Statistics Canada says Canadian-resident return trips from the U.S. in October posted another month of year-over-year declines as Canadians continue to shun stateside travel.
The agency says preliminary figures show Canadian-resident return trips by automobile from the U.S. in October totalled 1.4 million, a drop of 30.5% compared with the same month last year.
The number of return trips by air from the U.S. by Canadian residents amounted to 437,300, down 23.9% from October 2024.
The drop came as the number of Canadian residents flying back from overseas countries totalled 964,200 in October, an increase of 6.8% from a year ago.
Non-resident arrivals to Canada by air totalled 784,800 in October, up 4.2% from a year ago, while the number of U.S.-resident trips to Canada by automobile amounted to one million, down 0.7% from the same month in 2024.
The preliminary total of international arrivals to Canada in October including both returning Canadian residents and non-residents by air and automobile was 4.6 million, down 12.6% from October 2024.