Statistics Canada says preliminary figures for April continue to point to a sharp drop in return trips from the United States by Canadian residents.

US road border crossings by Canadians down 35.2%

Canadian returns from the US by air down 19.9%

Data from Statistics Canada

    • RentlarOP
      2•2 months ago

      May is really getting into peak travel season so if this continues it will really show in the year over year numbers.

  • @k0e3@lemmy.ca
    7•2 months ago

    Why do they keep measuring the number of people returning from the US? My dummy brain thinks the number of people going to the US would indicate the number of Canadians visiting the shit hole. Is it because we only track people coming in?

    • Kevin
      11•2 months ago

      I never thought about it before, but that might actually be the case eh? You don’t talk to Canadian border security on your way out.

    • @rbesfe@lemmy.ca
      1•2 months ago

      You don’t pass Canadian border security on the way out, so yes they can only get stats from people returning