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International Travel: Advance Information June 2009 . Statistical Tables Table 1

International trips to Canada June 2008

January to June 2009

number

Change 2009 percent

2008

2009

number

Change 2009 percent

Trips by non-residents 1

3,129,440

2,629,037

-16.0

11,641,716

10,794,024

-7.3

United States residents Automobile Same day One or more nights Plane Bus Train, boat and other methods

2,554,865 1,764,167 884,547 879,620 453,604 98,042 239,052

2,147,353 1,422,268 635,669 786,599 401,288 70,785 253,012

-16.0 -19.4 -28.1 -10.6 -11.5 -27.8 5.8

9,627,935 7,077,442 4,174,869 2,902,573 1,699,645 374,969 475,879

9,023,655 6,676,494 3,828,931 2,847,563 1,497,999 356,857 492,305

-6.3 -5.7 -8.3 -1.9 -11.9 -4.8 3.5

574,575 392,909 181,666

481,684 328,927 152,757

-16.2 -16.3 -15.9

2,013,781 1,393,640 620,141

1,770,369 1,202,316 568,053

-12.1 -13.7 -8.4

Trips by residents of Canada 1

4,061,744

3,275,847

-19.3

25,916,814

22,731,044

-12.3

Returning from the United States Automobile Same day One or more nights Plane Bus Train, boat and other methods

3,563,701 2,987,758 2,130,326 857,432 403,799 91,903 80,241

2,798,224 2,307,572 1,571,209 736,363 358,146 59,668 72,838

-21.5 -22.8 -26.2 -14.1 -11.3 -35.1 -9.2

21,300,573 16,865,133 11,881,088 4,984,045 3,598,040 608,226 229,174

17,991,069 14,040,456 9,497,895 4,542,561 3,264,918 473,086 212,609

-15.5 -16.7 -20.1 -8.9 -9.3 -22.2 -7.2

498,043 447,974 50,069

477,623 428,443 49,180

-4.1 -4.4 -1.8

4,616,241 3,989,005 627,236

4,739,975 4,108,690 631,285

2.7 3.0 0.6

7,191,184

5,904,884

-17.9

37,558,530

33,525,068

-10.7

All other countries residents Direct Via the United States 2

Returning from all other countries Direct Via the United States 2 Total 1

1. Excludes immigrants, former residents, military personnel, diplomats and crews. 2. Entries and re-entries through or by way of the United States. Source(s): Reports of entries and re-entries from offices of the Canada Border Services Agency.

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Table 2

One or more nights trips by non-residents to Canada, by province of entry, current month June N.L.

P.E.I.

N.S.

N.B.

Que.

Ont.

Man.

Sask.

Alta.

B.C.

Y.T.

Canada

number United States Automobile 2008 2009 Percent Non-automobile 2008 2009 Percent

... ... ...

... ... ...

3,856 2,856 -25.9

28,564 27,800 -2.7

85,627 74,145 -13.4

552,649 478,449 -13.4

21,052 18,962 -9.9

7,904 7,268 -8.0

20,253 22,326 10.2

147,808 143,381 -3.0

11,907 11,412 -4.2

879,620 786,599 -10.6

2,326 2,060 -11.4

656 435 -33.7

14,041 12,674 -9.7

3,099 2,249 -27.4

78,724 67,489 -14.3

218,163 185,168 -15.1

11,983 10,224 -14.7

4,143 4,850 17.1

57,378 52,106 -9.2

231,921 222,982 -3.9

14,852 12,243 -17.6

637,286 572,480 -10.2

Sub-Total 2008 2009 Percent

2,326 2,060 -11.4

656 435 -33.7

17,897 15,530 -13.2

31,663 30,049 -5.1

164,351 141,634 -13.8

770,812 663,617 -13.9

33,035 29,186 -11.7

12,047 12,118 0.6

77,631 74,432 -4.1

379,729 366,363 -3.5

26,759 23,655 -11.6

1,516,906 1,359,079 -10.4

Other countries 1 2008 2009 Percent

2,434 1,954 -19.7

87 60 -31.0

10,439 7,145 -31.6

529 1,607 203.8

92,556 83,407 -9.9

221,164 184,385 -16.6

1,585 1,037 -34.6

315 330 4.8

44,135 39,783 -9.9

181,611 146,989 -19.1

4,596 3,813 -17.0

559,451 470,510 -15.9

Total 2008 2009 Percent

4,760 4,014 -15.7

743 495 -33.4

28,336 22,675 -20.0

32,192 31,656 -1.7

256,907 225,041 -12.4

991,976 848,002 -14.5

34,620 30,223 -12.7

12,362 12,448 0.7

121,766 114,215 -6.2

561,340 513,352 -8.5

31,355 27,468 -12.4

2,076,357 1,829,589 -11.9

1. Excludes entries by land same day via the United States.

Table 3

One or more nights trips by non-residents to Canada, by province of entry, year to date January to June N.L.

P.E.I.

N.S.

N.B.

Que.

Ont.

Man.

Sask.

Alta.

B.C.

Y.T.

