We drove the US in May and I have to admit the border was an absolute breeze both ways. I doubt it keeps up though. I mean the elbows up thing lasted all of two months. 

grayruby

Trips abroad by Canadian residents continue to decrease

Canadian residents returned from 4.2 million trips abroad in August, down 21.5% compared with August 2024.

Canadian-resident return trips from the United States by automobile declined by 32.6% to 2.2 million in August 2025. Of these trips, 57.6% were same-day trips.

In August, the number of Canadian-resident return trips by air from the United States (608,800) decreased by 17.0% compared with the same month a year earlier. Meanwhile, Canadian-resident return trips by air from overseas countries (1.2 million) increased 9.1% compared with August 2024.

Would be interesting to see the number who left and did not return. I understand that number has been growing steadily over the past decade, especially for the top 10% of earners.

econ

U.S. tourism faces $5.7B US loss as Canadians continue to stay home | CBC News

brent

Yeah, probably. [StatsCan reports](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/251022/dq251022a-eng.htm):

> Trips abroad by Canadian residents continue to decrease
Canadian residents returned from 4.2 million trips abroad in August, down 21.5% compared with August 2024.
>
> Canadian-resident return trips from the United States by automobile declined by 32.6% to 2.2 million in August 2025. Of these trips, 57.6% were same-day trips.
> 
> In August, the number of Canadian-resident return trips by air from the United States (608,800) decreased by 17.0% compared with the same month a year earlier. Meanwhile, Canadian-resident return trips by air from overseas countries (1.2 million) increased 9.1% compared with August 2024.

Would be interesting to see the number who left and did not return. I understand that number has been growing steadily over the past decade, especially for the top 10% of earners.

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