Omberyou

So I recently started playing after about a year or so of having stopped and as always (I have played multiple times) I started in eastern Canada. However, the number of daily passengers between those airports (Halifax, Quebec, ST. John's, Montreal-Mirabel and Ottawa) seems to be quite low. Indeed whereas (a year ago) a route from YQB to YHZ had say 40 to 50 daily pax it now only has 19. Although I only have a few routes right now, I am pretty sure this will happen between other Canadian airports as I expand further west. I am not sure if this was intentional or not ans it is why I am posting here. Bear in mind that I do not venture into the forums often and that I have not come to this website for over a year.