Border Crossing Volume Data

Question

I just received a request for the following information and wonder if anyone might have a suggestion?

I am looking for border crossing volume for the BC/American border that is broken down by specific border crossing and by day for my undergrad economic thesis. I have looked through E-SAT, but the only data I was able to find was monthly border data that was not broken down by specific crossings. My professor said that he worked with daily data for the Ontario area, so I assume it exists for BC.

I expect the student may be referring to the CANSIM Table 427-00011 ?
Number of international travellers entering or returning to Canada, by type of transport, monthly (persons) Definitions, data sources and methods: International Travel Survey: Frontier Counts - 5005

I can also see that we have the International Travel Survey in the DLI Collection: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/data-donnees/ftp/its-evi/its-evi2007-eng.htm . This looks promising?

Answer

The International Travel Survey microdata file should provide you with the data you need. According to the User Guides for the survey, the following characteristics are available on both the "Canadian Residents, Trips Abroad (United States)" and the "United States Residents, Trips to Canada" microdata files:

* Date of exit and re-entry (Day, month, year)
* Canadian border crossing at exit and at re-entry (land port, airport, seaport)

Please take a look at these and let me know if you need any additional information.