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Travel, transport
Tables
- Table 35 Travellers to Canada, by country of origin, 2008
- Table 36 Travel by Canadians to foreign countries, 2008
- Table 37 Major Canadian airlines, operational statistics
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| Overnight trips | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country of origin1 | Trips | Nights | Spending in Canada |
| thousands | C$ millions | ||
| United States | 12,503 | 50,643 | 6,583 |
| United Kingdom | 837 | 11,363 | 1,184 |
| France | 405 | 7,015 | 541 |
| Germany | 315 | 5,249 | 466 |
| Japan | 259 | 3,103 | 356 |
| Mexico | 257 | 5,105 | 364 |
| Australia | 219 | 2,935 | 356 |
| South Korea | 173 | 4,172 | 276 |
| China | 159 | 4,439 | 263 |
| India | 129 | 2,792 | 122 |
| 1. May include more than one country. | |||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics. | |||
| Overnight visits | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Visits | Nights | Spending in country | |
| thousands | C$ millions | ||
| United States | 18,915 | 146,602 | 12,924 |
| Mexico | 1,124 | 11,518 | 1,186 |
| United Kingdom | 1,017 | 12,406 | 1,227 |
| Cuba | 932 | 7,806 | 791 |
| France | 809 | 9,779 | 1,057 |
| Dominican Republic | 763 | 6,319 | 651 |
| Germany | 362 | 3,333 | 312 |
| Italy | 338 | 3,471 | 456 |
| Netherlands | 273 | 2,173 | 212 |
| China | 250 | 5,403 | 452 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics. | |||
| 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | |||
| Passengers (number) | 24,571 | 20,042 | 37,494 |
| Passenger-kilometres | 64,426,065 | 59,508,960 | 96,677,633 |
| Cargo (kilograms) | 431,150 | 298,990 | 218,944 |
| Cargo (tonne-kilometres) | 2,340,594 | 1,419,988 | 1,260,823 |
| Hours flown | 843 | 703 | 1,119 |
| Turbo fuel consumed (litres) | 3,855,178 | 2,999,282 | 4,178,965 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 401-0001. | |||
