‘Many (Canadians) are breaking old travel habits and choosing somewhere other than the USA.’
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Posted January 14th, 2026 on Niagara At Large
Canadians’ air travel to the USA didn’t just drop to a lower level with the election of Donald Trump and his declaration of economic war on Canada. It continues to decline most months as Trump’s threat rises and the USA’s internal situation grows more chaotic and unsafe.
The largest drop yet came in November, according to passenger screening data from Statistics Canada released last week. November Passengers screened at Canada’s eight largest airports for travel to the USA were down 13.5 per cent from November 2024.
At Canada’s eight largest airports, comparing November 2025 to November 2024, there were:
- 159,577 (13.5%) fewer passengers screened for travel to the USA
- 119,363 (9.6%) more screened for travel to the rest of the world
- 42,720 (2.2%) more screened for domestic travel.
Who wants to go to the States when masked thugs like this are terrorizing people in growing numbers of cities across the country.
Overall, Canadians travelled more in November 2025 than November 2024. But many are breaking old travel habits and choosing somewhere other than the USA.
Mexico’s Ministry of Tourism reported [ https://substack.com/redirect/9a84a1ff-479f-44fb-9ad9-238563aaa8d5?j=eyJ1IjoiM3g4b3BsIn0.gTyF7RtVaWrg4_JLvD63hvYzJPuyQCsAk-UibLfp0Ec ] an increase of nearly 200,000 Canadian visits from January to September 2025 compared to the same period a year earlier, an 11.8 per cent increase.
Outside of the COVID travel restriction period, the USA share of Canadians’ foreign travel hasn’t been lower since at least 2019. November travel to the USA ranged from 49 to 51 per cent after COVID and until Trump. In November, 2025 it was 43 per cent of all foreign travel.
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A Brief Footnote from Doug Draper at Niagara At Large – In this New Year, let as many of us as possible north of the Canada/U.S. border continue to send a message to Trump and his cult by avoiding travel to what has now morphed into a police state and by supporting our local businesses and purchasing as many products produced in Canada as possible, and by boycotting as many products as possible that are made in the U.S.A.
Let’s continue to stand up for a Canada that is strong and free!
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