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International Travel: Advance Information

February 2008

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Statistical Tables

International trips to Canada
	February			January to February
	2007	2008	Change 2008	2007	2008	Change 2008
	number		percent	number		percent
Trips by non-residents ¹	1,543,350	1,404,578	-9.0	3,104,351	2,785,447	-10.3
United States residents	1,322,059	1,175,404	-11.1	2,676,022	2,337,883	-12.6
Automobile	1,041,802	901,886	-13.4	2,123,815	1,805,757	-15.0
Same day	695,971	564,304	-18.9	1,480,598	1,186,851	-19.8
One or more nights	345,831	337,582	-2.4	643,217	618,906	-3.8
Plane	218,746	211,583	-3.3	429,128	410,365	-4.4
Bus	45,428	47,322	4.2	94,787	94,939	0.2
Train, boat and other methods	16,083	14,613	-9.1	28,292	26,822	-5.2
All other countries residents	221,291	229,174	3.6	428,329	447,564	4.5
Direct	160,979	169,292	5.2	302,307	319,728	5.8
Via the United States ²	60,312	59,882	-0.7	126,022	127,836	1.4
Trips by residents of Canada ¹	3,174,820	3,749,615	18.1	6,919,092	7,856,351	13.5
Returning from the United States	2,461,382	2,920,617	18.7	5,338,757	6,092,643	14.1
Automobile	1,859,794	2,211,645	18.9	4,054,740	4,654,133	14.8
Same day	1,443,156	1,666,727	15.5	3,081,267	3,458,236	12.2
One or more nights	416,638	544,918	30.8	973,473	1,195,897	22.8
Plane	520,059	619,918	19.2	1,089,626	1,239,898	13.8
Bus	67,451	74,224	10.0	163,864	167,265	2.1
Train, boat and other methods	14,078	14,830	5.3	30,527	31,347	2.7
Returning from all other countries	713,438	828,998	16.2	1,580,335	1,763,708	11.6
Direct	605,389	710,907	17.4	1,330,265	1,504,034	13.1
Via the United States ²	108,049	118,091	9.3	250,070	259,674	3.8
Total ¹	4,718,170	5,154,193	9.2	10,023,443	10,641,798	6.2

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
	February
	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	Canada
	number
United States
Automobile
2007	...	...	0	6,856	60,261	160,108	4,871	1,253	3,584	107,587	1,311	345,831
2008	...	...	0	5,632	55,533	163,020	3,976	1,506	3,237	103,768	910	337,582
Percent	...	...	...	-17.9	-7.8	1.8	-18.4	20.2	-9.7	-3.5	-30.6	-2.4
Non-automobile
2007	181	0	2,331	1,714	44,303	100,556	3,611	1,029	24,460	63,534	200	241,919
2008	796	6	2,210	1,392	45,234	99,277	3,039	811	23,379	59,119	271	235,534
Percent	339.8	...	-5.2	-18.8	2.1	-1.3	-15.8	-21.2	-4.4	-6.9	35.5	-2.6
Sub-Total
2007	181	0	2,331	8,570	104,564	260,664	8,482	2,282	28,044	171,121	1,511	587,750
2008	796	6	2,210	7,024	100,767	262,297	7,015	2,317	26,616	162,887	1,181	573,116
Percent	339.8	...	-5.2	-18.0	-3.6	0.6	-17.3	1.5	-5.1	-4.8	-21.8	-2.5
Other countries ¹
2007	1,437	0	1,946	50	43,711	72,937	405	87	20,838	77,028	75	218,514
2008	1,828	0	1,891	104	46,050	73,797	578	64	22,806	78,574	128	225,820
Percent	27.2	...	-2.8	108.0	5.4	1.2	42.7	-26.4	9.4	2.0	70.7	3.3
Total
2007	1,618	0	4,277	8,620	148,275	333,601	8,887	2,369	48,882	248,149	1,586	806,264
2008	2,624	6	4,101	7,128	146,817	336,094	7,593	2,381	49,422	241,461	1,309	798,936
Percent	62.2	...	-4.1	-17.3	-1.0	0.7	-14.6	0.5	1.1	-2.7	-17.5	-0.9

