US Sees Eighth Straight Drop in Car Trips by Canadians in August

Vehicles in line to cross into the US, in St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, on the Canada-US border. — Vehicles in line to cross into the US, in St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, on the Canada-US border.
Photographer: Graham Hughes/Bloomberg

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By Randy Thanthong-Knight

September 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM UTC

Canadians showed their commitment to boycotting the US with an eighth straight year-over-year decline in American road trips last month.

Return trips by automobile to Canada from the country’s southern neighbor dropped 33.9% in August from a year ago, Statistics Canada data showed Wednesday.