Canadian visits to the United States fell roughly 25 percent in 2025, with travellers redirecting billions toward domestic trips and overseas destinations amid deteriorating bilateral sentiment.
Cross-border spending dropped by $3.3 billion to $18.8 billion, while Canadian outlays on travel excluding the US grew to $22.8 billion. Visits to Europe and Asia rose 14 and 17 percent respectively, and domestic travel gained 5.1 million trips. The steepest decline came in July 2025, when border crossings fell more than 30 percent year-on-year — the sharpest drop since the aftermath of the September 2001 attacks.
The pullback has persisted into early 2026. Public trust in the US as a reliable partner has fallen from 83 percent in 2022 to 35 percent in 2026, with only 17 percent of Canadians supporting Donald Trump's tariffs against Canada. Canadian manufacturing employment is down 55,000 jobs since January 2025.