Canadians’ travel to the U.S. has increased for the second straight month following consecutive months of declining numbers.
This past May, the number of Canadian resident return trips from the U.S. increased 9.9 per cent year over year, while trips to Canada by U.S. residents jumped by 13 per cent from May 2025, according to Statistics Canada data released Thursday.
Canadian residents returned from 2.6 million trips to the U.S., the second consecutive month of growth, following a 15-month drop in travel to the U.S.
In addition, U.S. resident trips to Canada totalled 2.2 million, marking the fourth straight month of year-over-year increases.
The overall number of arrivals to Canada by U.S. residents also increased 6.9 per cent in May, driven by higher arrivals by automobile (4.6 per cent) and 32.6 per cent combined via cruise ship, ferry and train.
The number of return trips involving Canadian residents from overseas rose 3.3 per cent this May compared to the same time a year prior.
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Separate data released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday states that in 2025, “Canadians shifted outbound leisure travel away from the United States (-21.5 per cent; -3.2 million visits) in favour of overseas options (+12.2 per cent; +1.1 million visits).”
Travel to visit family and friends in the U.S. also declined by nine per cent in the same year.
All in all, Canadian travel spending to the U.S. equalled $18.8 billion in 2025, while spending on overseas travel came to $81.3 billion.
Overseas residents continuing to travel to Canada
In May, 665,300 overseas residents arrived in Canada, an uptick of 6.2 per cent from May 2025. The majority (80.2 per cent) of these arrivals came via air travel.
By volume, arrivals from Europe (12.3 percent) and the Americas (excluding the U.S., equalling 12.1 per cent) drove the year-over-year increase in overseas-resident arrivals this May, offsetting a decrease in arrivals from Asia (-4.5 per cent). Statistics Canada notes Europe as “Canada’s largest overseas market.”
The top three countries of residence for overseas visitors in May were the U.K., India and France, which together accounted for 30.2 per cent of all overseas arrivals in Canada.
Canadians were noted to have “made fewer return trips from overseas” in May, but “this decrease was offset by an increase in return trips from the United States.”
Stay there, you turncoat cockroaches
We spent a week in seattle earlier this month. A great time was had by all!
Wah-wah…Liberal speculation failed again.
I have family and friends in the US. No elbozo is going to convince me not to go.
Elbows up!!! Lol
The facts are not really stating exactly what’s going on here I have nine family members who had a fly to Atlanta and then on to Florida to catch a cruise ship to go to Nassau and Mexico did they spend some money in the USA yes did they have to transfer in the USA yes so that’s nine people that you’re including on traveling to United States for a connection that doesn’t mean they spent they didn’t go there for tourism they went there for a connection the other’s one is that as many of my friends are still going to trade shows in Las Vegas because there’s been no other venue to step forward that’s got as big of a conventions facility as Las Vegas so it’s either don’t go to the USA and miss out on your trade or go to USA and do your business there again none of its tourism
There will always be selfish people. America is not the neighbour Canada has always had. Slapping your ally in the face tends to earn a reduction in trust. On the personal level, friendships probably continue across the border. Economically, Canada is being bullied by america, so spending in america indicates a lack of support for Canada.
Not all Canadians buy into the Trump.hate and still see the US as the neighbour they have always had
Canada is full of sore losers and elbozos. It’ll be nothing but brown terrorists in 2 decades . Enjoy what you sow liberals
Elbows up fools!
No kidding, the world cup was played largely in the U.S. of course there was a lot of travel as a result.
STAY AWAY FROM USA!! TRUMP LOVERS!!