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Leading indicator of cross-border traveller volume, November 2016 (preliminary)

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Released: 2016-12-12

Data on the number of United States travellers entering Canada by car in November are now available upon request. Data are available by the visitors' state of residence and province of entry into Canada.

  Note to readers

Determining the number of travellers entering Canada is a key economic indicator of international trade and tourism growth. Most foreign travellers entering the country on any given day are from the United States and use the automobile as their mode of transportation. On an average day, 300,000 travellers enter Canada.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) uses different data sources to collect information on travellers entering the country. The CBSA then provides the data to Statistics Canada, which processes and releases them six weeks after the end of the reference month. One of the CBSA's data sources, the Integrated Primary Inspection Line (IPIL), yields data in an electronic format that require less processing. These data account for the largest share of United States residents entering Canada by automobile.

The new leading indicator is derived from the number of United States travellers entering Canada by automobiles licenced in the United States and through ports which are equipped with the IPIL system. Travellers who cross the border using a Nexus card and US travellers in automobiles with Canadian licence plates are not included in the figures. The traveller's state of residence is estimated from the licence plate of the automobile used to enter Canada.

Starting with the release of October 2016, data are now available in formats that provide more detail on entries of persons from each American state. Data in these new formats for the months since January 2015 are available upon request.

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For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact us (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; 514-283-8300; STATCAN.infostats-infostats.STATCAN@canada.ca) or Media Relations (613-951-4636; STATCAN.mediahotline-ligneinfomedias.STATCAN@canada.ca).

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