‘Three-Quarters Of Canadians – a full 77 Per Cent – Say They View The United States More Negatively As A Travel Destination This Year Than In Those Prior.’ – from a recent survey of Canadians conducted by the non-profit Angus Reid Institute
A Commentary by Niagara At Large reporter/publisher Doug Draper, based on polling information reported this November, 2025 by the Angus Reid Institute and others
Posted November 24th, 2025 on Niagara At Large
Like many Canadians who do our best to tough it out through our country’s cold winters, I have known my share of friends and neighbours who, every year around this time, show their resolve not to do that.
They pack up as much as they can travel with and head off to warmer climes like Florida or other southern regions of the United States for the winter.
But the number still doing that, according to recent reports on this annual migration of Canadians who are commonly identified as “snowbirds,” has dropped off significantly.
One report, released earlier this November by the Angus Reid Institute, shows that majority of snowbirds surveyed say they do not feel comfortable travelling to the U.S. this winter..
“From safety concerns to new fingerprinting rules for longer stays, to a growing antipathy toward the U.S., a winter getaway to Arizona or Florida is no longer the automatic choice it once was,” states the report. “Seven-in-10 (70%) say they would be uncomfortable travelling to the United States this winter, and two-thirds (65%) describe new border requirements for long-term visitors – including fingerprinting and registration fees – as “invasive.”
“Concerns about safety, politics, and border treatment now rank ahead of cost or exchange rates as the top reasons Canadians are cutting back on travel” to the U.S., the report says.
“Further, for many who are not travelling to the U.S., this decision is seen as a way “to stand up for Canada”.
Seven-in-10 (69%) who have reduced their travel say this,” the report adds.
For more on the Angus Reid report, paints a similar picture to travel figures recently released by Statistics Canada and other groups, click on – Canadians’ Confidence in U.S. Travel Takes a Hit
About the Angus Reid Institute – The Angus Reid Institute (ARI) is a non-profit, non-partisan public opinion research organization in Canada. Founded in 2014 by Angus Reid, it conducts and shares polling and policy analysis on social, economic, and governance issues affecting Canada and the world. ARI disseminates its findings through its website, publications, and media partners, and uses an online panel called the Angus Reid Forum for its research.
A Few More Words from Doug Draper on this topic –
Going back to how much I recall those snowbirds I know looking forward to their winters Florida and other regions in the southern U.S.A., I am sure it has been hard for many of them to look at the situation south of the border now and say; “Hell no, we’re not going to go.”
And to the extent that they have made that decision not to go and, in some case, even sell winter homes they have down there, for reasons that have to do with standing up for Canada and the way our country is being treated with so much hostility by Trump, you have got to admire them even more.
It is one more reason who all Canadians should be inspired to do as much as we can to let the Trump regime know that we are proud of our country and we are prepared to do as much as we can to stand up for our sovereignty and for the values and freedoms generations of us have fought so hard for here.
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Long Live Our Canada, Our ‘Home & Native Land’, Doug Draper, Niagara At Large
For more recent news Niagara At Large has posted on this issue, click on – https://niagaraatlarge.com/2025/11/12/number-of-canadians-taking-day-trips-to-u-s-has-dropped-steeply-statistics-canada/
Here is a CBC TV National News interview with one Canadian Snowbird who says “she will never go back,” to Florida that is, To watch it, click on the screen immediately below –
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