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Travel to Canada by foreign residents fell 1.9% between April and May to 1.9 million trips, as travel from both the United States and other countries declined.
Travel by US residents to Canada declined 2.1% to 1.6 million trips in May. Drops in travel were noted for all categories of mode of entry.
Residents of countries other than the United States made 354,000 overnight trips to Canada, down 1.3% from April. Half of the top 12 overseas markets to Canada decreased in May, with Italy (-7.0), Germany (-6.8%) and the United Kingdom (-5.4%) posting the largest declines.
On an outbound basis, Canadian residents took fewer trips to both the United States and other countries, resulting in an overall decline of 1.0% trips outside the country compared with April.
Trips to the United States fell 1.0% to 3.7 million in May. Same day car travel dropped 2.5% in May after hitting a 19-month high in April. Meanwhile, overnight travel by plane continued on an upward trend with a 3.1% increase to 585,000 trips.
Travel to overseas countries by Canadian residents decreased 1.2% to 711,000 trips.
Note: Monthly data are seasonally adjusted.
Available on CANSIM: tables 427-0001 to 427-0006.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 5005.
The May 2010 issue of International Travel, Advance Information, Vol. 26, no. 5 (66-001-P, free), is now available from the Key resource module of our website under Publications.
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Table 1
| May 2009r | April 2010r | May 2010p | April to May 2010 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seasonally adjusted | ||||
| thousands | % change1 | |||
| Canadian trips abroad2 | 3,911 | 4,481 | 4,435 | -1.0 |
| To the United States | 3,275 | 3,762 | 3,724 | -1.0 |
| To other countries | 637 | 719 | 711 | -1.2 |
| Same-day car trips to the United States | 1,750 | 2,043 | 1,992 | -2.5 |
| Total trips, one or more nights | 2,125 | 2,401 | 2,403 | 0.1 |
| United States3 | 1,488 | 1,682 | 1,692 | 0.7 |
| Car | 912 | 1,008 | 1,015 | 0.6 |
| Plane | 481 | 568 | 585 | 3.1 |
| Other modes of transportation | 96 | 106 | 93 | -12.2 |
| Other countries4 | 637 | 719 | 711 | -1.2 |
| Travel to Canada2 | 2,126 | 1,986 | 1,949 | -1.9 |
| From the United States | 1,789 | 1,618 | 1,585 | -2.1 |
| From other countries | 337 | 368 | 364 | -1.2 |
| Same-day car trips from the United States | 713 | 594 | 580 | -2.4 |
| Total trips, one or more nights | 1,304 | 1,300 | 1,274 | -2.0 |
| United States3 | 975 | 941 | 920 | -2.3 |
| Car | 601 | 550 | 545 | -0.8 |
| Plane | 261 | 282 | 270 | -4.2 |
| Other modes of transportation | 113 | 109 | 104 | -4.5 |
| Other countries4 | 329 | 358 | 354 | -1.3 |
| Travel to Canada: Top overseas markets, by country of origin5 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 57 | 63 | 59 | -5.4 |
| France | 34 | 36 | 36 | 0.5 |
| Germany | 25 | 30 | 28 | -6.8 |
| Australia | 17 | 20 | 21 | 1.6 |
| Japan | 13 | 19 | 19 | -3.4 |
| China | 14 | 15 | 16 | 4.4 |
| South Korea | 12 | 14 | 15 | 3.6 |
| Hong Kong | 10 | 11 | 12 | 7.3 |
| India | 9 | 11 | 11 | 4.0 |
| Mexico | 15 | 12 | 11 | -5.0 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 9 | 9 | -1.8 |
| Italy | 8 | 9 | 9 | -7.0 |
