Ontario experienced the largest traffic loss

Statscan - In 2008, more than 16.4 million passengers travelled on scheduled air services between Canada and the United States, down 3.5% compared with 2007.

The distribution of transborder traffic varied slightly from province to province compared with 2007. Half of the provinces showed losses in traffic in 2008 while half showed gains in passengers travelling on scheduled passenger air services between Canada and the United States.

Variations ranged from a decline of 6.0% in both Ontario and Quebec to an increase in transborder traffic of 22.8% in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Alberta experienced the largest gain in passenger traffic (+97,330 passengers) while Ontario experienced the largest traffic loss (-594,210 passengers). Nevertheless, 40.6% of all traffic still went through Ontario, down 6.0% compared with 2007.