topics. Users can link to more detailed data as well as information regarding definitions, concepts and methods.Release date: 2025-02-05
- Data Visualization: 13-609-X2018016Description: This product gathers information from various statistical programs and illustrates the nature and the extent of Canada's economic and financial relationship with Hong Kong using interactive graphics and tables. The statistical information is presented according to four main topics: trade, investment, employment and travel. Key indicators are available for each of the topics. Users can link to more detailed data as well as information regarding definitions, concepts and methods.Release date: 2025-02-05
- Data Visualization: 13-609-X2018017Description: This product gathers information from various statistical programs and illustrates the nature and the extent of Canada's economic and financial relationship with Singapore using interactive graphics and tables. The statistical information is presented according to four main topics: trade, investment, employment and travel. Key indicators are available for each of the topics. Users can link to more detailed data as well as information regarding definitions, concepts and methods.Release date: 2025-02-05
- Table: 13-609-XDescription: This product illustrates the nature and the extent of Canada's economic and financial relationship with the world using interactive graphs and tables. The statistical information is presented by theme such as trade, investment, employment and travel.Release date: 2025-02-05
- Public use microdata: 66M0001XDescription: Records relate to the activities of Canadians travelling outside the country and visitors to Canada: Canadian residents; travellers; non-residents; expenditures; length of stay; type of transportation; purpose of trip; accommodation used; places visited; expenditure by categories.
International travel data are collected in two flows: Canadian returning from abroad; visitors from the USA and from other countries to Canada.
Release date: 2024-04-18 - Table: 66-001-PDescription: This product provides monthly and year-to-date information on visitors entering Canada and on returning Canadian residents. It also includes an estimate of overnight trips by province of entry (visitors) and re-entry (Canadian residents). The data is released seven weeks following the reference period.Release date: 2024-02-23
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2020009Description: This dashboard presents selected data that are relevant for monitoring the impacts of COVID-19 on economic activity in Canada. It includes data on a range of monthly indicators—real GDP, consumer prices, the unemployment rate, merchandise exports and imports, retail sales, hours worked and manufacturing sales—as well as monthly data on aircraft movements, railway carloadings, and travel between Canada and other countries.
Estimates are presented from January 2019 to the current reference month for each data series. The information will be updated continuously as new data becomes available, and additional series may be added to the dashboard as circumstances warrant.
To support the analysis of time series movements in the data, the dashboard reports changes in each series on both a month-over-month and year-over-year basis. For most of the variables reported, information on cumulative changes in the data both prior and subsequent to the end of 2019 is also presented by indexing the level estimates to December 2019, as depicted in the accompanying charts.
Release date: 2024-01-15 - Table: 24-10-0002-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of vehicles travelling between Canada and the United States, by trip characteristics, length of stay and type of transportation. Data available monthly.Release date: 2022-02-23
- 49. Non-resident travellers entering Canada, by country of residence (excluding the United States) ArchivedTable: 24-10-0003-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
This table contains 3549 series, with data for years 1972 - 2018 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (13 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...) Country of residence (273 items: Total non-resident travellers, countries other than the United States; North America, Central America and Caribbean, total; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; ...).
Release date: 2022-02-23 - 50. Trips by residents of countries other than the United States to Canada, percentage change ArchivedTable: 24-10-0003-02Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Trips to Canada by residents of selected countries other than the United States, monthly and percentage change.
Release date: 2022-02-23
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- Articles and reports: 87-003-X20000045317Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study aims to help tourism destinations planners understand the characteristics of domestic bird and wildlife viewing markets so that they may be better prepared to meet the demands of these groups of travellers.
Release date: 2000-10-20 - 42. Overview of international travel ArchivedArticles and reports: 87-003-X20000035102Geography: CanadaDescription:
Overall, the number of foreign travellers to Canada rose 2.1% in 1999, compared to a 6.6% increase in 1998. This was the seventh consecutive annual increase.
Release date: 2000-07-13 - Articles and reports: 87-003-X20000014858Geography: CanadaDescription:
In the first part of this study, we will explore the development of the ski industry in Canada, after taking a short historical detour. In part two we will examine the characteristics of American travellers who visited Canadian ski areas (to ski or snowboard) during an overnight stay in Canada in the winter of 1998-99. Lastly, we will take a quick look at some characteristics of the overseas skier/snowboarder and at their contribution to the Canadian economy.
Release date: 2000-01-14 - 44. World trends ArchivedArticles and reports: 87-403-X19970014743Geography: CanadaDescription:
International tourism is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. Over the past ten years, the number of international arrivals at national borders has increased at an average annual rate of 5.2%, reaching 611 million in 1997.
Release date: 1999-11-24 - 45. Travel by Canadians ArchivedArticles and reports: 87-403-X19970014744Geography: CanadaDescription:
Canada's economy was booming in 1997. The economy, as measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), grew 3.8% in 1997, its best performance since 1994 and the second best this decade.
Release date: 1999-11-24 - 46. International travel to Canada ArchivedArticles and reports: 87-403-X19970014745Geography: CanadaDescription:
Canada hosted over 45 million international visitors in 1997, the highest annual level in the 25 years that travel data have been collected.
Release date: 1999-11-24 - 47. Profile of tourism in Canada's tourism regions ArchivedArticles and reports: 87-403-X19970014749Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article provides a thumbnail sketch of the top ten tourism regions in Canada based on the number of overnight visits. It will point out some of the similarities these regions share, as well as what makes them unique.
Release date: 1999-11-24 - 48. Tourism generating regions in Canada: factors associated with travel patterns and tourist behaviours ArchivedArticles and reports: 87-403-X19970014750Geography: CanadaDescription:
The purpose of this study was to describe tourism patterns in terms of the regions from which toursits orginate, and to identify those demographic and behavioural factors associated with the tourists generated by those regions.
Release date: 1999-11-24 - 49. Lessons learned from the analysis of the 1997 CTS and ITS for the merger of Southwestern Ontario and Festival County ArchivedArticles and reports: 87-403-X19970014752Geography: Province or territoryDescription:
The Province of Ontario has traditionally been divided into 12 travel regions known as OTAPs (Ontario Travel Association Partners). Core funding for these OTAPs comes form the Ministry of Economic Development.
Release date: 1999-11-24 - 50. Seniors... a market to watch in the next millenium ArchivedArticles and reports: 87-003-X19990044721Geography: CanadaDescription:
As the Internation Year of the Senior Persons winds down, attention on this growing group of consumers will continue well into the next millenium. This event marked the first year that seniors have been recognized by a worldwide designation.
Release date: 1999-10-29
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- Notices and consultations: 13-605-X201900100007Description:
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 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1803Description: This survey collects data on a continuous basis from visitors from countries other than the United States.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2703Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2704Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3152Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3822Description: This survey identified the reasons why trips were taken as well as what motivated the traveller in the first place.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4439Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5005Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5232Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5261Description: 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).