The variety of Canadians travelling to and from the US by automobile was down for the twelfth consecutive month, Statistics Canada information reveals.
In December, 1.3 million Canadians returned from the U.S. by vehicle, a “steep decline” of 30.7 per cent from the identical month in 2024, says Statistics Canada information launched on Monday.
The information famous that Dec. 28 was the busiest day for street journey on the border, with 73,800 Canadians returning to the nation.
This quantity was 28.5 per cent increased than the typical for all the opposite Sundays final month.
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Air journey additionally noticed the same drop, with the variety of Canadian return journeys from the U.S. at 470,700, declining 18.7 per cent in comparison with December final yr.
Canadians travelled to different components of the world, nonetheless, with return journeys from abroad growing to 1.1 million, up 10.4 per cent in comparison with December final yr.
The coolness in journey flows each methods, with the variety of Individuals arriving in Canada down 8.9 per cent final month in comparison with December 2024.
Nevertheless, this was offset partially by the variety of abroad residents coming to Canada, which was up 6.6 per cent throughout the identical interval.
A complete of 981,800 American residents travelled to Canada by automobile in December, a decline of 9 per cent in comparison with December final yr. The busiest interval for Individuals driving into Canada was between Boxing Day and Dec. 27, information confirmed, with a median of 67,300 arrivals per day.
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