Scores of Canadian travelers continue to avoid visiting the United States in protest of Trump Administration policies and rhetoric.?

Newly released figures from Statistics Canada show that Canadian return trips from the United States, whether by air or by car, continue to plummet precipitously.

The latest data, released September 10, shows that in August 2025, Canadian-resident return trips by air from abroad stood at 1.6 million. And while the number of returning Canadian-resident trips from overseas countries increased 6.6 percent from August 2024 to 1.2 million in August 2025, the number of returning Canadian-resident trips by air from the United States declined a stunning 25.4 percent to 423,100.

Looking at travel by automobile, the figures are even more eye-opening. In August 2025, the number of Canadian-resident return trips by automobile from the United States totaled just 1.9 million. That figure represents a 33.9 percent drop from the same month in 2024. Moreover, August 2025 marked the eighth consecutive month of year-over-year declines in Canadians returning by car from the United States.

As has been widely reported, Canadian visitation to the United States begun plummeting shortly after President Trump returned to office and rolled-out steep new tariffs on Canada, a longtime, historic ally of the United States. Trump increased the tariff rate on Canadian imports from 25 percent to 35 percent, a move that has soured relations between the two countries and had a significant impact on the Canadian economy.

The tariffs have not only disrupted trade, but also caused Canadians to lose jobs and employment in affected industries has dropped, Canadian officials have said. In addition, Canadian businesses have had to reevaluate investment plans.

Trump��s talk of ��annexing�� Canada also further soured relations between the two countries. In response to the Trump policies and rhetoric, many Canadians have been avoiding the United States.?

Data released by Statistics Canada in June 2025 also underscored this trend. At that point, the number of Canadian-resident return trips by automobile from the United States totaled 1.3 million, a steep decline of 33.1 percent from the same month in 2024. June also marked the sixth consecutive month of year-over-year declines in visitation to the United States by Canadians.

Also in June, Canadian-resident return trips by air from the United States dropped 22.1 percent to 363,900.

Canadian travelers have been opting for other destinations instead of the United States, including increasingly visiting Mexico and the Caribbean.

Meanwhile, destinations across the United States have been impacted by the lack of Canadian visitors. Many DMOs and visitor organizations, from California to Las Vegas, Nevada, and northern New York, are scrambling to appeal to Canadian travelers and woo them back.

In Las Vegas, for instance, the city experienced a slower summer than normal, with visitor volume down 12 percent in July 2025 compared to the same month last year. Similarly, occupancy rates slumped 10.7 percent this July compared to last year.

Data from the Las Vegas tourism officials shows that international air passenger tallies for Canadian visitors to Sin City has experienced an 18 percent year-to-date decline.

Canada is Las Vegas�� largest source of international tourism.

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