Canada-U.S. Travel Ticks Up in June

The United States hosted Canadian soccer fans for a World Cup match in late June, but it wasn’t enough to make up for the visitors lost to a recent travel boycott.

Canadian-resident return trips rose 3.2% in June from last year, according to figures released Monday by Statistics Canada. A 5.2% jump in return trips by car drove much of that increase — return trips by air dropped 3.8%.

Statistics Canada noted that the monthly gain was due to a “base-year effect:” Visits had dropped so much last year, that the current gains are bouncing off a low base. Comparing visits to 2024 show the amount of ground left to recover — return trips from the U.S. in June 2026 were down 28.7% compared to June 2024.

“Starting in early 2025, travel trends among Canadian residents shifted alongside the political tensions between Canada and the United States,” the agency wrote.

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