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Table 1
International trips to Canada
Table summary
This table displays the results of International trips to Canada September, January to September, 2016, 2017 and Change 2017, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	2016	2017	Change 2017	2016	2017	Change 2017
	September			January to September
	number		percent	number		percent
Trips by non-residents^{Table 1 Note 1}	3,078,069	3,156,507	2.5	24,194,712	24,842,831	2.7
United States residents	2,343,198	2,406,541	2.7	19,142,522	19,452,497	1.6
Automobile	1,494,152	1,498,781	0.3	12,924,804	12,865,578	-0.5
Same day	736,727	741,712	0.7	6,418,003	6,354,311	-1.0
One or more nights	757,425	757,069	0.0	6,506,801	6,511,267	0.1
Plane	524,710	534,541	1.9	4,194,456	4,428,087	5.6
Bus	77,802	100,977	29.8	636,426	732,968	15.2
Train, boat and other methods	246,534	272,242	10.4	1,386,836	1,425,864	2.8
All other countries residents	734,871	749,966	2.1	5,052,190	5,390,334	6.7
Direct	472,074	476,222	0.9	3,276,504	3,609,242	10.2
Via the United States^{Table 1 Note 2}	262,797	273,744	4.2	1,775,686	1,781,092	0.3
Trips by residents of Canada^{Table 1 Note 1}	4,399,416	4,652,208	5.7	40,874,950	42,116,134	3.0
Returning from the United States	3,523,793	3,676,277	4.3	31,489,867	32,064,216	1.8
Automobile	2,827,715	2,896,853	2.4	24,579,130	24,516,741	-0.3
Same day	1,853,852	1,927,189	4.0	16,159,949	16,011,531	-0.9
One or more nights	973,863	969,664	-0.4	8,419,181	8,505,210	1.0
Plane	558,566	624,755	11.8	5,902,676	6,476,646	9.7
Bus	67,915	73,919	8.8	573,054	621,075	8.4
Train, boat and other methods	69,597	80,750	16.0	435,007	449,754	3.4
Returning from all other countries	875,623	975,931	11.5	9,385,083	10,051,918	7.1
Direct	767,752	867,114	12.9	8,109,313	8,832,996	8.9
Via the United States^{Table 1 Note 2}	107,871	108,817	0.9	1,275,770	1,218,922	-4.5
Total^{Table 1 Note 1}	7,477,485	7,808,715	4.4	65,069,662	66,958,965	2.9
Note 1 Excludes immigrants, former residents, military personnel, diplomats and crews. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Entries and re-entries through or by way of the United States. Return to note 2 referrer

Date modified:: 2017-11-21