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Table 8
Person-trips by Canadian residents returning from the United States, by type of transportation

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Person-trips by Canadian residents returning from the United States, by type of transportation
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
   thousands
First quarter  
Same day – Total 6,769 5,828 6,261 5,974 4,807 4,699 4,992 5,035 5,332 5,144
One or more nights 3,040 2,883 3,254 3,194 2,809 2,783 3,049 3,383 3,530 3,698
Automobile 1,455 1,318 1,483 1,446 1,449 1,369 1,541 1,683 1,730 1,827
Plane 1,422 1,411 1,595 1,572 1,213 1,280 1,364 1,531 1,653 1,731
Bus 136 127 147 140 118 108 117 145 124 119
Other types 1 27 27 29 36 29 26 27 23 23 21
Grand total 9,809 8,711 9,515 9,169 7,616 7,482 8,041 8,418 8,862 8,841
Second quarter  
Same day – Total 8,091 7,154 7,196 6,826 5,456 5,232 5,648 5,670 6,165 6,037
One or more nights 3,531 3,534 3,702 3,556 3,218 2,995 3,416 3,617 3,888 4,090
Automobile 2,034 1,960 1,959 1,874 1,846 1,738 1,950 2,006 2,171 2,291
Plane 1,116 1,191 1,340 1,260 1,047 987 1,127 1,273 1,342 1,415
Bus 199 205 215 202 146 109 160 180 207 202
Other types 1 182 179 187 221 178 161 178 158 168 181
Grand total 11,622 10,688 10,898 10,383 8,674 8,227 9,063 9,287 10,053 10,127
Third quarter  
Same day – Total 7,994 8,261 8,108 7,267 6,123 6,184 6,050 6,493 6,704 6,914
One or more nights 4,166 4,704 4,761 4,427 4,341 4,180 4,404 4,803 5,183 5,805
Automobile 2,792 3,122 3,106 2,990 2,961 2,893 3,043 3,290 3,587 4,051
Plane 887 1,050 1,119 922 886 867 907 1,068 1,157 1,250
Bus 186 200 205 179 158 123 129 147 155 170
Other types 1 301 332 330 335 337 298 325 297 285 334
Grand total 12,160 12,965 12,869 11,694 10,465 10,364 10,454 11,296 11,887 12,719
Fourth quarter  
Same day – Total 6,484 6,838 6,434 4,774 5,148 5,371 5,501 5,734 5,980 6,787
One or more nights 2,693 2,994 2,950 2,349 2,657 2,708 2,987 3,060 3,391 4,168
Automobile 1,325 1,469 1,419 1,282 1,435 1,494 1,594 1,617 1,810 2,439
Plane 1,178 1,310 1,317 902 1,036 1,040 1,185 1,248 1,369 1,486
Bus 139 162 161 108 126 117 156 147 165 183
Other types 1 51 54 53 58 60 56 52 47 48 59
Grand total 9,177 9,832 9,384 7,123 7,804 8,078 8,488 8,793 9,371 10,954
Year  
Same day – Total 29,337 28,081 28,000 24,841 21,534 21,486 22,191 22,932 24,181 24,881
One or more nights 13,430 14,116 14,666 13,527 13,025 12,666 13,856 14,862 15,992 17,759
Automobile 7,605 7,869 7,967 7,593 7,691 7,495 8,129 8,596 9,298 10,608
Plane 4,603 4,962 5,372 4,655 4,181 4,173 4,583 5,120 5,521 5,883
Bus 661 694 728 629 548 457 562 620 650 674
Other types 1 561 592 599 649 604 540 582 527 523 595
Grand total 42,768 42,196 42,666 38,368 34,559 34,151 36,047 37,794 40,173 42,641