Cross-border travel from Canada to U.S. down 4.5% by car, 14% by air

by | Apr 13, 2026 | Travel

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TORONTO —Statistics Canada has released its cross-border travel data for March 2026.

For the month of March 2026, Canadian-resident return trips by air from the U.S. were down 13.8% year over year.

Meanwhile Canadian-resident return trips from overseas countries showed another increase, by 4.9% for a total of 1.5 million, compared to March 2025.

Since we’re now more than a year into the cross-border Canada-to-U.S. declines, the year-over-year differentials are narrowing amid the ‘new normal.’

CANADA-TO-USA CAR TRAVEL DROPS 4.5%

Canadian-resident return trips by automobile dropped 4.5% in March 2026 compared to March 2025.

For the third consecutive month, a greater number of Canadian residents returned from overseas by air (1.5 million in March) than from the U.S. by car (1.4 million in March).

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Written by Albert Pham, News Curator and Blogger

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