Border Crossings
Are you soon to cross the border? The Canada/US border stretches across land and water for 8,891 km. Here are more numerical stats compiled by the
CBC:
- Kilometres of border shared with Alaska alone: 2,477
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Number of border crossings: 119
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Total Canada-U.S. trade (2010): $501 billion CDN
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Amount of daily Canada-U.S. trade (2010): More than $1 billion CDN
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Share of total exports from Canada going to the U.S. alone (2009): 73%
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Share of total imports to Canada coming from U.S. alone (2009): 63%
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Amount of trade daily along the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor, ON: Almost $500 million US and Detroit, the busiest border crossing in North America
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Number of trucks that cross the border daily (2010): 28,814
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Number of cars and other vehicles that cross the border daily (2010): 140,728
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Number of people that cross the Canada-U.S. border per day: Roughly 300,000
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Trips by Canadians to the U.S. in 2009: 39,254,000
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Trips by Americans to Canada in 2010: 20,213,500
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Number who flew on scheduled air services between Canada and the U.S. in 2010: Over 15,700,000
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Share of Canadian trips to the U.S. that were same-day car trips (September 2011): 57 %
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Number of overnight trips by Canadians to the U.S. (2009): 17,977,000
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Overnight trips by Americans to Canada (2009): 11,667,000
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Same-day trips by Canadians to the U.S. (2009): 21,277,000
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Same-day trips by Americans to Canada (2009): 8,858,000
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The state that received the most visits by Canadians, as well as the state with the highest number of visitors to Canada (2009): New York
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The state where Canadians spent the most number of nights: 47,448,000 (2009): Florida
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Amount Canadian travellers spent in the U.S. (2009): $12,667,000,000
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Amount American travellers spent in Canada (2009): $6,087,000,000
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Average spending per person per same-day trip by Canadian visitors to the U.S., 2009: $72
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Average spending per person per overnight trip by Canadian visitors to the U.S., 2009: $705
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Average spending per person per overnight trip by U.S. visitors to Canada, 2009: $522
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Average length in nights of a trip to the U.S. by a Canadian visitor staying at least one night: 8
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Average length in nights of a trip to Canada by an American visitor staying at least one night: 4
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