Canadian residents are starting to travel to the United States again, but not as often as they did before U.S. President Donald Trump‘s second term. 

Canadians took a total of 1.9 million return trips to the U.S. in May, a 9.5 per cent increase from the same month in 2025, according to Statistics Canada’s monthly data on international arrivals to Canada.

The rebound in travel to the U.S. was driven by a 15.1 per cent increase in trips by automobile, while trips by air dropped 5.5 per cent from 2025.

May’s data marked the second consecutive month of year-over-year increases in trips to the U.S. and the second increase since December 2024.

Travel trends among Canadians started to shift in early 2025 as political tensions grew between Canada and the U.S., with trips across the southern border declining ever since. — Denise Paglinawan, Financial Post

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