International Arrivals to Canada Hit 5.3 Million in September, Up 9.5 Percent, as U.S. Trips Rise 17.2 Percent
Statistics Canada released its leading indicator of international arrivals for September on October 13. Preliminary international arrivals to Canada by air and automobile totalled 5.3 million in September, up 9.5 percent from the same month a year earlier. The total combines Canadian-resident return trips with arrivals by U.S. and overseas residents and measures travel activity, not immigration or new permanent residents.
U.S.-resident trips to Canada by automobile and air reached 1.8 million, up 17.2 percent year over year, the eighth consecutive month of annual growth. Canadian residents made 2.9 million return trips from the United States and overseas, up 5.6 percent, with the highest daily count on Labour Day, September 7, at 195,100, and the lowest on September 23 at 69,200.
Statistics Canada cautioned that the figures are preliminary and that NEXUS Highway traveller data are being phased in from September 2026, so comparisons with earlier periods require care. Complete September figures are scheduled for release on November 23.
Source: Statistics Canada
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