Most People who drove to Canada in April got here for Good Friday on Easter weekend, in keeping with
preliminary knowledge from Statistics Canada
launched on Monday. However general, fewer People travelled to Canada by air and by vehicle this April in comparison with final yr.
Visitors knowledge indicated that there was a day by day common of 13,300 U.S.-resident arrivals by air on April 17 to April 18, which was Good Friday, this yr. That was 27.6 per cent larger than the typical for different Thursday-Friday intervals of the month, in keeping with Statistics Canada.
By automobile, the best variety of American travellers coming to Canada was on April 18 — at 51,400 U.S. residents. That was a rise of 23.4 per cent in comparison with different Fridays in April.
Total, the variety of non-resident arrivals to Canada by air was in decline, at 632,600 travellers, down from 1.2 per cent yr over yr since 2019. Of these, U.S. residents made up 289,300 travellers — down by 5.5 per cent since final April.
By automobile, there have been 820,700 American travellers who got here to Canada this April, a decline by 10.7 per cent from the identical month final yr. This was the third consecutive month of year-over-year declines for such travellers since 2019.
In whole, there have been 4.5 million travellers (Canadian residents and non-residents mixed) who returned to Canada final month, down by 15.2 per cent in comparison with final April. It was the third consecutive month of such year-over-year declines.
Fewer Canadians on return journeys from U.S. in April
There have been additionally fewer Canadians returning residence from the U.S. final month in comparison with April 2024 — doubtless as a consequence of fewer Canadians being within the U.S. within the first place. The decline is in keeping with the rising rigidity between the 2 international locations. Canadians have been
avoiding journey to its northern neighbour
amid an ongoing commerce battle and heated rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump.
This pattern has been supported by different knowledge displaying the
lower in Canadian border crossings to the U.S. in February
, and knowledge from U.S. Customs and Border Safety launched in April indicating that
Canadians travelling to the U.S. hit its lowest charge since COVID
.
There have been 582,700 Canadian residents who returned from the U.S. on a airplane this April, down by 19.9 per cent from the identical month final yr. There was additionally a lower in Canadian residents returning residence from the U.S. by automobile. In April 2025, there have been 1.2 million such Canadians, a “steep decline” by 35.2 per cent from final yr.
April marked the fourth consecutive month of year-over-year declines since 2019 for Canadians coming back from the U.S. by automobile, in keeping with Statistics Canada.
Final month, most Canadians travelling by automobile returned on Easter Monday, which was April 21. There have been 72,900 Canadian residents who made the journey — 90.2 per cent larger than the typical for different Mondays that month.
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