Canada

number United States Automobile 2008 2009 Percent Non-automobile 2008 2009 Percent

... ... ...

... ... ...

3,961 2,856 -27.9

71,621 72,139 0.7

348,056 345,309 -0.8

1,684,006 1,657,205 -1.6

55,007 52,393 -4.8

19,427 18,754 -3.5

47,845 50,396 5.3

650,294 626,179 -3.7

22,356 22,332 -0.1

2,902,573 2,847,563 -1.9

6,718 5,513 -17.9

678 460 -32.2

34,063 28,288 -17.0

10,358 8,430 -18.6

329,296 277,661 -15.7

846,849 738,743 -12.8

33,419 30,045 -10.1

11,164 13,186 18.1

194,572 189,321 -2.7

636,611 587,264 -7.8

21,940 18,130 -17.4

2,125,668 1,897,041 -10.8

Sub-Total 2008 2009 Percent

6,718 5,513 -17.9

678 460 -32.2

38,024 31,144 -18.1

81,979 80,569 -1.7

677,352 622,970 -8.0

2,530,855 2,395,948 -5.3

88,426 82,438 -6.8

30,591 31,940 4.4

242,417 239,717 -1.1

1,286,905 1,213,443 -5.7

44,296 40,462 -8.7

5,028,241 4,744,604 -5.6

Other countries 1 2008 2009 Percent

12,063 10,509 -12.9

87 66 -24.1

29,032 20,441 -29.6

1,427 2,407 68.7

334,446 308,648 -7.7

750,687 649,356 -13.5

5,989 3,856 -35.6

899 950 5.7

165,702 148,700 -10.3

657,734 581,366 -11.6

6,471 5,353 -17.3

1,964,537 1,731,652 -11.9

Total 2008 2009 Percent

18,781 16,022 -14.7

765 526 -31.2

67,056 51,585 -23.1

83,406 82,976 -0.5

1,011,798 931,618 -7.9

3,281,542 3,045,304 -7.2

94,415 86,294 -8.6

31,490 32,890 4.4

408,119 388,417 -4.8

1,944,639 1,794,809 -7.7

50,767 45,815 -9.8

6,992,778 6,476,256 -7.4

1. Excludes entries by land same day via the United States.

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Table 4

Trips by residents of countries other than the United States to Canada June 2008

January to June 2009

number Europe, total Belgium Denmark France Germany Greece Italy Netherlands, The Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Other Europe

Change 2009 percent

2008

2009

number

Change 2009 percent

298,735 5,532 3,963 39,018 41,078 1,847 12,863 17,005 2,476 9,755 4,556 11,108 104,570 44,964

264,851 5,451 3,427 38,977 37,109 1,598 10,697 13,513 2,051 9,915 4,334 11,869 86,543 39,367

-11.3 -1.5 -13.5 -0.1 -9.7 -13.5 -16.8 -20.5 -17.2 1.6 -4.9 6.9 -17.2 -12.4

1,022,905 19,260 12,834 156,136 130,800 6,047 37,668 50,685 8,379 24,151 17,941 37,943 385,613 135,448

912,374 18,325 11,123 154,955 124,460 5,618 34,040 42,467 7,654 24,804 15,421 37,956 315,659 119,892

-10.8 -4.9 -13.3 -0.8 -4.8 -7.1 -9.6 -16.2 -8.7 2.7 -14.0 0.0 -18.1 -11.5

Africa, total

12,183

11,042

-9.4

36,639

35,436

-3.3

Asia, total China Hong Kong India Israel Japan Malaysia Philippines Singapore South Korea Taiwan Other Asia

153,854 16,996 15,938 17,189 8,294 29,427 2,411 6,124 4,092 22,282 10,771 20,330

116,229 15,513 12,889 14,896 6,777 14,879 1,258 6,665 3,405 15,442 5,789 18,716

-24.5 -8.7 -19.1 -13.3 -18.3 -49.4 -47.8 8.8 -16.8 -30.7 -46.3 -7.9

556,246 68,473 55,771 56,709 27,725 118,570 7,458 29,687 11,984 90,865 31,883 57,121

471,191 71,383 51,527 55,378 22,822 78,091 4,207 33,033 10,276 64,610 22,892 56,972

-15.3 4.2 -7.6 -2.3 -17.7 -34.1 -43.6 11.3 -14.3 -28.9 -28.2 -0.3

-19.6 -6.5 -25.6 -19.6

190,845 11,165 117,388 9,162

168,414 10,936 97,690 8,558

-11.8 -2.1 -16.8 -6.6

North America, Central America and Caribbean, total Jamaica Mexico Trinidad and Tobago Other North America, Central America and Caribbean

50,870 2,705 31,150 2,883

40,903 2,528 23,191 2,319

14,132

12,865

-9.0

53,130

51,230

-3.6

South America, total Brazil Other South America

18,988 7,543 11,445

16,089 6,147 9,942

-15.3 -18.5 -13.1

68,647 31,099 37,548

63,537 27,745 35,792

-7.4 -10.8 -4.7

Oceania and other Ocean Islands, total Australia New Zealand Other Oceania

39,945 33,090 6,342 513

32,570 26,696 5,485 389

-18.5 -19.3 -13.5 -24.2

138,499 116,114 20,591 1,794

119,417 99,250 18,620 1,547

-13.8 -14.5 -9.6 -13.8

574,575

481,684

-16.2

2,013,781

1,770,369

-12.1

Total

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Table 5

One or more nights trips by residents returning to Canada, by province of re-entry, current month June N.L.

