TORONTO — When will the drops stop?

Not any time soon, from the looks of the latest data from Statistics Canada on Canadian travel to the U.S.

According to StatCan, for the month of May 2025, Canadian-resident return trips by air from the U.S. were down 24.2% year over year.

The May 2025 decrease is even bigger than the drops in April 2025 (19.9%) and March 2025 (13.5%).

Canadian-resident return trips from overseas countries continued to trend up, by 9.8% compared to May 2024.

The upswing in international travel from the Canadian market comes as Canadian travellers look abroad for alternate destinations – and benefits the retail travel industry, as travellers are more likely to book international trips through travel advisors.

CANADA-TO-USA CAR TRAVEL DROPS 38.1%

Last month’s 24% decline in air travel from Canada to the U.S. is eclipsed by the decline in Canada-to-U.S. automobile traffic.

Canadian-resident return trips by automobile dropped 38.1% in May 2025. It’s the fifth consecutive month of year-over-year declines.

It’s also the biggest drop in three months, surpassing the 35.2% decrease in April 2025, and the 31.9% decrease in March 2025.