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Canadian Travel to U.S. Declines for Seventh Straight Month as Americans Top Border Crossings

Policy-driven boycott has slashed Canadian visits to the U.S., forcing airline route cuts, threatening multibillion-dollar tourism revenue losses.

TOPSHOT - US Customs officers stand beside a sign saying that the US border is closed at the US/Canada border in Lansdowne, Ontario, on March 22, 2020. - The United States agreed with Mexico and Canada to restrict non-essential travel because of the coronavirus, COVID-19, outbreak and is planning to repatriate undocumented immigrants arriving from those countries. (Photo by Lars Hagberg / AFP) (Photo by LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images)
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Tourists line up to take an Aquabus water taxi tour of False Creek, from Granville Island in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Overview

  • In July, Canadian automobile crossings to the U.S. fell about 37% year-over-year, while air travel declined nearly 26%, extending a seven-month downturn.
  • Overall crossings of Canadian residents and non-residents totaled 6.3 million in July, down 15.6% from a year earlier.
  • For the first time in over a decade, more Americans entered Canada than Canadians traveled south in June and July.
  • Tariffs, tougher border measures and contentious presidential rhetoric have driven the policy-linked boycott underpinning the travel slump.
  • Tourism analysts caution that each 1% drop in international visitor spending costs the U.S. $1.8 billion, putting over $20 billion in annual export revenue at risk.