In January, the number of international arrivals to Canada—non-resident visitors and returning Canadians—more than tripled from January 2022 but has not yet reached levels recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 379,000 non-resident visitors who arrived from abroad at Canadian airports equipped with electronic sensors in January were more than three times those who arrived in the same month in 2022.
In January, US residents took 565,700 trips to Canada through land ports with electronic sensors, over 439,300 more than in January 2022.
Meanwhile, the 1.7 million Canadian residents who returned from visiting abroad via kiosk-equipped airports in January nearly tripled those from the same month in 2022.
Compared with January 2022, Canadian residents returned from 1.0 million more trips to the United States—for a total of 1.4 million—through land ports with electronic sensors.
Arrivals of non-resident visitors from overseas countries (202,600) and the United States (176,400) at Canadian airports equipped with primary inspection kiosks (PIKs) totaled 379,000 in January, more than triple the 118,300 arrivals in January 2022.
