More than 3,400 Americans rejected from entering Canada last month for shopping, sightseeing
TORONTO -- The Canada-U.S. border has been closed to travellers for more than half a year now, but thousands of Americans don’t seem to be getting the message.
Another 3,441 travellers from the U.S. were rejected from entering Canada over the last month, according to new figures from the Canada Border Services Agency.
Between March 22 and Oct. 2, 22,414 foreign nationals have been rejected from entering Canada by land, air and waterways, 87 per cent of them Americans. The other 13 per cent were citizens of other countries trying to enter Canada via the U.S.