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Table 1 Travel between Canada and other countries

Travel between Canada and other countries
	January 2009^r	December 2009^r	January 2010^p	December 2009 to January 2010
	Seasonally adjusted
	thousands			% change¹
Canadian trips abroad²	3,797	4,251	4,186	-1.5
To the United States	3,100	3,541	3,509	-0.9
To other countries	697	710	677	-4.7
Same-day car trips to the United States	1,640	1,935	1,887	-2.5
Total trips, one or more nights	2,117	2,282	2,266	-0.7
United States³	1,419	1,572	1,589	1.1
Car	842	941	929	-1.3
Plane	487	545	541	-0.7
Other modes of transportation	90	86	119	39.3
Other countries⁴	697	710	677	-4.7
Travel to Canada²	2,168	2,005	1,995	-0.5
From the United States	1,790	1,661	1,636	-1.5
From other countries	378	344	358	4.2
Same-day car trips from the United States	702	620	608	-1.9
Total trips, one or more nights	1,369	1,300	1,287	-1.0
United States³	1,001	964	938	-2.8
Car	603	570	549	-3.6
Plane	280	281	273	-2.8
Other modes of transportation	117	114	115	1.4
Other countries⁴	369	336	350	4.2
Travel to Canada: Top overseas markets, by country of origin⁵
United Kingdom	66	62	65	4.0
France	33	34	35	3.6
Germany	29	26	26	2.2
Japan	19	19	20	2.3
Australia	19	17	17	-2.1
China	17	13	14	6.2
South Korea	14	12	13	3.7
India	10	10	11	9.7
Hong Kong	9	10	10	5.4
Mexico	22	9	10	17.1
Netherlands	9	9	9	-1.9
Switzerland	8	9	9	-0.3

preliminary

revised

Percentage change is based on unrounded data.

Totals exceed the sum of "same-day car trips" and "total trips, one or more nights" because they include all of the same-day trips.

Estimates for the United States include counts of cars and buses, and estimated numbers for planes, trains, boats and other methods.

Figures for other countries exclude same-day entries by land only, via the United States.

Includes same-day and overnight trips.