Trump rhetoric slows Canadian travel to US, boosting Japan and Mexico

Last year, Canadian return trips to the United States were down 25.4 per cent from 2024, while overseas trips rose by just over 9 per cent, according to Statistics Canada. The biggest hits were to border crossings by car, but air travel also suffered. While air travel overseas for Canadians was up by over 10 per cent overall, it dropped by 18.7 per cent to the United States in December, for example, while summer months saw around 20 per cent drops in U.S.-bound air travel.