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International Travel: Advance Information

October 2007

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Statistical Tables

International trips to Canada
	October			January to October
	2006	2007	Change 2007	2006	2007	Change 2007
	number		percent	number		percent
Trips by non-residents ¹	2,331,097	2,185,303	-6.3	29,354,210	26,883,759	-8.4
United States residents	1,991,814	1,840,328	-7.6	25,334,904	22,731,526	-10.3
Automobile	1,515,490	1,352,230	-10.8	19,234,602	16,831,089	-12.5
Same day	992,555	825,236	-16.9	11,850,649	9,742,858	-17.8
One or more nights	522,935	526,994	0.8	7,383,953	7,088,231	-4.0
Plane	314,871	315,276	0.1	3,624,951	3,508,445	-3.2
Bus	73,790	74,108	0.4	956,248	830,277	-13.2
Train, boat and other methods	87,663	98,714	12.6	1,519,103	1,561,715	2.8
All other countries residents	339,283	344,975	1.7	4,019,306	4,152,233	3.3
Direct	222,939	224,509	0.7	2,689,041	2,777,131	3.3
Via the United States ²	116,344	120,466	3.5	1,330,265	1,375,102	3.4
Trips by residents of Canada ¹	3,643,289	4,286,349	17.7	39,810,709	41,845,626	5.1
Returning from the United States	3,207,459	3,804,551	18.6	34,009,535	35,490,892	4.4
Automobile	2,608,506	3,147,980	20.7	27,775,230	28,930,597	4.2
Same day	1,902,531	2,265,406	19.1	19,581,349	19,879,656	1.5
One or more nights	705,975	882,574	25.0	8,193,881	9,050,941	10.5
Plane	458,427	489,583	6.8	4,669,472	4,930,140	5.6
Bus	101,902	114,480	12.3	1,009,235	1,002,349	-0.7
Train, boat and other methods	38,624	52,508	35.9	555,598	627,806	13.0
Returning from all other countries	435,830	481,798	10.5	5,801,174	6,354,734	9.5
Direct	379,858	423,789	11.6	4,981,691	5,507,376	10.6
Via the United States ²	55,972	58,009	3.6	819,483	847,358	3.4
Total ¹	5,974,386	6,471,652	8.3	69,164,919	68,729,385	-0.6

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
	October
	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	Canada
	number
United States
Automobile
2006	...	...	1,719	18,868	68,274	300,725	14,889	5,294	6,894	101,014	5,258	522,935
2007	...	...	1,210	18,698	66,166	322,910	13,363	5,174	6,512	88,733	4,228	526,994
Percent	...	...	-29.6	-0.9	-3.1	7.4	-10.2	-2.3	-5.5	-12.2	-19.6	0.8
Non-automobile
2006	2,362	212	30,946	12,562	65,710	169,012	7,225	3,882	33,433	75,528	97	400,969
2007	741	15	43,081	7,641	68,795	164,116	7,703	3,538	34,687	83,248	121	413,686
Percent	-68.6	-92.9	39.2	-39.2	4.7	-2.9	6.6	-8.9	3.8	10.2	24.7	3.2
Sub-Total
2006	2,362	212	32,665	31,430	133,984	469,737	22,114	9,176	40,327	176,542	5,355	923,904
2007	741	15	44,291	26,339	134,961	487,026	21,066	8,712	41,199	171,981	4,349	940,680
Percent	-68.6	-92.9	35.6	-16.2	0.7	3.7	-4.7	-5.1	2.2	-2.6	-18.8	1.8
Other countries ¹
2006	2,145	113	7,879	1,359	67,875	143,781	828	147	16,423	91,446	188	332,184
2007	2,674	1	9,440	1,496	67,253	145,940	1,100	83	19,612	87,997	267	335,863
Percent	24.7	-99.1	19.8	10.1	-0.9	1.5	32.9	-43.5	19.4	-3.8	42.0	1.1
Total
2006	4,507	325	40,544	32,789	201,859	613,518	22,942	9,323	56,750	267,988	5,543	1,256,088
2007	3,415	16	53,731	27,835	202,214	632,966	22,166	8,795	60,811	259,978	4,616	1,276,543
Percent	-24.2	-95.1	32.5	-15.1	0.2	3.2	-3.4	-5.7	7.2	-3.0	-16.7	1.6

