Travel between Canada and other countries, January 2016
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Released: 2016-03-17
Canadian residents made 3.5 million trips to the United States in January, up 2.0% compared with December. The increase was mainly attributable to a 3.7% gain in same-day car trips.
United States residents made 1.9 million trips to Canada in January, up 1.1% from December.
Residents of overseas countries made 476,000 trips to Canada in January, an increase of 3.5% from December.
Travel by Canadian residents to overseas countries decreased 0.8% in January to 987,000 trips.
Note to readers
Monthly data are seasonally adjusted. For information on seasonal adjustment, see Seasonally adjusted data – Frequently asked questions.
All of the seasonally adjusted data have been revised back to January 2013.
Overseas countries refer to countries other than the United States.
A Canadian resident traveller is a Canadian resident who has travelled outside of Canada for a period of less than 12 months.
A non-resident traveller is a resident of a country other than Canada who is travelling to Canada for a period of less than 12 months.
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The January 2016 issue of International Travel: Advance Information, Vol. 32, no. 1 (66-001-P), is now available from the Browse by key resource module of our website under Publications.
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