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International Travel: Advance Information

June 2007

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Statistical Tables

International trips to Canada
	June			January to June
	2006	2007	Change 2007	2006	2007	Change 2007
	number		percentage	number		percentage
Trips by non-residents ¹	3,755,910	3,594,044	-4.3	14,654,612	13,103,887	-10.6
United States residents	3,227,016	3,034,207	-6.0	12,788,223	11,164,938	-12.7
Automobile	2,318,037	2,146,253	-7.4	9,902,278	8,434,590	-14.8
Same day	1,304,754	1,137,963	-12.8	6,599,213	5,304,999	-19.6
One or more nights	1,013,283	1,008,290	-0.5	3,303,065	3,129,591	-5.3
Plane	515,175	493,540	-4.2	1,864,178	1,787,698	-4.1
Bus	132,931	116,802	-12.1	526,487	429,945	-18.3
Train, boat and other methods	260,873	277,612	6.4	495,280	512,705	3.5
All other countries residents	528,894	559,837	5.9	1,866,389	1,938,949	3.9
Direct	352,512	373,167	5.9	1,259,189	1,313,174	4.3
Via the United States ²	176,382	186,670	5.8	607,200	625,775	3.1
Trips by residents of Canada ¹	3,550,249	3,717,996	4.7	22,690,626	23,127,777	1.9
Returning from the United States	3,122,577	3,256,545	4.3	18,914,905	18,967,794	0.3
Automobile	2,608,265	2,710,288	3.9	15,026,679	14,946,780	-0.5
Same day	1,963,009	2,006,289	2.2	11,125,688	10,829,118	-2.7
One or more nights	645,256	703,999	9.1	3,900,991	4,117,662	5.6
Plane	347,136	364,025	4.9	3,032,516	3,180,151	4.9
Bus	92,884	90,151	-2.9	625,387	602,257	-3.7
Train, boat and other methods	74,292	92,081	23.9	230,323	238,606	3.6
Returning from all other countries	427,672	461,451	7.9	3,775,721	4,159,983	10.2
Direct	379,054	413,965	9.2	3,188,591	3,554,175	11.5
Via the United States ²	48,618	47,486	-2.3	587,130	605,808	3.2
Total ¹	7,306,159	7,312,040	0.1	37,345,238	36,231,664	-3.0

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
	June
	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	Canada
	number
United States
Automobile
2006	...	...	5,610	34,891	98,641	623,169	28,746	8,479	23,657	175,791	14,299	1,013,283
2007	...	...	4,745	34,613	99,055	625,479	25,935	9,387	24,725	169,475	14,876	1,008,290
Percentage	...	...	-15.4	-0.8	0.4	0.4	-9.8	10.7	4.5	-3.6	4.0	-0.5
Non-automobile
2006	1,279	460	21,165	9,685	95,914	247,377	12,562	4,791	55,793	244,609	18,417	712,052
2007	873	99	14,274	19,075	91,755	231,722	13,220	4,088	56,255	251,158	33,760	716,279
Percentage	-31.7	-78.5	-32.6	97.0	-4.3	-6.3	5.2	-14.7	0.8	2.7	83.3	0.6
Sub-Total
2006	1,279	460	26,775	44,576	194,555	870,546	41,308	13,270	79,450	420,400	32,716	1,725,335
2007	873	99	19,019	53,688	190,810	857,201	39,155	13,475	80,980	420,633	48,636	1,724,569
Percentage	-31.7	-78.5	-29.0	20.4	-1.9	-1.5	-5.2	1.5	1.9	0.1	48.7	0.0
Other countries ¹
2006	4,743	110	5,746	694	82,207	202,362	1,416	239	36,310	177,899	3,962	515,688
2007	2,722	1	8,247	875	90,287	209,391	1,463	260	41,898	185,251	4,101	544,496
Percentage	-42.6	-99.1	43.5	26.1	9.8	3.5	3.3	8.8	15.4	4.1	3.5	5.6
Total
2006	6,022	570	32,521	45,270	276,762	1,072,908	42,724	13,509	115,760	598,299	36,678	2,241,023
2007	3,595	100	27,266	54,563	281,097	1,066,592	40,618	13,735	122,878	605,884	52,737	2,269,065
Percentage	-40.3	-82.5	-16.2	20.5	1.6	-0.6	-4.9	1.7	6.1	1.3	43.8	1.3

