Table 3.5 U.S.-Canada/Canada-U.S. Travel by Trip Purpose: 2000–2004
Table 3.5
U.S.-Canada/Canada-U.S.
Travel by Trip Purpose: 2000–2004
(Thousands of visits)
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Percentage change, 2003–2004 | Percent change, 2000–2004 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |||
| CANADIAN RESIDENT TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES | ||||||||||||
| Overnight travel | 14,648 | 100.0 | 13,527 | 100.0 | 13,025 | 100.0 | 12,666 | 100.0 | 13,856 | 100.0 | 9.4 | –5.4 |
| Pleasure/tourism | 7,752 | 52.9 | 7,481 | 55.3 | 6,846 | 52.6 | 6,785 | 53.6 | 7,634 | 55.1 | 12.5 | –1.5 |
| Business | 2,739 | 18.7 | 2,073 | 15.3 | 2,028 | 15.6 | 1,963 | 15.4 | 1,985 | 14.3 | 1.1 | –27.5 |
| Visit family and friends | 2,881 | 19.7 | 2,774 | 20.5 | 2,950 | 22.6 | 2,756 | 21.8 | 2,975 | 21.5 | 7.9 | 3.3 |
| Other1 | 1,276 | 8.7 | 1,199 | 8.9 | 1,200 | 9.2 | 1,162 | 9.2 | 1,263 | 9.1 | 8.7 | –1.0 |
| Same-day travel | 28,000 | 100.0 | 24,841 | 100.0 | 21,534 | 100.0 | 21,486 | 100.0 | 22,191 | 100.0 | 3.3 | –20.7 |
| Pleasure/tourism | 14,066 | 50.2 | 12,287 | 49.4 | 10,420 | 48.4 | 10,311 | 48.0 | 10,699 | 48.2 | 3.8 | –23.9 |
| Business | 1,848 | 6.6 | 1,584 | 6.4 | 1,414 | 6.6 | 1,403 | 6.5 | 1,415 | 6.4 | 0.9 | –23.4 |
| Visit family and friends | 2,971 | 10.6 | 2,675 | 10.8 | 2,382 | 11.0 | 2,352 | 11.0 | 2,288 | 10.3 | –2.7 | –23.0 |
| Other1 | 9,134 | 32.6 | 8,294 | 33.4 | 7,317 | 34.0 | 7,420 | 34.5 | 7,789 | 35.1 | 5.0 | –14.7 |
| U.S. RESIDENT TRAVEL TO CANADA | ||||||||||||
| Overnight travel | 15,225 | 100.0 | 15,570 | 100.0 | 16,168 | 100.0 | 14,232 | 100.0 | 15,088 | 100.0 | 6.0 | –0.9 |
| Pleasure/tourism | 8,534 | 56.1 | 9,176 | 58.9 | 9,689 | 59.9 | 8,314 | 58.4 | 8,806 | 58.4 | 5.9 | 3.2 |
| Business | 2,363 | 15.5 | 1,921 | 12.3 | 1,955 | 12.1 | 1,708 | 12.0 | 1,990 | 13.2 | 16.5 | –15.8 |
| Visit family and friends | 2,832 | 18.6 | 3,007 | 19.3 | 3,044 | 18.8 | 2,813 | 19.8 | 2,787 | 18.5 | –0.9 | –1.6 |
| Other1 | 1,496 | 9.8 | 1,467 | 9.5 | 1,479 | 9.2 | 1,396 | 9.8 | 1,504 | 10.0 | 7.7 | 0.5 |
| Same-day travel | 28,805 | 100.0 | 27,301 | 100.0 | 24,710 | 100.0 | 21,278 | 100.0 | 19,539 | 100.0 | –8.2 | –32.2 |
| Pleasure/tourism | 13,784 | 47.9 | 13,373 | 48.9 | 12,083 | 48.9 | 10,327 | 48.5 | 9,199 | 47.1 | –10.9 | –33.3 |
| Business | 1,425 | 5.0 | 1,253 | 4.6 | 1,103 | 4.5 | 973 | 4.6 | 872 | 4.5 | –10.4 | –38.8 |
| Visit family and friends | 3,781 | 13.1 | 3,543 | 13.0 | 3,068 | 12.4 | 2,727 | 12.8 | 2,605 | 13.3 | –4.5 | –31.1 |
| Other1 | 9,779 | 34.0 | 9,132 | 33.5 | 8,456 | 34.2 | 7,250 | 34.1 | 6,863 | 35.1 | –5.3 | –29.8 |
1 Includes personal, in transit, shopping, educational study, and other.
NOTES: In 2002 Canada implemented several changes in the International Travel Survey concerning estimates on the characteristics of international travellers and trips. Therefore, comparasions between pre-2002 and post-2002 data may not be possible.
SOURCE: Statistics Canada, International Travel: Travel Between Canada and Other Countries (Touriscope), Catalogue No.66-201-XIE (Ottawa, Ontario: Various years); and Statistics Canada, special tabulations, October 2005.