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 February
	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	Canada
	number
United States
Automobile
2007	...	...	0	12,774	104,853	310,123	8,948	2,569	6,831	194,723	2,396	643,217
2008	...	...	0	10,932	92,026	312,527	7,765	2,748	6,453	184,594	1,861	618,906
Percent	...	...	...	-14.4	-12.2	0.8	-13.2	7.0	-5.5	-5.2	-22.3	-3.8
Non-automobile
2007	459	0	4,607	2,768	84,128	206,712	7,045	2,084	47,565	116,768	237	472,373
2008	1,117	6	4,516	2,269	82,467	203,831	6,120	1,732	45,023	109,874	331	457,286
Percent	143.4	...	-2.0	-18.0	-2.0	-1.4	-13.1	-16.9	-5.3	-5.9	39.7	-3.2
Sub-Total
2007	459	0	4,607	15,542	188,981	516,835	15,993	4,653	54,396	311,491	2,633	1,115,590
2008	1,117	6	4,516	13,201	174,493	516,358	13,885	4,480	51,476	294,468	2,192	1,076,192
Percent	143.4	...	-2.0	-15.1	-7.7	-0.1	-13.2	-3.7	-5.4	-5.5	-16.7	-3.5
Other countries ¹
2007	2,922	0	3,713	137	78,987	146,136	875	187	40,385	148,590	314	422,246
2008	3,207	0	3,709	160	81,719	149,798	1,185	180	44,589	155,701	196	440,444
Percent	9.8	...	-0.1	16.8	3.5	2.5	35.4	-3.7	10.4	4.8	-37.6	4.3
Total
2007	3,381	0	8,320	15,679	267,968	662,971	16,868	4,840	94,781	460,081	2,947	1,537,836
2008	4,324	6	8,225	13,361	256,212	666,156	15,070	4,660	96,065	450,169	2,388	1,516,636
Percent	27.9	...	-1.1	-14.8	-4.4	0.5	-10.7	-3.7	1.4	-2.2	-19.0	-1.4

Excludes entries by land same day via the United States.

Trips by residents of countries other than the United States to Canada
	February			January to February
	2007	2008	Change 2008	2007	2008	Change 2008
	number		percent	number		percent
Europe, total	117,101	121,553	3.8	216,437	223,569	3.3
Belgium	1,976	2,340	18.4	3,663	4,116	12.4
Denmark	1,322	1,443	9.2	2,610	2,746	5.2
France	24,091	25,849	7.3	42,391	45,048	6.3
Germany	12,511	12,666	1.2	24,353	23,899	-1.9
Greece	640	656	2.5	1,222	1,209	-1.1
Italy	3,495	3,316	-5.1	7,148	6,732	-5.8
Netherlands, The	4,516	4,442	-1.6	8,381	8,119	-3.1
Portugal	878	940	7.1	1,670	1,879	12.5
Spain	1,709	1,849	8.2	3,396	3,668	8.0
Sweden	2,117	2,329	10.0	3,898	4,538	16.4
Switzerland	3,967	4,443	12.0	7,292	8,161	11.9
United Kingdom	48,298	48,630	0.7	87,345	88,238	1.0
Other Europe	11,581	12,650	9.2	23,068	25,216	9.3
Africa, total	2,849	3,461	21.5	6,580	7,437	13.0
Asia, total	66,641	65,116	-2.3	128,374	126,853	-1.2
China	7,363	8,917	21.1	15,405	18,164	17.9
Hong Kong	8,438	9,243	9.5	13,075	15,403	17.8
India	4,446	4,619	3.9	9,036	9,124	1.0
Israel	3,532	2,850	-19.3	7,100	5,491	-22.7
Japan	18,928	15,562	-17.8	33,144	26,886	-18.9
Malaysia	325	466	43.4	647	955	47.6
Philippines	2,950	3,046	3.3	5,420	6,336	16.9
Singapore	976	864	-11.5	1,971	1,841	-6.6
South Korea	10,795	11,434	5.9	25,304	25,343	0.2
Taiwan	4,529	2,996	-33.8	8,192	6,473	-21.0
Other Asia	4,359	5,119	17.4	9,080	10,837	19.4
North America, Central America and Caribbean, total	17,174	19,749	15.0	35,031	41,057	17.2
Jamaica	792	887	12.0	1,550	1,854	19.6
Mexico	10,000	12,079	20.8	21,117	25,796	22.2
Trinidad and Tobago	804	895	11.3	1,633	1,863	14.1
Other North America, Central America and Caribbean	5,578	5,888	5.6	10,731	11,544	7.6
South America, total	7,020	7,472	6.4	15,503	16,788	8.3
Brazil	3,409	3,450	1.2	8,076	9,009	11.6
Other South America	3,611	4,022	11.4	7,427	7,779	4.7
Oceania and other Ocean Islands, total	10,506	11,823	12.5	26,404	31,860	20.7
Australia	8,853	9,799	10.7	22,853	26,655	16.6
New Zealand	1,492	1,836	23.1	3,218	4,804	49.3
Other Oceania	161	188	16.8	333	401	20.4
Total	221,291	229,174	3.6	428,329	447,564	4.5

