In January, the number of international visitors to Canada rose from January 2021, but remained well below pre-pandemic levels in January 2020.
The number of non-resident visitors arriving from abroad at Canadian airports equipped with electronic kiosks was more than five times the number recorded in the same month a year earlier.
At the same time, the number of Canadian residents returning from a visit abroad via the same airports in January 2022 was almost five times higher than in January 2021.
US residents made 126,300 tourism-related trips to Canada through land ports with electronic sensors in January 2022, almost 75,000 more than in January 2021.
Similarly, compared with the same month in 2021, there were over 200,000 more Canadians—for a total of 370,700—who returned from visits to the United States through the same land ports.
This release provides a first glimpse into international arrivals to Canada in January 2022. Complete counts will be available when the January data are published in Travel between Canada and other countries on March 23, 2022.
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