Impact of Border Measures and Statistics

Classification: Unclassified

Branch/Agency: SPB/CBSA

Air Mode:

      *Note: Referral rates for the CBSA are not 1:1; travellers may respond in error, report symptoms that are not COVID-19 related, or be referred to Quarantine Officers from PHAC Screening Officers (which are not captured by CBSA reporting).

Land, Rail and Marine Mode:

Commercial Operations:

Refugee Claimants (from March 21 – May 4):

Canadians turned back at U.S. Border (As of May 4):

There were 5 Canadians turned back at the U.S. border in air mode for non-essential travel, and 1,092 in land, rail and marine modes.

Border Information Service (on May 3):

TOTAL TRAVELLERS LAST 7 DAYS

30/04/2019

01/05/2019

02/05/2019

03/05/2019

04/05/2019

05/05/2019

06/05/2019

TOTAL

28/04/2020

29/04/2020

30/04/2020

01/05/2020

02/05/2020

03/05/2020

04/05/2020

2019 Air Travellers

(US flights)

51,259

49,976

53,995

54,941

47,747

55,158

54,681

367,757

2020 Air Travellers

(US flights)

408

480

539

640

332

467

460

3,326

% change

-99.20%

-99.04%

-99.00%

-98.84%

-99.30%

-99.15%

-99.16%

-99.10%

2019 Air Travellers

(International flights)

49,661

51,372

47,997

54,903

60,752

61,124

50,849

376,658

2020 Air Travellers

(International flights)

1,428

1,826

1,753

1,957

1,238

1,982

1,724

11,908

% change

-97.12%

-96.45%

-96.35%

-96.44%

-97.96%

-96.76%

-96.61%

-96.84%

2019 General Aviation – TRC

555

606

548

572

245

650

487

3,663

2020 General Aviation – TRC

82

75

85

125

66

97

80

610

% change

-85.23%

-87.64%

-84.49%

-78.15%

-73.06%

-85.08%

-83.57%

-83.35%

2019 Highway

Truck Drivers

20,380

21,625

21,987

21,471

10,199

5,965

16,141

117,768

Other Travellers

97,376

98,957

107,676

140,142

166,412

186,998

111,005

908,566

Total

117,756

120,582

129,663

161,613

176,611

192,963

127,146

1,026,334

2020 Highway

Truck Drivers

13,360

14,156

14,287

13,274

6,422

4,019

10,587

76,105

Other Travellers

6,357

6,310

6,772

7,114

4,467

3,784

6,506

41,310

Total

19,717

20,466

21,059

20,388

10,889

7,803

17,093

117,415

% change

-83.26%

-83.03%

-83.76%

-87.38%

-93.83%

-95.96%

-86.56%

-88.56%

2019 Passenger Rail

202

199

286

354

387

331

406

2,165

2020 Passenger Rail

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

% change

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

2019 Ferry

644

762

906

1,435

1,710

1,269

1,023

7,749

2020 Ferry

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

% change

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

2019 Private Boaters – TRC

53

96

66

103

161

207

118

804

2020 Private Boaters – TRC

3

11

0

10

4

4

0

32

% change

-94.34%

-88.54%

-100.00%

-90.29%

-97.52%

-98.07%

-100%

-96.02%

2019 Total

220,130

223,593

233,461

273,921

287,613

311,702

234,710

1,785,130

2020 Total

21,638

22,858

23,436

23,120

12,529

10,353

19,357

133,291

% change

-90.17%

-89.78%

-89.96%

-91.56%

-95.64%

-96.68%

-91.75%

-92.53%

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