Canadians Cut US Travel Spending by $3.3 Billion as Europe and Asia Gain
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Updated · The Guardian · Jul 28
Canadians Cut US Travel Spending by $3.3 Billion as Europe and Asia Gain
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jul 28
Summary
$18.8 billion in 2025 US travel spending by Canadians was down from $22.1 billion a year earlier, while spending on non-US trips rose $3.6 billion to $22.8 billion.
Statistics Canada tied the shift to the Trump administration's America First policies, tariffs and annexation rhetoric, saying Canadian travel sentiment changed abruptly in early 2025.
Nearly 14% more trips to Europe and almost 17% more to Asia showed Canadians were redirecting vacations rather than traveling less overall.
About one-quarter fewer return trips came from the US in 2025, with July border crossings down roughly one-third in the deepest sustained decline on record outside the post-9/11 shock.
2026 data so far shows the pullback continuing, with return trips from the US still near late-2025 levels after a 27% fourth-quarter drop.