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International Travel: Advance Information

April 2007

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Statistical Tables

International trips to Canada
	April			January to April
	2006	2007	Change 2007	2006	2007	Change 2007
	number		percentage	number		percentage
Trips by non-residents ¹	2,297,236	1,930,730	-16.0	8,032,969	6,856,269	-14.6
United States residents	2,018,963	1,655,312	-18.0	7,109,326	5,895,472	-17.1
Automobile	1,628,108	1,311,733	-19.4	5,761,545	4,667,831	-19.0
Same day	1,121,049	868,066	-22.6	4,123,701	3,187,332	-22.7
One or more nights	507,059	443,667	-12.5	1,637,844	1,480,499	-9.6
Plane	280,848	253,919	-9.6	979,653	936,411	-4.4
Bus	74,721	58,589	-21.6	277,165	211,017	-23.9
Train, boat and other methods	35,286	31,071	-11.9	90,963	80,213	-11.8
All other countries residents	278,273	275,418	-1.0	923,643	960,797	4.0
Direct	188,837	185,970	-1.5	638,829	672,303	5.2
Via the United States ²	89,436	89,448	0.0	284,814	288,494	1.3
Trips by residents of Canada ¹	4,117,687	4,101,069	-0.4	15,189,313	15,403,133	1.4
Returning from the United States	3,479,399	3,408,943	-2.0	12,341,132	12,250,211	-0.7
Automobile	2,770,664	2,681,932	-3.2	9,621,832	9,458,755	-1.7
Same day	1,984,168	1,864,382	-6.0	7,105,624	6,814,570	-4.1
One or more nights	786,496	817,550	3.9	2,516,208	2,644,185	5.1
Plane	548,923	573,835	4.5	2,222,698	2,326,857	4.7
Bus	124,806	127,025	1.8	406,132	388,000	-4.5
Train, boat and other methods	35,006	26,151	-25.3	90,470	76,599	-15.3
Returning from all other countries	638,288	692,126	8.4	2,848,181	3,152,922	10.7
Direct	546,529	595,890	9.0	2,385,569	2,670,912	12.0
Via the United States ²	91,759	96,236	4.9	462,612	482,010	4.2
Total ¹	6,414,923	6,031,799	-6.0	23,222,282	22,259,402	-4.1

Excludes immigrants, former residents, military personnel, diplomats and crews.

Entries and re-entries through or by way of the United States.

Source(s):

Reports of entries and re-entries from offices of the Canada Border Services Agency.

Table 2

One or more nights trips by non-residents to Canada, by province of entry, current month

One or more nights trips by non-residents to Canada, by province of entry, current month
	April
	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	Canada
	number
United States
Automobile
2006	...	...	0	12,408	71,325	276,794	7,872	2,495	6,374	127,123	2,668	507,059
2007	...	...	0	10,339	59,738	244,186	7,291	2,503	6,213	110,453	2,944	443,667
Percentage	...	...	...	-16.7	-16.2	-11.8	-7.4	0.3	-2.5	-13.1	10.3	-12.5
Non-automobile
2006	442	0	2,615	1,692	60,077	159,089	4,510	1,157	23,522	71,018	162	324,284
2007	206	2	3,487	1,367	53,022	131,230	4,232	1,291	26,264	68,388	218	289,707
Percentage	-53.4	...	33.3	-19.2	-11.7	-17.5	-6.2	11.6	11.7	-3.7	34.6	-10.7
Sub-Total
2006	442	0	2,615	14,100	131,402	435,883	12,382	3,652	29,896	198,141	2,830	831,343
2007	206	2	3,487	11,706	112,760	375,416	11,523	3,794	32,477	178,841	3,162	733,374
Percentage	-53.4	...	33.3	-17.0	-14.2	-13.9	-6.9	3.9	8.6	-9.7	11.7	-11.8
Other countries ¹
2006	3,477	1	1,481	120	45,968	113,728	540	140	15,555	90,744	256	272,010
2007	1,936	0	3,164	122	48,143	109,107	644	116	18,580	85,313	125	267,250
Percentage	-44.3	-100.0	113.6	1.7	4.7	-4.1	19.3	-17.1	19.4	-6.0	-51.2	-1.7
Total
2006	3,919	1	4,096	14,220	177,370	549,611	12,922	3,792	45,451	288,885	3,086	1,103,353
2007	2,142	2	6,651	11,828	160,903	484,523	12,167	3,910	51,057	264,154	3,287	1,000,624
Percentage	-45.3	100.0	62.4	-16.8	-9.3	-11.8	-5.8	3.1	12.3	-8.6	6.5	-9.3

Excludes entries by land same day via the United States.

