Table 1
International trips to Canada

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International trips to Canada
Table summary
This table displays counts of trips by U.S. residents entering Canada, residents of countries other than the U.S. entering Canada, Canadian residents returning to Canada from the U.S. and Canadian residents returning to Canada from countries other than the U.S. The column headers indicate the reference months to which the data refer. The row headers indicate the mode of entry, duration of trip and entry type (direct from overseas or via the U.S.).
  December January to December
2013 2014 Change 2014 2013 2014 Change 2014
  number percent number percent
Trips by non-residents 1 1,639,199 1,725,804 5.3 25,167,015 25,558,014 1.6
United States residents 1,315,563 1,377,156 4.7 20,435,329 20,345,412 -0.4
Automobile 947,649 993,741 4.9 14,140,991 13,898,320 -1.7
Same day 516,076 544,034 5.4 7,244,451 7,093,937 -2.1
One or more nights 431,573 449,707 4.2 6,896,540 6,804,383 -1.3
Plane 293,521 314,794 7.2 3,995,719 4,290,837 7.4
Bus 52,958 46,729 -11.8 860,339 807,119 -6.2
Train, boat and other methods 21,435 21,892 2.1 1,438,280 1,349,136 -6.2
All other countries residents 323,636 348,648 7.7 4,731,686 5,212,602 10.2
Direct 220,140 238,197 8.2 2,940,299 3,227,747 9.8
Via the United States 2 103,496 110,451 6.7 1,791,387 1,984,855 10.8
Trips by residents of Canada 1 4,984,693 4,733,982 -5.0 65,797,832 63,736,022 -3.1
Returning from the United States 4,226,369 3,890,368 -8.0 56,208,331 53,224,425 -5.3
Automobile 3,475,639 3,137,105 -9.7 46,401,494 43,382,890 -6.5
Same day 2,596,600 2,365,049 -8.9 32,341,806 29,790,424 -7.9
One or more nights 879,039 772,056 -12.2 14,059,688 13,592,466 -3.3
Plane 654,290 664,571 1.6 8,102,658 8,276,627 2.1
Bus 78,257 69,739 -10.9 1,056,756 1,032,798 -2.3
Train, boat and other methods 18,183 18,953 4.2 647,423 532,110 -17.8
Returning from all other countries 758,324 843,614 11.2 9,589,501 10,511,597 9.6
Direct 570,052 574,364 0.8 7,593,624 7,525,003 -0.9
Via the United States 2 188,272 269,250 43.0 1,995,877 2,986,594 49.6
Total 1 6,623,892 6,459,786 -2.5 90,964,847 89,294,036 -1.8
1.
Excludes immigrants, former residents, military personnel, diplomats and crews.
2.
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.
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