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International Travel Statistics

 

Number of international travellers entering or returning to Canada, through Thunder Bay, by type of transport, computed annual total (persons)
Traveller characteristics  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009 YTD 2010* 
 Total international travellers  21,981  20,874  19,415  18,633  17,191  7,606
 Total non-resident travellers  6,017  5,621  4,967  4,648  4,332  874
 United States residents entering Canada**  5,482  5,165  4,492  4,369  4,093  783
 United States residents entering Canada, plane  5,228  4,891  4,336  4,303  3,416  783
 United States residents entering Canada, boat   254  274  156  66  677  0
 Residents of countries other than United States entering Canada  535  456  475  279  239  91
 Residents of countries other than United States entering Canada, air  317  254  231  279  213  91
 Residents of countries other than United States entering Canada, sea  218  202  244  0  26  0
 Canadian residents returning from the United States***  7,308  6,760  6,730  7,364  6,538  3,423
 Canadian residents returning from the United States, plane  7,165  6,663  6,681  7,305  6,420  3,423
 Canadian residents returning from the United States, boat  143  97  49  59  118  0
 Canadian residents returning from countries other than the United States  3,804  3,448  3,383  3,179  3,256  2,419
 Canadian residents returning from countries other than the United States, air  3,804  3,448  3,383  3,179  3,256  2,419
 Canadian residents returning from countries other than the United States, sea  0  0  0  0  0  0
 Immigrants and former residents  0  31  6  81  24  14

* Year to Date as at May 31, 2010
** For United States residents entering Canada by commercial plane, train, commercial boat, pedestrians or others vehicles data are estimated from a quarterly sample.
***For Canadian residents returning from the United States by commercial or private plane, train, commercial or private boat, pedestrians or other vehicles, data are estimated from a quarterly sample.
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 427-0001 - Number of international travellers entering or returning to Canada, by type of transport, computed annual total (persons), CANSIM (database)

 

 

Number of vehicles travelling between Canada and the United States, through the Thunder Bay Border - Pigeon River, computed annual total
 Mode of transportation 2005   2006  2007 2008  2009  YTD 2010* 
 Total vehicles entering Canada,
total		  250,318  252,884  260,113  263,031  230,744  90,869
 Total United States vehicles entering,
total		  71,611  61,272  53,578  48,167  44,951  10,114
 Total United States vehicles entering, Automobiles  55,716  50,738  44,953  39,615  39,348  8,495
 Total United States vehicles entering,
Trucks		  15,549  9,922  8,440  8,010  5,204  1,598
 Total United States vehicles entering,
Other vehicles		  346  612  185  542  399  21
 Total Canadian vehicles returning,
total		  178,707  191,612  206,535  214,864  185,793  80,755
 Total Canadian vehicles returning, Automobiles  159,604  177,016  196,075  206,623  181,000  78,869
 Total Canadian vehicles returning,
Trucks		  18,770  14,152  10,192  7,777  4,400  1,754
 Total Canadian vehicles returning,
Other vehicles		  333  444  268  464  393  132

* Year to Date as at May 31, 2010
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 427-0002 - Number of vehicles travelling between Canada and the United States, computed annual total, CANSIM (database).