P.E.I.

N.S.

N.B.

Que.

Ont.

Man.

Sask.

Alta.

B.C.

Y.T.

Canada

number United States Automobile 2008 2009 Percent Non-automobile 2008 2009 Percent

... ... ...

... ... ...

847 578 -31.8

32,510 28,422 -12.6

164,996 147,369 -10.7

379,312 320,078 -15.6

51,268 36,859 -28.1

13,255 10,157 -23.4

23,514 21,989 -6.5

187,268 166,546 -11.1

4,462 4,365 -2.2

857,432 736,363 -14.1

1,323 1,191 -10.0

83 50 -39.8

5,562 4,631 -16.7

5,451 4,305 -21.0

84,511 75,369 -10.8

236,344 203,666 -13.8

10,344 8,515 -17.7

3,406 3,798 11.5

62,669 60,711 -3.1

114,034 98,694 -13.5

2,043 823 -59.7

525,770 461,753 -12.2

Sub-Total 2008 2009 Percent

1,323 1,191 -10.0

83 50 -39.8

6,409 5,209 -18.7

37,961 32,727 -13.8

249,507 222,738 -10.7

615,656 523,744 -14.9

61,612 45,374 -26.4

16,661 13,955 -16.2

86,183 82,700 -4.0

301,302 265,240 -12.0

6,505 5,188 -20.2

1,383,202 1,198,116 -13.4

Other countries 2008 2009 Percent

1,482 1,085 -26.8

0 0 ...

5,296 4,873 -8.0

239 268 12.1

123,254 125,081 1.5

247,906 240,330 -3.1

1,354 1,326 -2.1

351 534 52.1

31,964 28,979 -9.3

86,104 75,057 -12.8

93 90 -3.2

498,043 477,623 -4.1

Total 2008 2009 Percent

2,805 2,276 -18.9

83 50 -39.8

11,705 10,082 -13.9

38,200 32,995 -13.6

372,761 347,819 -6.7

863,562 764,074 -11.5

62,966 46,700 -25.8

17,012 14,489 -14.8

118,147 111,679 -5.5

387,406 340,297 -12.2

6,598 5,278 -20.0

1,881,245 1,675,739 -10.9

Table 6

One or more nights trips by residents returning to Canada, by province of re-entry, year to date January to June N.L.

P.E.I.

N.S.

N.B.

Que.

Ont.

Man.

Sask.

Alta.

B.C.

Y.T.

Canada

number United States Automobile 2008 2009 Percent Non-automobile 2008 2009 Percent

... ... ...

... ... ...

864 578 -33.1

166,426 158,979 -4.5

689,802 673,418 -2.4

2,529,586 2,330,364 -7.9

302,346 224,793 -25.7

81,917 64,912 -20.8

169,531 161,509 -4.7

1,033,902 917,825 -11.2

9,671 10,183 5.3

4,984,045 4,542,561 -8.9

7,407 9,073 22.5

114 119 4.4

62,309 54,709 -12.2

25,589 21,157 -17.3

654,920 586,047 -10.5

1,850,246 1,634,197 -11.7

101,145 94,304 -6.8

27,522 39,318 42.9

565,255 580,488 2.7

795,686 689,209 -13.4

2,937 1,483 -49.5

4,093,130 3,710,104 -9.4

Sub-Total 2008 2009 Percent

7,407 9,073 22.5

114 119 4.4

63,173 55,287 -12.5

192,015 180,136 -6.2

1,344,722 1,259,465 -6.3

4,379,832 3,964,561 -9.5

403,491 319,097 -20.9

109,439 104,230 -4.8

734,786 741,997 1.0

1,829,588 1,607,034 -12.2

12,608 11,666 -7.5

9,077,175 8,252,665 -9.1

Other countries 2008 2009 Percent

15,102 16,949 12.2

693 883 27.4

95,234 102,936 8.1

9,880 13,014 31.7

1,100,007 1,165,540 6.0

2,131,903 2,162,668 1.4

71,192 79,775 12.1

46,046 52,886 14.9

403,617 422,434 4.7

742,375 722,691 -2.7

192 199 3.6

4,616,241 4,739,975 2.7

Total 2008 2009 Percent

22,509 26,022 15.6

807 1,002 24.2

158,407 158,223 -0.1

201,895 193,150 -4.3

2,444,729 2,425,005 -0.8

6,511,735 6,127,229 -5.9

474,683 398,872 -16.0

155,485 157,116 1.0

1,138,403 1,164,431 2.3

2,571,963 2,329,725 -9.4

12,800 11,865 -7.3

13,693,416 12,992,640 -5.1

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