Domestic travel is increasing at Canada’s airports, new Statistics Canada travel data shows, while the number of people travelling by air to the U.S. dropped in April.

The data released Monday looked at the total number of passengers who passed through pre-board security screening at Canada’s eight largest airports, finding a total of 4.5 million people made their way through those checkpoints, a 3.6 per cent overall increase from April last year.

However, the number of those travelling to the U.S. dropped — again — as the U.S. trade war continues.

The agency found that of these travellers, 1.1 million were those heading to the U.S., also known as “transborder” traffic.

That figure was 5.8 per cent lower than the number seen in the same month last year.

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