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Travel between Canada and other countries declined in April, with decreases recorded in both directions.
Travel by Canadian residents abroad declined 0.5% in April to an estimated 3.9 million trips. The number of trips from the United States and other countries to Canada dropped 0.6% to 2.5 million. (Unless otherwise specified, monthly data are seasonally adjusted.)
Canadian residents took 597,000 trips to overseas destinations in April, making it the third highest month on record. However, this was a 1.0% decrease compared to March, when a record high was set.
Canadians also made more than 3.3 million trips to the United States in April, a decrease of 0.4% compared to March.
The number of same-day car trips by Canadian residents dipped slightly from March to April, while overnight travel by all modes declined 0.9% to less than 1.4 million. While overnight car travel dropped 2.2% to 790,000 trips, overnight air travel rose 1.0% to 475,000 trips.
United States residents took over 2.1 million trips to Canada in April, a decrease of 0.2% compared to March.
Overnight travel from the United States to Canada remained relatively steady in April at nearly 1.1 million trips. While there was a 0.2% decline in the number of overnight trips by air by American residents, there was a 0.5% increase in overnight car travel.
Americans took an estimated 943,000 same-day car trips to Canada in April, virtually unchanged from March. This was also the fourth consecutive month during which trips did not reach the 1-million mark.
Overseas visitors took 389,000 trips to Canada in April, a drop of 2.8% from March, and the lowest figure recorded since November 2006.
Travel from 7 of Canada's top 12 overseas markets was down in April compared to March. Among the top 12 markets, travel from Italy posted the largest gain (+9.7%), while travel from Mexico recorded the largest decline (-12.7%). Also, April was the highest month on record for travel to Canada by Australian residents, as they registered 20,000 trips.
Note: Same-day and overnight data for United States residents entering by commercial plane, train, commercial boat or other methods (for example, by foot or motorcycle) and any summation of these not seasonally adjusted series have been revised for each month of the third and fourth quarters of 2006.
Same-day and overnight data for Canadian residents returning from the United States by commercial plane, private plane, train, commercial boat or other methods (for example, by foot or motorcycle) and any summation of these not seasonally adjusted series have been revised for each month of the third and fourth quarters of 2006.
Available on CANSIM: tables 427-0001 to 427-0006.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 5005.
The April 2007 issue of International Travel, Advance Information, Vol. 23, no. 4 (66-001-PWE, free) is now available from the Publications module of our website.
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