Canadians' Return Travel From US Plunges as Trump Tariffs Hit
Canadians have returned from 1.35 million fewer road trips to the US over the past two months than they did a year ago, eschewing crossing the border that US President Donald Trump called 'artificial' and wanted removed.
The number of Canadian-resident return trips by automobile from the US plummeted by 35% in April from a year ago, Statistics Canada data showed Monday. The decrease of 670,000 trips marks a fourth straight month of year-over-year declines and followed a similar 680,000 drop in March, a 32% slide from the same month in 2024.
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