In July, the preliminary number of international arrivals to Canada by air and automobile increased 6.5% from July 2023.
By air, the number of non-resident arrivals in Canada totalled 1.4 million in July 2024, up 7.9% year over year. Meanwhile, the number of Canadian-resident return trips from abroad by air reached 1.5 million, an 11.6% increase from July 2023.
By automobile, US residents took 1.9 million trips to Canada in July 2024, up 5.5% from the same month in 2023. The number of Canadian-resident return trips by automobile also rose, up 3.7% year over year to reach 2.7 million trips in July 2024.
All statistics in this release are based on the primary data sources for air and automobile arrivals (see Note to readers). To further explore current and historical data in an interactive format, please visit the Frontier Counts: Interactive Dashboard.
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