Impact of Border Measures and Statistics

Date: May 6, 2020

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 is 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):

Border Information Service (on May 5):

TOTAL TRAVELLERS LAST 7 DAYS

01/05/2019

02/05/2019

03/05/2019

04/05/2019

05/05/2019

06/05/2019

07/05/2019

TOTAL

29/04/2020

30/04/2020

01/05/2020

02/05/2020

03/05/2020

04/05/2020

05/05/2020

2019 Air Travellers (US flights)

49,976

53,995

54,941

47,747

55,158

54,681

47,582

364,080

2020 Air Travellers (US flights)

480

539

640

332

467

460

433

3,351

% change

-99.04%

-99.00%

-98.84%

-99.30%

-99.15%

-99.16%

-99.09%

-99.08%

2019 Air Travellers (International flights)

51,372

47,997

54,903

60,752

61,124

50,849

45,693

372,690

2020 Air Travellers (International flights)

1,826

1,753

1,957

1,238

1,982

1,724

1,280

11,760

% change

-96.45%

-96.35%

-96.44%

-97.96%

-96.76%

-96.61%

-97.20%

-96.84%

2019 General Aviation – TRC

606

548

572

245

650

487

624

3,732

2020 General Aviation – TRC

75

85

125

66

97

83

75

606

% change

-87.64%

-84.49%

-78.15%

-73.06%

-85.08%

-82.96%

-87.98%

-83.76%

2019 Highway

Truck Drivers

21,625

21,987

21,471

10,199

5,965

16,141

20,699

118,087

Other Travellers

98,957

107,676

140,142

166,412

186,998

111,005

95,670

906,860

Total

120,582

129,663

161,613

176,611

192,963

127,146

116,369

1,024,947

2020 Highway

Truck Drivers

14,156

14,287

13,274

6,422

4,019

10,587

13,841

76,586

Other Travellers

6,310

6,772

7,114

4,467

3,784

6,506

6,747

41,700

Total

20,466

21,059

20,388

10,889

7,803

17,093

20,588

118,286

% change

-83.03%

-83.76%

-87.38%

-93.83%

-95.96%

-86.56%

-82.31%

-88.46%

2019 Passenger Rail

199

286

354

387

331

406

285

2,248

2020 Passenger Rail

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

% change

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

2019 Ferry

762

906

1,435

1,710

1,269

1,023

800

7,905

2020 Ferry

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

% change

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

-100%

2019 Private Boaters – TRC

96

66

103

161

207

118

68

819

2020 Private Boaters – TRC

11

0

10

4

4

0

2

31

% change

-88.54%

-100.00%

-90.29%

-97.52%

-98.07%

-100.00%

-97.06%

-96.21%

2019 Total

223,593

233,461

273,921

287,613

311,702

234,710

211,421

1,776,421

2020 Total

22,858

23,436

23,120

12,529

10,353

19,360

22,378

134,034

% change

-89.78%

-89.96%

-91.56%

-95.64%

-96.68%

-91.75%

-89.42%

-92.45%

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