Travel to Canada rebounded in August while Canadians set new records in their U.S. and overseas travels, Statistics Canada says in a report released Thursday.

Canadian residents took about 2.1 million overnight trips abroad in August -- a new record. This included 609,000 trips to overseas countries, and it marks the sixth month in 2007 that the number of overseas trips by Canadians passed the 600,000 mark.

Before 2007, the 600,000 mark had never been reached, reports Statscan.

Overnight trips taken by Canadians south of the border rose 4.2 per cent to almost 1.5 million. This sets a new record for overnight air travel. Canadian residents took 498,000 overnight plane trips in August, up 2.3 per cent compared with the previous month.

Overnight car trips, meanwhile, jumped 5.3 per in August since July, although same-day trips increased a more modest 0.6 per cent to nearly two million trips.

Despite the strong Canadian dollar, overall travel from abroad increased 2.4 per cent in August from July. U.S. and overseas travellers took nearly 2.6 million trips to Canada in August.

Travel to Canada from the United States rebounded in August after across-the-board declines in July.

Meanwhile, travel from seven of Canada's top 12 overseas markets increased, while overall travel to Canada from overseas countries remained stable at 385,000 trips.