March 2009

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Ontario Residents' Expenditures on Outbound Trips, 1980-2007 ($000) by destination
	Other Canada	U.S.	Overseas Countries	Total
1980	355,318	1,381,851	1,077,606	2,814,775
1981	400,795	1,511,622	1,108,884	3,021,300
1982	483,850	1,575,997	1,192,262	3,252,110
1983	537,101	1,841,282	1,421,629	3,800,012
1984	593,139	2,029,928	1,654,251	4,277,317
1985	647,324	2,133,362	1,997,628	4,778,313
1986	747,561	2,264,268	2,129,239	5,141,068
1987	786,535	2,618,082	2,496,880	5,901,496
1988	744,163	3,087,864	2,742,077	6,574,104
1989	809,459	3,813,169	2,809,125	7,431,753
1990	912,240	4,809,144	3,377,786	9,099,170
1991	976,422	5,601,614	2,920,700	9,498,736
1992	1,049,340	5,604,342	3,229,700	9,883,381
1993	1,118,497	5,553,367	3,485,160	10,157,024
1994	1,211,143	5,261,745	3,850,451	10,323,339
1995	1,258,921	5,319,438	4,165,699	10,744,059
1996	1,378,767	5,695,439	4,161,220	11,235,426
1997	1,571,965	5,966,462	4,623,748	12,162,175
1998	1,716,313	5,891,412	5,024,440	12,632,165
1999	1,986,070	6,479,673	5,282,293	13,748,036
2000	2,090,626	6,913,149	5,538,331	14,542,106
2001	2,194,987	6,610,590	6,076,125	14,881,702
2002	2,452,953	6,408,782	5,918,211	14,779,946
2003	2,209,407	6,034,859	6,536,117	14,780,383
2004	2,428,872	6,459,359	7,830,921	16,719,152
2005	2,741,604	6,856,266	8,436,127	18,033,997
2006	3,028,199	7,116,287	8,841,469	18,985,955
2007	2,825,507	8,274,689	9,436,252	20,536,449

 

 

Source:
Statistics Canada, International Travel Survey , Ontario Ministry of Tourism

 

Notes:

Outbound person-visit: Refers to trip taken by one person to destinations outside of Ontario. 

 

An international trip is defined by Statistics Canada as travel for less than 12 months for any reason by anybody except: immigrants, former residents, military personnel, diplomats and dependants and crews, returning to Canada who are cleared through Customs and Immigration point of entry. 

 

Ontarians’ expenditures on outbound trips: Refers to spending by Ontario residents in and outside Ontario while on a trip to a destination outside Ontario.

 

Expenditures on outbound trips include point of origin expenditures and the expenditures at the locations visited. The "point of origin expenditures" are the amounts of money spent by Ontario residents in Ontario on transportation before going on a trip outside Ontario, which are assumed to have taken place at the location of origin of the trip and not at the locations visited, e.g. in the case of a same-day trip, the expenditures on vehicle rental, vehicle operation and intercity transportation, while in the case of an overnight trip, they are the expenditures on vehicle rental and intercity transportation.

 

International travel expenditures include the following categories: Spending on  Canadian fares, spending in destination countries, spending on fares of destination countries' carriers, and spending on fares of other countries.

 

The methodology of the International Travel Survey has changed in 2000. Therefore, data prior to 2000 are not comparable to those after 2000.