Statistics Canada says May marked more than a full year of border restrictions in effect to contain the spread of COVID-19. The number of international arrivals to Canada during May increased from the same month last year.
Travellers from overseas countries made 26,800 trips to Canada in May, almost twice the number of May 2020, but still down 96 per cent from May 2019, before the pandemic.

In May, there were over 40,000 more Americans travelling to Canada than in May 2020, yet this was down nearly 95 per cent from the same month in 2019.

Canadians took 363,200 return trips home from abroad in May. While up by 167,600 from May 2020, this number was down about 92 per cent from May 2019.