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
	February
	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	Canada
	number
United States
Automobile
2007	...	...	0	11,536	49,547	222,335	25,081	7,972	15,314	84,646	207	416,638
2008	...	...	0	13,593	58,737	288,729	36,788	11,855	20,776	114,102	338	544,918
Percent	...	...	...	17.8	18.5	29.9	46.7	48.7	35.7	34.8	63.3	30.8
Non-automobile
2007	344	0	5,629	1,606	86,039	258,713	16,375	4,336	85,415	94,194	45	552,696
2008	671	1	8,939	1,674	95,011	304,686	19,854	4,253	97,702	122,893	136	655,820
Percent	95.1	...	58.8	4.2	10.4	17.8	21.2	-1.9	14.4	30.5	202.2	18.7
Sub-Total
2007	344	0	5,629	13,142	135,586	481,048	41,456	12,308	100,729	178,840	252	969,334
2008	671	1	8,939	15,267	153,748	593,415	56,642	16,108	118,478	236,995	474	1,200,738
Percent	95.1	...	58.8	16.2	13.4	23.4	36.6	30.9	17.6	32.5	88.1	23.9
Other countries
2007	738	0	10,063	644	163,194	331,894	18,112	12,918	70,648	105,218	9	713,438
2008	632	0	9,850	937	194,190	382,622	21,760	16,194	80,878	121,933	2	828,998
Percent	-14.4	...	-2.1	45.5	19.0	15.3	20.1	25.4	14.5	15.9	-77.8	16.2
Total
2007	1,082	0	15,692	13,786	298,780	812,942	59,568	25,226	171,377	284,058	261	1,682,772
2008	1,303	1	18,789	16,204	347,938	976,037	78,402	32,302	199,356	358,928	476	2,029,736
Percent	20.4	...	19.7	17.5	16.5	20.1	31.6	28.1	16.3	26.4	82.4	20.6

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 February
	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	Canada
	number
United States
Automobile
2007	...	...	0	25,349	140,694	524,316	54,226	15,422	30,210	182,579	677	973,473
2008	...	...	0	27,536	156,377	632,214	73,339	22,234	42,235	241,257	705	1,195,897
Percent	...	...	...	8.6	11.1	20.6	35.2	44.2	39.8	32.1	4.1	22.8
Non-automobile
2007	668	8	10,520	3,274	188,233	533,794	32,816	8,712	175,262	204,276	154	1,157,717
2008	1,155	10	15,439	2,993	203,241	608,306	36,438	8,528	190,064	249,552	178	1,315,904
Percent	72.9	25.0	46.8	-8.6	8.0	14.0	11.0	-2.1	8.4	22.2	15.6	13.7
Sub-Total
2007	668	8	10,520	28,623	328,927	1,058,110	87,042	24,134	205,472	386,855	831	2,131,190
2008	1,155	10	15,439	30,529	359,618	1,240,520	109,777	30,762	232,299	490,809	883	2,511,801
Percent	72.9	25.0	46.8	6.7	9.3	17.2	26.1	27.5	13.1	26.9	6.3	17.9
Other countries
2007	859	0	15,651	865	367,429	734,475	36,873	25,736	151,593	246,821	33	1,580,335
2008	795	0	15,285	1,056	422,490	805,126	42,467	32,738	167,703	276,044	4	1,763,708
Percent	-7.5	...	-2.3	22.1	15.0	9.6	15.2	27.2	10.6	11.8	-87.9	11.6
Total
2007	1,527	8	26,171	29,488	696,356	1,792,585	123,915	49,870	357,065	633,676	864	3,711,525
2008	1,950	10	30,724	31,585	782,108	2,045,646	152,244	63,500	400,002	766,853	887	4,275,509
Percent	27.7	25.0	17.4	7.1	12.3	14.1	22.9	27.3	12.0	21.0	2.7	15.2