Highlights
In May, the number of international arrivals to Canada—non-resident trips and returning Canadian-resident trips—continued to increase from May 2022, but, for most indicators, has not yet reached the number of arrivals recorded in May 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
In May 2023, in Canadian airports equipped with electronic sensors, the number of non-resident arrivals totalled 774,000 (+52.5% from May 2022), while the number of trips by Canadian residents returning from abroad reached 1.5 million (+34.0% from May 2022).
Meanwhile, US-resident trips to Canada through land ports with electronic sensors totalled 1.0 million in May 2023, a year-over-year increase of 64.1%. The number of Canadian-resident return trips from the United States via the same land ports also increased (+35.7%) in May, to 1.9 million trips.
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