Travel between Canada and other countries, July 2025
Released: 2025-09-23
4,250,749
July 2025
-0.2% 
(12-month change)
3,610,319
July 2025
-24.2%
(12-month change)
2,409,258
July 2025
0.5% 
(monthly change)
3,386,771
July 2025
-2.2%
(monthly change)
Highlights
In July, the number of Canadian-resident return trips from the United States was down 32.4% year over year, while the number of trips to Canada by US residents decreased 3.0%. This marked the second time since June 2006 (excluding August and September 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic) when more US residents made trips to Canada than Canadian residents travelled to the United States.
Meanwhile, in July 2025, the number of trips to Canada by overseas residents was up 10.3% from July 2024, while the number of Canadian-resident return trips from overseas increased 8.3%.
On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the number of Canadian-resident return trips from abroad was down 2.2% in July 2025. US-resident arrivals decreased 0.3%, while overseas-resident arrivals increased 3.1%.
Trips to Canada by US residents continue to decrease
In July, US-resident trips to Canada (3.3 million) declined year over year for a sixth consecutive month, down 3.0% from the same month in 2024.
Arrivals by automobile (1.9 million) were down 6.1% year over year in July 2025. Over half (56.1%) of these arrivals were overnight trips. Meanwhile, air arrivals (790,000) were up 4.2% year over year. The number of US residents who disembarked in Canada from cruise ships was 285,400 in July, down 2.5% from the same month in 2024.
Chart 1
Year-over-year change in the number of US visitors entering Canada, by province or territory of arrival, July 2025
Trips to Canada by overseas residents increase
In July 2025, 999,600 overseas residents arrived in Canada, up 10.3% from the same month in 2024. The majority (81.7%) of overseas-resident arrivals were by air.
An increase in arrivals from Europe (+10.3%) and Asia (+10.3%)—the top two source markets for overseas visitors to Canada—was the primary contributor to the year-over-year increase in overseas-resident arrivals in July.
The top three countries of residence for overseas visitors were the United Kingdom (134,700), France (104,100) and India (68,300), accounting for 30.7% of all overseas arrivals in Canada in July.
Chart 2
Overseas visitors entering Canada, by continent of residence, January 2019 to July 2025
Trips abroad by Canadian residents continue to decrease
Canadian residents returned from 3.6 million trips abroad in July, down 24.2% compared with July 2024.
Canadian-resident return trips from the United States by automobile declined by 35.8% to 1.9 million in July 2025. Of these trips, 59.6% were same-day trips.
The number of Canadian-resident return trips by air from the United States (563,500) decreased by 16.2% in July 2025 from the same month a year earlier. Meanwhile, Canadian-resident return trips by air from overseas countries (1.0 million) increased 8.9% compared with July 2024.
Chart 3
Canadian residents returning to Canada from trips abroad, July 2024 to July 2025
Seasonally adjusted arrivals
Tourism is influenced by seasonal effects (e.g., actual seasons and holidays such as Canada Day and Thanksgiving) and by calendar effects (e.g., number of weekends in a month). All statistics in this section are based on seasonally adjusted data (for more information, see the Note to readers).
Trips to Canada by US residents decline
On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the overall number of arrivals in Canada by US residents was down 0.3% in July. The decrease was driven mainly by declines in arrivals by modes of transport other than commercial air or automobile (-8.9%), which include arrivals by cruise ship.
Trips to Canada by overseas residents increase
In July, the number of overseas-resident arrivals in Canada was up 3.1% on a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, led by residents of Europe (+4.1%) and Asia (+2.0%). By volume, visitors from France (+6.6%) and Mexico (+7.2%) contributed the most to the overall monthly increase.
Chart 4
Overseas visitors entering Canada, by continent of residence, January 2019 to July 2025, seasonally adjusted data
Canadian-resident return trips from abroad decline
On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, Canadian residents returned from fewer trips abroad (-2.2%) in July. This decline was driven by a reduction in trips to the United States by automobile (-3.6%) and by air (-4.8%), which accounted for 64.9% of overall Canadian-resident trips abroad in July.
In July, Canadian-resident trips overseas by air, which accounted for 33.5% of all Canadian-resident trips abroad, were up 2.1% compared with June.
Chart 5
Non-resident visitors entering Canada and Canadian residents returning to Canada, January 2019 to July 2025
Chart 6
Canadian residents returning to Canada from the United States and US residents visiting Canada, January 2019 to July 2025
Enhancements—Integrated Primary Inspection Line – Air integration
With the release of the July 2025 reference month for "Travel between Canada and other countries" on September 23, Statistics Canada has integrated information about travellers processed through the Canada Border Services Agency's Integrated Primary Inspection Line – Air (IPIL Air) system into the Frontier Counts.
This new data source improves the accuracy of Frontier Counts by addressing existing data gaps at some ports of entry. IPIL Air data also replace information from E311 declaration forms at other ports of entry.
The unadjusted data series have been updated from January to June 2025. The most impacted data include arrivals at Toronto Pearson International Airport; arrivals by commercial air; and arrivals of overseas residents.
Seasonally adjusted data for January 2024 to June 2025 have been revised and reflect the integration of the IPIL Air data.
Users are advised to exercise caution when comparing 2025 reference months and onwards with previous years. For more information on concepts, definitions, data sources, methods and summary of changes, refer to Frontier Counts.
Focus on Canada and the United States
In July 2025, Canadian residents returned from 2.6 million trips to the United States, representing a 32.4% decrease from the same month in 2024 and accounting for 71.2% of all trips abroad taken by Canadian residents during the month.
Meanwhile, US residents took 3.3 million trips to Canada in July, down 3.0% from the same month in 2024 and representing 76.5% of all non-resident trips to Canada in July 2025.
In July 2025, for the second time since June 2006 (excluding August and September 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic), more US residents made trips to Canada than Canadian residents travelled to the United States.
For more data and insights on areas touched by the socio-economic relationship between Canada and the United States, see the Focus on Canada and the United States webpage.
Explore tourism data
To further explore current and historical data in an interactive format, see Frontier Counts: Interactive Dashboard.
For more current estimates of international arrivals to Canada, please see the release, "Leading indicator of international arrivals to Canada."
For other tourism-related information, see the Travel and Tourism Statistics portal.
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Note to readers
Unless otherwise specified, this release uses unadjusted (raw) data.
Seasonal adjustment
Tourism is influenced by seasonal effects (e.g., holidays such as Canada Day and Thanksgiving) and calendar effects (e.g., number of weekends in a month). Seasonally adjusted data are data that have been modified to eliminate the effect of seasonal and calendar influences to allow for more meaningful comparisons of economic conditions from period to period. For more information on seasonal adjustment, see Seasonally adjusted data – Frequently asked questions.
Canada Post service disruptions
Statistics Canada will monitor the impacts of any potential Canada Post service disruptions on future releases.
Next release
"Travel between Canada and other countries" for August will be released on October 22.
Products
The product "Frontier Counts: Interactive Dashboard," part of the Data Visualization Products series (71-607-X), is available.
Episode 27 of the Eh Sayers podcast, "Canadians just aren't California Dreamin' these days," is also available.
The article "Recent changes in Canadian-resident travel to the United States" is also available.
Contact information
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