Canadian return trips from the U.S. plunge again amid tensions
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Canadians may have taken fewer trips to the U.S. in November, but they were still travelling overseas — and that number is rising.
Canadians continued to take fewer trips to the United States amid the trade war in November 2025, according to the latest data.
Statistics Canada released its latest travel data report detailing the number and types of trips taken between Canada and the United States, as well as abroad.
Canadian resident return trips to the U.S. fell 23.6 per cent on average in November compared with the same month in 2024.
In total, about 2.2 million return trips were taken by Canadians to the U.S. in the month, with 1.5 million of those by automobile and 68.5 per cent being same-day trips, while 721,600 return trips were by air.
While the number of return trips continues to decline, the change is becoming less pronounced as new numbers are now being compared with the first few months of Canadians’ turning away from the U.S. shortly after the election of Donald Trump.
November’s 23.6 per cent decrease follows October, when the number of Canadian resident return trips from the U.S. fell 26.3 per cent from a year earlier, after falling by 30.9 per cent in September, according to previous reports from the agency.
Canadians may have taken fewer trips to the U.S. in November, but they were still travelling overseas — and that number is rising.
In November 2025, Canadian residents returned from 1.1 million trips overseas — up 14.1 per cent from a year earlier. That’s also up from 9.1 per cent in October and 5.1 per cent in September.
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