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Table 10. Canada-U.S./U.S.-Canada Travel by Trip Purpose
(Thousands of roundtrips)
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| 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
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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
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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
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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.
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