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 October
	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	Canada
	number
United States
Automobile
2006	...	...	34,040	251,673	864,029	4,262,626	154,104	46,094	135,130	1,547,611	88,646	7,383,953
2007	...	...	29,173	244,823	804,023	4,156,185	138,718	47,496	133,239	1,445,237	89,337	7,088,231
Percent	...	...	-14.3	-2.7	-6.9	-2.5	-10.0	3.0	-1.4	-6.6	0.8	-4.0
Non-automobile
2006	18,796	2,731	153,553	89,121	707,464	1,865,979	75,034	29,323	381,005	1,530,781	82,912	4,936,699
2007	13,490	4,465	161,446	117,823	674,303	1,727,200	74,543	27,001	400,739	1,577,333	102,334	4,880,677
Percent	-28.2	63.5	5.1	32.2	-4.7	-7.4	-0.7	-7.9	5.2	3.0	23.4	-1.1
Sub-Total
2006	18,796	2,731	187,593	340,794	1,571,493	6,128,605	229,138	75,417	516,135	3,078,392	171,558	12,320,652
2007	13,490	4,465	190,619	362,646	1,478,326	5,883,385	213,261	74,497	533,978	3,022,570	191,671	11,968,908
Percent	-28.2	63.5	1.6	6.4	-5.9	-4.0	-6.9	-1.2	3.5	-1.8	11.7	-2.9
Other countries ¹
2006	42,904	751	47,962	10,057	680,702	1,565,201	10,078	1,827	255,394	1,286,460	20,023	3,921,359
2007	24,738	721	64,816	10,684	719,783	1,555,552	11,035	1,805	312,144	1,322,561	20,842	4,044,681
Percent	-42.3	-4.0	35.1	6.2	5.7	-0.6	9.5	-1.2	22.2	2.8	4.1	3.1
Total
2006	61,700	3,482	235,555	350,851	2,252,195	7,693,806	239,216	77,244	771,529	4,364,852	191,581	16,242,011
2007	38,228	5,186	255,435	373,330	2,198,109	7,438,937	224,296	76,302	846,122	4,345,131	212,513	16,013,589
Percent	-38.0	48.9	8.4	6.4	-2.4	-3.3	-6.2	-1.2	9.7	-0.5	10.9	-1.4

Excludes entries by land same day via the United States.

Trips by residents of countries other than the United States to Canada
	October			January to October
	2006	2007	Change 2007	2006	2007	Change 2007
	number		percent	number		percent
Europe, total	168,448	175,973	4.5	2,099,723	2,180,954	3.9
Belgium	3,300	3,419	3.6	41,291	40,939	-0.9
Denmark	2,010	2,258	12.3	25,684	25,875	0.7
France	31,809	29,703	-6.6	334,977	338,715	1.1
Germany	21,642	20,672	-4.5	287,565	293,203	2.0
Greece	974	982	0.8	11,409	11,645	2.1
Italy	6,072	6,813	12.2	83,036	91,183	9.8
Netherlands, The	7,649	7,702	0.7	111,686	114,414	2.4
Portugal	1,295	1,430	10.4	18,190	19,044	4.7
Spain	3,642	4,593	26.1	53,128	62,505	17.6
Sweden	2,397	2,870	19.7	27,277	28,833	5.7
Switzerland	6,376	6,669	4.6	84,905	86,193	1.5
United Kingdom	62,531	69,991	11.9	788,723	828,104	5.0
Other Europe	18,751	18,871	0.6	231,852	240,301	3.6
Africa, total	5,064	5,568	10.0	72,755	74,932	3.0
Asia, total	117,718	110,526	-6.1	1,174,921	1,156,933	-1.5
China	13,799	13,656	-1.0	127,663	134,881	5.7
Hong Kong	7,239	6,961	-3.8	98,425	101,334	3.0
India	6,342	6,584	3.8	79,314	94,013	18.5
Israel	6,189	4,868	-21.3	68,943	63,206	-8.3
Japan	47,095	39,316	-16.5	363,342	309,461	-14.8
Malaysia	732	784	7.1	9,615	9,360	-2.7
Philippines	4,164	4,928	18.3	43,814	50,764	15.9
Singapore	1,547	1,538	-0.6	19,902	20,306	2.0
South Korea	15,045	15,547	3.3	176,535	187,070	6.0
Taiwan	8,527	7,109	-16.6	85,333	75,737	-11.2
Other Asia	7,039	9,235	31.2	102,035	110,801	8.6
North America, Central America and Caribbean, total	23,453	25,122	7.1	331,595	368,821	11.2
Jamaica	1,122	1,220	8.7	21,291	21,193	-0.5
Mexico	12,676	14,282	12.7	187,232	218,346	16.6
Trinidad and Tobago	1,416	1,453	2.6	21,515	21,650	0.6
Other North America, Central America and Caribbean	8,239	8,167	-0.9	101,557	107,632	6.0
South America, total	11,237	11,914	6.0	122,197	132,653	8.6
Brazil	5,491	5,415	-1.4	56,251	57,420	2.1
Other South America	5,746	6,499	13.1	65,946	75,233	14.1
Oceania and other Ocean Islands, total	13,363	15,872	18.8	218,115	237,940	9.1
Australia	11,179	12,585	12.6	180,592	197,505	9.4
New Zealand	1,986	2,998	51.0	34,917	37,056	6.1
Other Oceania	198	289	46.0	2,606	3,379	29.7
Total	339,283	344,975	1.7	4,019,306	4,152,233	3.3