Table 3

One or more nights trips by non-residents to Canada, by province of entry, year to date

One or more nights trips by non-residents to Canada, by province of entry, year to date
	January to April
	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	Canada
	number
United States
Automobile
2006	...	...	0	34,069	248,174	838,239	29,863	7,679	18,527	454,286	7,007	1,637,844
2007	...	...	0	30,397	215,966	756,156	24,482	7,176	18,237	420,476	7,609	1,480,499
Percentage	...	...	...	-10.8	-13.0	-9.8	-18.0	-6.6	-1.6	-7.4	8.6	-9.6
Non-automobile
2006	1,184	3	8,983	6,958	202,221	520,373	16,299	4,467	96,349	245,530	1,013	1,103,380
2007	943	3	11,326	5,772	184,590	451,668	15,762	4,848	105,010	258,038	761	1,038,721
Percentage	-20.4	0.0	26.1	-17.0	-8.7	-13.2	-3.3	8.5	9.0	5.1	-24.9	-5.9
Sub-Total
2006	1,184	3	8,983	41,027	450,395	1,358,612	46,162	12,146	114,876	699,816	8,020	2,741,224
2007	943	3	11,326	36,169	400,556	1,207,824	40,244	12,024	123,247	678,514	8,370	2,519,220
Percentage	-20.4	0.0	26.1	-11.8	-11.1	-11.1	-12.8	-1.0	7.3	-3.0	4.4	-8.1
Other countries ¹
2006	11,603	1	4,663	327	157,136	349,926	1,834	448	68,428	311,849	590	906,805
2007	6,163	0	9,675	330	169,900	348,766	2,104	410	82,364	322,033	574	942,319
Percentage	-46.9	-100.0	107.5	0.9	8.1	-0.3	14.7	-8.5	20.4	3.3	-2.7	3.9
Total
2006	12,787	4	13,646	41,354	607,531	1,708,538	47,996	12,594	183,304	1,011,665	8,610	3,648,029
2007	7,106	3	21,001	36,499	570,456	1,556,590	42,348	12,434	205,611	1,000,547	8,944	3,461,539
Percentage	-44.4	-25.0	53.9	-11.7	-6.1	-8.9	-11.8	-1.3	12.2	-1.1	3.9	-5.1

Excludes entries by land same day via the United States.

Trips by residents of countries other than the United States to Canada
	April			January to April
	2006	2007	Change 2007	2006	2007	Change 2007
	number		percentage	number		percentage
Europe, total	135,099	132,240	-2.1	453,829	475,345	4.7
Belgium	2,664	2,714	1.9	9,159	8,762	-4.3
Denmark	2,049	1,266	-38.2	6,054	5,512	-9.0
France	20,329	21,084	3.7	76,970	81,972	6.5
Germany	16,243	15,615	-3.9	52,016	54,450	4.7
Greece	821	889	8.3	2,565	3,008	17.3
Italy	4,679	5,829	24.6	14,262	16,827	18.0
Netherlands, The	5,995	5,789	-3.4	19,210	18,668	-2.8
Portugal	1,163	1,278	9.9	3,382	3,890	15.0
Spain	2,887	3,350	16.0	7,337	9,069	23.6
Sweden	2,405	2,251	-6.4	8,394	8,597	2.4
Switzerland	5,195	4,922	-5.3	16,036	16,614	3.6
United Kingdom	55,024	51,279	-6.8	186,602	194,384	4.2
Other Europe	15,645	15,974	2.1	51,842	53,592	3.4
Africa, total	4,169	5,011	20.2	14,755	15,994	8.4
Asia, total	86,684	84,299	-2.8	293,837	293,173	-0.2
China	8,952	9,352	4.5	29,191	32,277	10.6
Hong Kong	7,701	6,329	-17.8	26,086	25,476	-2.3
India	6,596	8,248	25.0	20,108	23,286	15.8
Israel	6,151	4,360	-29.1	17,331	16,723	-3.5
Japan	25,269	23,038	-8.8	92,108	81,517	-11.5
Malaysia	557	624	12.0	1,555	1,803	15.9
Philippines	4,456	4,975	11.6	13,107	14,948	14.0
Singapore	1,576	1,385	-12.1	4,587	4,591	0.1
South Korea	12,012	12,555	4.5	46,181	50,037	8.3
Taiwan	6,645	6,020	-9.4	22,665	19,765	-12.8
Other Asia	6,769	7,413	9.5	20,918	22,750	8.8
North America, Central America and Caribbean, total	30,959	29,820	-3.7	81,633	90,684	11.1
Jamaica	2,041	2,043	0.1	5,070	5,362	5.8
Mexico	19,238	18,439	-4.2	47,367	55,936	18.1
Trinidad and Tobago	1,507	1,286	-14.7	4,184	3,965	-5.2
Other North America, Central America and Caribbean	8,173	8,052	-1.5	25,012	25,421	1.6
South America, total	8,342	9,323	11.8	31,560	33,647	6.6
Brazil	4,059	4,491	10.6	16,963	16,556	-2.4
Other South America	4,283	4,832	12.8	14,597	17,091	17.1
Oceania and other Ocean Islands, total	13,020	14,725	13.1	48,029	51,954	8.2
Australia	10,632	12,326	15.9	40,048	44,056	10.0
New Zealand	2,219	2,149	-3.2	7,326	6,936	-5.3
Other Oceania	169	250	47.9	655	962	46.9
Total	278,273	275,418	-1.0	923,643	960,797	4.0