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 June
	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	Canada
	number
United States
Automobile
2006	...	...	6,243	87,289	420,109	1,850,393	73,379	20,360	53,314	764,450	27,528	3,303,065
2007	...	...	4,745	83,167	387,173	1,765,864	64,683	20,899	54,073	720,605	28,382	3,129,591
Percentage	...	...	-24.0	-4.7	-7.8	-4.6	-11.9	2.6	1.4	-5.7	3.1	-5.3
Non-automobile
2006	4,120	465	37,199	19,242	377,409	969,417	35,866	12,233	186,959	644,427	26,008	2,313,345
2007	2,449	103	33,510	27,387	351,299	867,722	36,462	11,754	197,555	672,614	42,826	2,243,681
Percentage	-40.6	-77.8	-9.9	42.3	-6.9	-10.5	1.7	-3.9	5.7	4.4	64.7	-3.0
Sub-Total
2006	4,120	465	43,442	106,531	797,518	2,819,810	109,245	32,593	240,273	1,408,877	53,536	5,616,410
2007	2,449	103	38,255	110,554	738,472	2,633,586	101,145	32,653	251,628	1,393,219	71,208	5,373,272
Percentage	-40.6	-77.8	-11.9	3.8	-7.4	-6.6	-7.4	0.2	4.7	-1.1	33.0	-4.3
Other countries ¹
2006	20,089	111	14,651	1,826	299,204	711,926	4,230	840	131,374	633,759	6,174	1,824,184
2007	10,989	1	23,135	1,497	322,080	712,221	4,797	871	153,789	656,510	6,202	1,892,092
Percentage	-45.3	-99.1	57.9	-18.0	7.6	0.0	13.4	3.7	17.1	3.6	0.5	3.7
Total
2006	24,209	576	58,093	108,357	1,096,722	3,531,736	113,475	33,433	371,647	2,042,636	59,710	7,440,594
2007	13,438	104	61,390	112,051	1,060,552	3,345,807	105,942	33,524	405,417	2,049,729	77,410	7,265,364
Percentage	-44.5	-81.9	5.7	3.4	-3.3	-5.3	-6.6	0.3	9.1	0.3	29.6	-2.4

Excludes entries by land same day via the United States.

Trips by residents of countries other than the United States to Canada
	June			January to June
	2006	2007	Change 2007	2006	2007	Change 2007
	number		percentage	number		percentage
Europe, total	270,382	292,073	8.0	934,890	978,561	4.7
Belgium	4,747	5,208	9.7	17,708	17,632	-0.4
Denmark	4,011	3,612	-9.9	12,159	11,561	-4.9
France	34,389	36,587	6.4	137,777	144,803	5.1
Germany	36,435	39,844	9.4	121,560	126,981	4.5
Greece	1,597	1,488	-6.8	5,635	5,708	1.3
Italy	11,081	12,424	12.1	32,038	35,921	12.1
Netherlands, The	15,481	18,015	16.4	47,767	50,030	4.7
Portugal	2,036	2,597	27.6	7,160	8,399	17.3
Spain	7,103	8,998	26.7	20,186	22,734	12.6
Sweden	3,812	4,369	14.6	14,946	15,501	3.7
Switzerland	10,675	10,999	3.0	33,924	34,520	1.8
United Kingdom	103,109	108,164	4.9	374,012	388,877	4.0
Other Europe	35,906	39,768	10.8	110,018	115,894	5.3
Africa, total	11,767	11,896	1.1	33,002	35,010	6.1
Asia, total	155,268	151,309	-2.5	572,975	562,205	-1.9
China	15,220	16,215	6.5	56,828	61,634	8.5
Hong Kong	13,185	13,547	2.7	49,414	48,405	-2.0
India	11,484	16,076	40.0	43,106	53,337	23.7
Israel	8,643	8,373	-3.1	33,108	30,464	-8.0
Japan	43,643	33,519	-23.2	173,008	144,287	-16.6
Malaysia	1,490	1,562	4.8	4,706	4,983	5.9
Philippines	5,143	6,306	22.6	24,094	27,546	14.3
Singapore	3,890	4,121	5.9	11,844	11,574	-2.3
South Korea	22,994	22,394	-2.6	85,733	90,280	5.3
Taiwan	12,424	10,277	-17.3	43,458	37,660	-13.3
Other Asia	17,152	18,919	10.3	47,676	52,035	9.1
North America, Central America and Caribbean, total	41,556	48,621	17.0	151,400	172,122	13.7
Jamaica	2,676	2,741	2.4	9,628	10,077	4.7
Mexico	23,341	28,909	23.9	86,420	103,685	20.0
Trinidad and Tobago	2,956	2,755	-6.8	8,747	8,653	-1.1
Other North America, Central America and Caribbean	12,583	14,216	13.0	46,605	49,707	6.7
South America, total	15,817	18,548	17.3	59,524	64,910	9.0
Brazil	6,561	7,581	15.5	29,033	29,818	2.7
Other South America	9,256	10,967	18.5	30,491	35,092	15.1
Oceania and other Ocean Islands, total	34,104	37,390	9.6	114,598	126,141	10.1
Australia	28,175	31,140	10.5	96,845	107,280	10.8
New Zealand	5,599	5,872	4.9	16,533	17,197	4.0
Other Oceania	330	378	14.5	1,220	1,664	36.4
Total	528,894	559,837	5.9	1,866,389	1,938,949	3.9

