Travel into Canada is dramatically lower compared to this time last year, as a result of the ban on non-essential travel imposed on March 21 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

According to a media release from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), travel volume during the week of April 20 to April 26 was down more than 90 per cent for those crossing via land, and more than 97 per cent at airports, compared to the same time a year ago.

On April 26 alone, travel on U.S. flights was down almost 99 per cent, while international air travel was down more than 97 per cent compared to 2019. These numbers are consistent with figures from April 13 to April 19. 

Commercial truck traffic — much of it flowing across the Ambassador Bridge — is 33 per cent lower than it was at this time in 2019...

This was excerpted from the 29 April 2020 edition of CBC News.