Hitting the US where it hurts: Canada's travel boycott causing billions in lost revenue

Not losing any momentum

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As the most recent travel data released on November 20th by Statistics Canada shows, Canadians are holding firm on their stance. They do not want to set foot in the US at the moment. The numbers from September 2025 continue to reflect what has become the norm: avoid travel to the US.

The eight consecutive months of declines

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According to the data, the number of Canadian residents returning to the US was down for the eighth consecutive month in September to 30.9%. The drop was most significant among automobile return trips, which declined by 33.8% year-over-year to 1.6 million. 

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Of the roughly two million fewer trips across the border made in September by automobile, 65.3% were same-day trips. This detail is important because it suggests that more than half of those who traveled to the US by automobile in September didn't go for tourism. 

Air travel return also declined significantly

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The number of Canadian resident returns by air also dropped significantly in September. Only 567,100 Canadians returned to the country from the United States via air travel in September, which was a decline of 19.3% compared to the same period last year.  

Canadians are still traveling, just not to the US

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Statistics Canada noted that overall, Canadian resident return trips to the country by air increased 6.1% to 997,400. This data suggests that Canadians didn’t travel by air less in September 2025 than they did in September 2024, but rather that Canadian travelers just chose destinations other than the United States. 

The boycott is an effective way to fight back

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Canadians have been unofficially boycotting travel to the United States ever since US President Donald Trump began his second term in office and started attacking Canada. Tariffs and 51st state threats have raised the ire of many angry Canadian travellers. 

The travel boycott is costing the US billions

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A travel boycott may not seem like an effective way to fight back against the President and his anti-Canada policies, but it turns out that Canadians are a significant source of foreign visitors to the United States, and losing them is costing states billions. 

A warning about what could happen

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According to a February 2025 report from the US Travel Association, Canadians were the top source of foreign visitors to the United States in 2024. 20.4 million Canadians visited their southern neighbor last year and generated $20.5 billion in travel spending. 

Forecasting a massive loss in the billions

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At the time, the US Travel Association warned that even a 10% drop in the number of Canadian visitors to the United States could be catastrophic. It would result in roughly two million fewer visits, as well as the loss of $2.1 billion in revenue and 14,000 jobs. 

Canadian travel has dropped more than 10%

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More than seven months on from the US Travel Association’s warning, the situation has proven to be far more dire than originally predicted. The latest estimation from Statistics Canada on the fall in Canadian visitors to the United States is more than double 10%. 

What the latest data has revealed

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CBC News reported that Statistics Canada revealed to the outlet that between February and October, Canadian return trips to the US have declined by a staggering 21% via air travel and an enormous 33.5% for automobiles. 

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