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
	June
	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	Canada
	number
United States
Automobile
2006	...	...	836	25,011	127,969	292,052	33,354	8,214	17,668	134,847	5,305	645,256
2007	...	...	844	27,418	147,205	312,217	38,196	10,042	20,818	143,279	3,980	703,999
Percentage	...	...	1.0	9.6	15.0	6.9	14.5	22.3	17.8	6.3	-25.0	9.1
Non-automobile
2006	651	99	4,615	7,212	79,066	214,719	9,493	2,957	46,668	93,977	1,832	461,289
2007	542	20	5,351	6,817	82,613	231,290	9,583	2,862	54,149	100,997	2,251	496,475
Percentage	-16.7	-79.8	15.9	-5.5	4.5	7.7	0.9	-3.2	16.0	7.5	22.9	7.6
Sub-Total
2006	651	99	5,451	32,223	207,035	506,771	42,847	11,171	64,336	228,824	7,137	1,106,545
2007	542	20	6,195	34,235	229,818	543,507	47,779	12,904	74,967	244,276	6,231	1,200,474
Percentage	-16.7	-79.8	13.6	6.2	11.0	7.2	11.5	15.5	16.5	6.8	-12.7	8.5
Other countries
2006	3,945	4	2,537	31	96,443	221,836	916	201	21,195	80,503	61	427,672
2007	2,188	0	5,483	37	114,628	227,638	996	208	28,776	81,415	82	461,451
Percentage	-44.5	-100.0	116.1	19.4	18.9	2.6	8.7	3.5	35.8	1.1	34.4	7.9
Total
2006	4,596	103	7,988	32,254	303,478	728,607	43,763	11,372	85,531	309,327	7,198	1,534,217
2007	2,730	20	11,678	34,272	344,446	771,145	48,775	13,112	103,743	325,691	6,313	1,661,925
Percentage	-40.6	-80.6	46.2	6.3	13.5	5.8	11.5	15.3	21.3	5.3	-12.3	8.3

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 June
	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	Canada
	number
United States
Automobile
2006	...	...	989	145,289	579,661	2,025,427	210,818	51,598	124,665	752,441	10,103	3,900,991
2007	...	...	844	147,187	608,709	2,137,308	231,302	57,840	133,341	792,748	8,383	4,117,662
Percentage	...	...	-14.7	1.3	5.0	5.5	9.7	12.1	7.0	5.4	-17.0	5.6
Non-automobile
2006	2,862	137	37,135	27,040	593,282	1,663,151	85,028	24,860	426,448	652,933	4,042	3,516,918
2007	3,256	42	44,459	28,178	615,803	1,684,571	94,043	25,968	496,714	670,823	3,384	3,667,241
Percentage	13.8	-69.3	19.7	4.2	3.8	1.3	10.6	4.5	16.5	2.7	-16.3	4.3
Sub-Total
2006	2,862	137	38,124	172,329	1,172,943	3,688,578	295,846	76,458	551,113	1,405,374	14,145	7,417,909
2007	3,256	42	45,303	175,365	1,224,512	3,821,879	325,345	83,808	630,055	1,463,571	11,767	7,784,903
Percentage	13.8	-69.3	18.8	1.8	4.4	3.6	10.0	9.6	14.3	4.1	-16.8	4.9
Other countries
2006	25,581	4	71,095	6,800	819,723	1,854,841	54,861	25,831	271,669	645,191	125	3,775,721
2007	15,233	0	84,037	10,605	972,579	1,952,688	58,171	35,117	361,328	670,029	196	4,159,983
Percentage	-40.5	-100.0	18.2	56.0	18.6	5.3	6.0	35.9	33.0	3.8	56.8	10.2
Total
2006	28,443	141	109,219	179,129	1,992,666	5,543,419	350,707	102,289	822,782	2,050,565	14,270	11,193,630
2007	18,489	42	129,340	185,970	2,197,091	5,774,567	383,516	118,925	991,383	2,133,600	11,963	11,944,886
Percentage	-35.0	-70.2	18.4	3.8	10.3	4.2	9.4	16.3	20.5	4.0	-16.2	6.7