Canadian returns from U.S. rise 10.1% in July

Canadian residents returned from 2.8 million trips to the United States in July, a 10.1% increase from a year earlier, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday.

The increase marked a fourth consecutive month of year-over-year growth after 15 months of declines. Even so, the July total remained 25.6% below the level recorded in July 2024. Automobile return trips rose 12.6% to 2.2 million, while air travel edged up 0.6% to 567,000.

Trips to Canada by U.S. residents increased 9.1% to 3.5 million. Overseas visitors to Canada rose 3.7%, while Canadian return trips from overseas slipped 1.0%.

Source: Statistics Canada, Travel between Canada and other countries, released September 22, 2026.

Illustrative stock photo: Briana Tozour via Unsplash, under the Unsplash License. Resized; not a photograph of July 2026 travel activity.