Growth in Canadian return trips from the US slows to 3%

Statistics Canada data show that in October, trips by Canadian residents returning from the US rose only 3% year over year, below September's 6.8%, marking the seventh consecutive month of year-over-year growth. Of these, return trips by car rose 2.2% and by air rose 5.6%; however, return trips by car were down 29% compared with two years earlier, and by air down 19.6%.