Highlights
In April 2022, the number of international arrivals to Canada rose from the same month in 2021, approaching levels recorded before the pandemic in April 2019.
There were 365,800 non-resident visitors arriving from abroad at Canadian airports equipped with electronic kiosks, more than 20 times as many compared with April 2021.
US residents took 479,500 trips to Canada through land ports with electronic sensors in April 2022, over 415,700 more than in April 2021.
At the same time, the number of Canadian residents returning from visiting abroad by air via kiosk-equipped airports was much greater than in April 2021, but not yet at levels observed in April 2019, before the pandemic.
Compared with April 2021, there were over 1 million more Canadian residents—for a total of 1,262,900—who returned from trips to the United States through land ports with electronic sensors.
This release provides a first glimpse of international arrivals to Canada in April 2022. Complete counts will be available with April's "Travel between Canada and other countries" release on June 23, 2022.
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