US Travel Continues to Decline: StatCan

When Canadians put their minds to something, it’s a powerful thing. With the transborder travel boycott still in full swing, the latest Stat Can numbers show Canadians are still committed to avoiding the States.

For the sixth straight month, arrivals home to Canada from the U.S. have plummeted compared with last year. Canadian residents driving back across the border fell to 1.3 million, a decline of 33.1 percent compared with June 2024. The decrease in air travellers returning from the U.S. was not quite as dramatic, but still represented a steep decline, at 22.1 percent. 

Canadian-resident return trips from the United States by automobile, June, 2019 to 2025 (Photo Credit: Statistics Canada)

Americans have also cut back on their travel across our shared border, but in less impactful numbers. Automobile trips decreased 10.4 percent and air travel fell by 0.7 percent compared with last year.

For international trips exclusive of the U.S., travel was up by 7.3 percent, demonstrating Canadians’ willingness to travel abroad. Visits by overseas residents here remained unchanged from last year, at 586,900 arrivals for the month.

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