OTTAWA — According to the latest numbers from Statistics Canada, the number of Canadian-resident return trips by automobile from the U.S. in September 2025 totalled 1.4 million, down 34.8% and continuing a long month-by-month decline that began earlier this year.

Canadian-resident return trips by air meanwhile from both the U.S. and countries other than the U.S. stood at 1.3 million, down 7% from September 2024.

The number of returning Canadian-resident trips from overseas countries by air increased 3.9% from September 2024 to 1 million in September 2025, however the number of returning Canadian-resident trips by air from the U.S. declined 27.1% to 372,000.

For inbound U.S. travel into Canada, in September 2025 the number of arrivals to Canada by U.S. residents by air was down 0.4% from the same month in 2024, while arrivals by automobile decreased 5.3%.