OTTAWA — A recent poll sheds new light on how Canadians are feeling about travel to the U.S.

According to market and public opinion research company Abacus Data, 32% of Canadians said they travelled to the U.S. in the past 12 months. Some 27% of that travel was for leisure, and 8% for business.

Out of the 68% who didn’t travel to the U.S. in the past year, 34% said they considered travelling to the U.S. but ultimately decided against it because of the U.S. administration or because of how the U.S. is treating Canada.

That works out to about 23% of Canadian adults overall, says Abacus Data.

The Ottawa-based company surveyed 1,850 Canadian adults Jan. 9 – 14 for the survey.

Abacus reports that younger Canadians and men are more likely to report travel to the U.S., while those 60+ “are far less likely to have gone. Atlantic Canadians stand out as the least likely to report recent travel to the United States, while those in Ontario and Alberta were the most likely to head south.”

As Abacus also notes: “Older Canadians who have not travelled are more likely than younger cohorts to say they considered it but decided against it, rising to 4 in 10 among those aged 60 and over who did not go. Regional differences are also pronounced, with particularly high levels of avoided travel in Atlantic Canada and B.C., and a much lower level in Quebec.”

Abacus also found that 33% of Canadians would think less of a close friend or family member who took a trip to the U.S. in the past few months. The majority, 61%, said they definitely or probably wouldn’t think less of the person, while 6% said they were unsure.

More survey results can be found here.