Table 10. Canada-U.S./U.S.-Canada Travel by Trip Purpose
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Table 10. Canada-U.S./U.S.-Canada Travel by Trip Purpose
(Thousands of roundtrips)
| 1990 | 1996 | 1999 | Percentage change, 1990-1999 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| Canadian resident overnight travel to the United States | 17,262 | 100.0 | 15,301 | 100.0 | 14,116 | 100.0 | -18.2 |
| Pleasure/tourism | 10,586 | 61.3 | 8,810 | 57.6 | 7,365 | 52.2 | -30.4 |
| Business | 1,972 | 11.4 | 2,422 | 15.8 | 2,685 | 19.0 | 36.2 |
| Visit family and friends | 2,701 | 15.6 | 2,653 | 17.3 | 2,755 | 19.5 | 2.0 |
| Other1 | 2,003 | 11.6 | 1,418 | 9.3 | 1,311 | 9.3 | -34.5 |
| Canadian resident same-day travel to the United States | 53,171 | 100.0 | 37,398 | 100.0 | 28,081 | 100.0 | -47.2 |
| Pleasure/tourism | 34,159 | 64.2 | 23,198 | 62.0 | 14,879 | 53.0 | -56.4 |
| Business | 3,567 | 6.7 | 2,899 | 7.8 | 1,857 | 6.6 | -47.9 |
| Visit family and friends | 4,703 | 8.8 | 3,235 | 8.7 | 3,125 | 11.1 | -33.6 |
| Other1 | 10,741 | 20.2 | 8,066 | 21.6 | 8,220 | 29.3 | -23.5 |
| U.S. resident overnight travel to Canada | 12,252 | 100.0 | 12,909 | 100.0 | 15,180 | 100.0 | 23.9 |
| Pleasure/tourism | 7,012 | 57.2 | 7,392 | 57.3 | 8,709 | 57.4 | 24.2 |
| Business | 1,729 | 14.1 | 1,970 | 15.3 | 2,352 | 15.5 | 36.0 |
| Visit family and friends | 2,602 | 21.2 | 2,221 | 17.2 | 2,717 | 17.9 | 4.4 |
| Other1 | 909 | 7.4 | 1,325 | 10.3 | 1,402 | 9.2 | 54.2 |
| U.S. resident same-day travel to Canada | 22,482 | 100.0 | 25,563 | 100.0 | 29,450 | 100.0 | 31.0 |
| Pleasure/tourism | 10,958 | 48.7 | 13,018 | 50.9 | 14,163 | 48.1 | 29.2 |
| Business | 1,967 | 8.7 | 1,778 | 7.0 | 1,539 | 5.2 | -21.8 |
| Visit family and friends | 5,385 | 24.0 | 3,895 | 15.2 | 4,088 | 13.9 | -24.1 |
| Other1 | 4,172 | 18.6 | 6,872 | 26.9 | 9,660 | 32.8 | 131.5 |
1 Other includes personal, in-transit, shopping, educational study, and other trip purposes.
SOURCES: Statistics Canada, International Travel, Travel Between Canada and Other Countries (Touriscope), Catalogue No. 66-201-XPB (Ottawa, Ontario: Various years); and Statistics Canada, special tabulations, 1998, 2001.