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Uncle Sam wants your money

The U.S. is aiming to tax Canadians travelling by air or sea into the U.S. — and they want $5.50 per person. Under the
In 2009, a total of
North American Free Trade Agreement, Canada, Mexico and Caribbean countries were exempted from the “passenger
24,914,000 trips
inspection” fee in 1997, but the latest budget would restore it. The fee does not include vehicle traffic into the U.S. were made to the U.S
So just how much money would Uncle Sam get from us with this fee? by Canadians.
Includes auto, air, bus and other

Number of flights between Canada and the U.S. modes of transportation.

Purpose 13.2M
Here’s the top 7 airports with the most transborder flights.
of trip
Sixty-six airports reported 39,600 flights
between Canada and the United States in Dec. Toronto/Lester B. Pearson
2010, up 4.6% from the previous year. Edmonton International 4.5M 4.8M
2.4M
14,924
International
Vancouver
International 1,370 Winnipeg Montreal Pierre
Business Visit
friends or
relatives
Holiday/
vacation
Other

4,552 International Ottawa Elliot Trudeau 10.4M

1,160 1,908 International Age of
5,828 travellers 7.6M
Calgary 1,062,000
International Canadians aged
3,341 55+ went to Florida.

How many At $5.50 per person, Uncle Sam hauls in 2.6M 2.7M
Canadians fly to the U.S.?
In 2009, 7,096,000
Canadians flew into the U.S. $39,028,000 Under 20 20-34 35-54 55 or
older

12.4M
10.9M

Gender
Does not add up to
24.9 million as

Nevada Where did they go? New York

439,000
Mass.
121,000
some genders were
not declared

963,000 Most visited states by air

travellers from Canada in 2009 Illinois
209,000 Spending
Total amount spent in the
U.S. by Canadians in 2009: $12.5B
Of that money:
Arizona Florida $3.1B was spent in Florida

945,000
California 346,000 Texas
243,000 1,717,000 $1.14B was spent in California
$1.12B was spent in Nevada

Sources: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries QMI AGENCY