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
	October
	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	Canada
	number
United States
Automobile
2006	...	...	360	33,496	111,832	348,338	41,228	10,616	18,975	139,174	1,956	705,975
2007	...	...	340	43,975	130,743	439,162	57,494	16,731	28,034	164,581	1,514	882,574
Percent	...	...	-5.6	31.3	16.9	26.1	39.5	57.6	47.7	18.3	-22.6	25.0
Non-automobile
2006	525	167	6,070	5,922	82,474	239,366	14,818	5,410	73,558	107,626	92	536,028
2007	542	13	7,726	6,468	89,584	265,222	14,441	5,842	77,333	114,399	84	581,654
Percent	3.2	-92.2	27.3	9.2	8.6	10.8	-2.5	8.0	5.1	6.3	-8.7	8.5
Sub-Total
2006	525	167	6,430	39,418	194,306	587,704	56,046	16,026	92,533	246,800	2,048	1,242,003
2007	542	13	8,066	50,443	220,327	704,384	71,935	22,573	105,367	278,980	1,598	1,464,228
Percent	3.2	-92.2	25.4	28.0	13.4	19.9	28.3	40.9	13.9	13.0	-22.0	17.9
Other countries
2006	878	4	4,587	45	99,094	218,656	1,079	205	25,990	85,254	38	435,830
2007	242	0	5,259	86	115,843	237,427	1,556	322	33,479	87,441	143	481,798
Percent	-72.4	-100.0	14.7	91.1	16.9	8.6	44.2	57.1	28.8	2.6	276.3	10.5
Total
2006	1,403	171	11,017	39,463	293,400	806,360	57,125	16,231	118,523	332,054	2,086	1,677,833
2007	784	13	13,325	50,529	336,170	941,811	73,491	22,895	138,846	366,421	1,741	1,946,026
Percent	-44.1	-92.4	20.9	28.0	14.6	16.8	28.6	41.1	17.1	10.3	-16.5	16.0

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 October
	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	Canada
	number
United States
Automobile
2006	...	...	6,628	323,874	1,539,206	3,843,293	456,899	111,897	253,441	1,631,212	27,431	8,193,881
2007	...	...	6,455	361,233	1,678,273	4,250,888	532,555	136,532	290,292	1,768,693	26,020	9,050,941
Percent	...	...	-2.6	11.5	9.0	10.6	16.6	22.0	14.5	8.4	-5.1	10.5
Non-automobile
2006	4,853	695	58,413	59,111	938,753	2,627,394	132,055	41,566	680,591	1,098,148	7,982	5,649,561
2007	5,329	603	70,056	64,882	982,600	2,761,278	145,291	42,673	764,738	1,148,363	7,720	5,993,533
Percent	9.8	-13.2	19.9	9.8	4.7	5.1	10.0	2.7	12.4	4.6	-3.3	6.1
Sub-Total
2006	4,853	695	65,041	382,985	2,477,959	6,470,687	588,954	153,463	934,032	2,729,360	35,413	13,843,442
2007	5,329	603	76,511	426,115	2,660,873	7,012,166	677,846	179,205	1,055,030	2,917,056	33,740	15,044,474
Percent	9.8	-13.2	17.6	11.3	7.4	8.4	15.1	16.8	13.0	6.9	-4.7	8.7
Other countries
2006	42,696	19	85,989	7,003	1,289,855	2,903,007	59,087	26,848	385,425	1,000,697	548	5,801,174
2007	24,666	11	105,731	10,939	1,523,339	3,052,071	63,507	36,192	492,974	1,044,630	674	6,354,734
Percent	-42.2	-42.1	23.0	56.2	18.1	5.1	7.5	34.8	27.9	4.4	23.0	9.5
Total
2006	47,549	714	151,030	389,988	3,767,814	9,373,694	648,041	180,311	1,319,457	3,730,057	35,961	19,644,616
2007	29,995	614	182,242	437,054	4,184,212	10,064,237	741,353	215,397	1,548,004	3,961,686	34,414	21,399,208
Percent	-36.9	-14.0	20.7	12.1	11.1	7.4	14.4	19.5	17.3	6.2	-4.3	8.9