Table 5

One or more nights trips by residents returning to Canada, by province of re-entry, current month

One or more nights trips by residents returning to Canada, by province of re-entry, current month
	April
	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	Canada
	number
United States
Automobile
2006	...	...	0	31,796	119,221	400,160	44,544	12,579	33,005	143,901	1,290	786,496
2007	...	...	0	30,516	113,334	418,651	48,678	13,481	35,752	155,935	1,203	817,550
Percentage	...	...	...	-4.0	-4.9	4.6	9.3	7.2	8.3	8.4	-6.7	3.9
Non-automobile
2006	428	14	8,280	5,984	117,349	304,759	14,881	5,013	85,522	113,806	202	656,238
2007	492	8	9,117	6,290	119,814	299,376	17,468	5,121	98,335	113,965	196	670,182
Percentage	15.0	-42.9	10.1	5.1	2.1	-1.8	17.4	2.2	15.0	0.1	-3.0	2.1
Sub-Total
2006	428	14	8,280	37,780	236,570	704,919	59,425	17,592	118,527	257,707	1,492	1,442,734
2007	492	8	9,117	36,806	233,148	718,027	66,146	18,602	134,087	269,900	1,399	1,487,732
Percentage	15.0	-42.9	10.1	-2.6	-1.4	1.9	11.3	5.7	13.1	4.7	-6.2	3.1
Other countries
2006	5,973	0	26,373	2,799	146,681	292,059	3,804	618	54,464	105,493	24	638,288
2007	5,762	0	24,344	5,143	165,956	305,332	3,475	735	70,693	110,680	6	692,126
Percentage	-3.5	...	-7.7	83.7	13.1	4.5	-8.6	18.9	29.8	4.9	-75.0	8.4
Total
2006	6,401	14	34,653	40,579	383,251	996,978	63,229	18,210	172,991	363,200	1,516	2,081,022
2007	6,254	8	33,461	41,949	399,104	1,023,359	69,621	19,337	204,780	380,580	1,405	2,179,858
Percentage	-2.3	-42.9	-3.4	3.4	4.1	2.6	10.1	6.2	18.4	4.8	-7.3	4.7

Table 6

One or more nights trips by residents returning to Canada, by province of re-entry, year to date

One or more nights trips by residents returning to Canada, by province of re-entry, year to date
	January to April
	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	Canada
	number
United States
Automobile
2006	...	...	0	90,792	351,088	1,356,554	138,258	34,428	85,315	457,285	2,488	2,516,208
2007	...	...	0	90,569	354,852	1,433,642	151,426	37,365	89,554	484,335	2,442	2,644,185
Percentage	...	...	...	-0.2	1.1	5.7	9.5	8.5	5.0	5.9	-1.8	5.1
Non-automobile
2006	1,316	35	25,463	12,002	415,128	1,177,050	63,064	17,206	310,868	432,847	1,372	2,456,351
2007	1,712	20	30,017	14,027	429,367	1,174,416	69,661	18,612	366,713	436,926	476	2,541,947
Percentage	30.1	-42.9	17.9	16.9	3.4	-0.2	10.5	8.2	18.0	0.9	-65.3	3.5
Sub-Total
2006	1,316	35	25,463	102,794	766,216	2,533,604	201,322	51,634	396,183	890,132	3,860	4,972,559
2007	1,712	20	30,017	104,596	784,219	2,608,058	221,087	55,977	456,267	921,261	2,918	5,186,132
Percentage	30.1	-42.9	17.9	1.8	2.3	2.9	9.8	8.4	15.2	3.5	-24.4	4.3
Other countries
2006	15,033	0	57,929	5,897	622,457	1,380,110	52,541	25,228	219,717	469,223	46	2,848,181
2007	9,325	0	65,346	8,939	741,030	1,454,914	55,569	34,457	292,850	490,448	44	3,152,922
Percentage	-38.0	...	12.8	51.6	19.0	5.4	5.8	36.6	33.3	4.5	-4.3	10.7
Total
2006	16,349	35	83,392	108,691	1,388,673	3,913,714	253,863	76,862	615,900	1,359,355	3,906	7,820,740
2007	11,037	20	95,363	113,535	1,525,249	4,062,972	276,656	90,434	749,117	1,411,709	2,962	8,339,054
Percentage	-32.5	-42.9	14.4	4.5	9.8	3.8	9.0	17.7	21.6	3.9	-24.2	6.6