The number of Chinese traveling to Canada rose by 20.4 percent during the month, while Japan showed the largest decline, down 14.5 percent, the report said.
In total, there was a 1.7-percent increase in travel from overseas nations to Canada, but that was offset by a 3.3 percent decline in travel from the United States, resulting in a 2.5-percent decrease in visits from abroad.
Canadian residents took 3.8 million trips abroad in January, 2.4 percent fewer than in December.
Of these trips, 690,000 were made to overseas countries, a 6.6-percent decline. The number of Canadian trips to the United States dropped 1.4 percent.