More Canadians travelling abroad
For the first time since March of 1994, more Canadians have travelled outside the country.
Canadian residents made 5.1 million trips outside the country in December, a 1.5 per cent increase from November. According to Statistics Canada, it was the first time since March 1994 that monthly travel abroad surpassed five million trips.
Almost half of those trips abroad in December involved same-day car travel to the United States. Canadians made 2.5 million same-day car trips to the United States, a 4.2 per cent increase and the highest monthly level since May 1998.
In total, travel by Canadian residents to the United States rose 2.2 per cent. The increase in same-day car travel to the United States offset a 0.6 per cent decline in trips of one or more nights. This decline was mainly the result of a 1.3 per cent decrease in overnight travel by plane.
Travel by overseas residents to Canada rose 1.3 per cent to 389,000 trips, the highest level since September 2008.
Travel from eight of Canada’s top 12 overseas markets rose in December. Travel from India increased 12.5 per cent to 15,000, the highest level from India since record-keeping began in 1972. Travel from the Netherlands declined 7.7 per cent, the largest decrease.
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