Travel between Canada and other countries, November 2025
Released: 2026-01-23
1,642,110
November 2025
-5.3% 
(12-month change)
3,346,553
November 2025
-14.4%
(12-month change)
2,485,358
November 2025
-1.4%
(monthly change)
3,652,111
November 2025
1.9% 
(monthly change)
Highlights
In November, the number of Canadian-resident return trips from the United States was down 23.6% year over year, while the number of trips to Canada by US residents was down 9.0%.
In November, both the number of trips to Canada by overseas residents and the number of Canadian-resident return trips from overseas increased by 13.6% compared with the same month a year earlier.
On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the number of Canadian-resident return trips from abroad was up 1.9% in November. US-resident arrivals decreased 2.0%, while overseas-resident arrivals edged up 0.6%.
Trips to Canada by US residents decrease
In November, US-resident trips to Canada (1.3 million) decreased 9.0% from the same month in 2024.
Ontario saw the largest decline in US-resident arrivals, partially because of a base-year effect from a swift year-over-year increase in November 2024, which coincided with a series of high-profile concerts in Toronto. Additionally, in November 2025, flights to Canada might have been impacted by the reduction of flights by the US Federal Aviation Administration at 40 of the busiest US airports, during the US government shutdown.
Arrivals in Canada by automobile (969,300) were down 9.5% year over year in November, with 58.3% of these arrivals being same-day trips. Meanwhile, air arrivals (299,900) decreased 8.4% year over year.
Chart 1
Year-over-year change in the number of US visitors entering Canada, by province or territory of arrival, November 2025
Trips to Canada by overseas residents continue to increase
In November, 324,200 overseas residents arrived in Canada, up 13.6% from the same month a year earlier, with the majority (85.6%) of arrivals by air.
An increase in arrivals from Europe (+14.8%) and Asia (+16.9%)—the top two source markets for overseas visitors to Canada—was the primary contributor to the year-over-year rise in overseas-resident arrivals in November.
The top three countries of residence for overseas visitors were the United Kingdom (33,700), France (26,200) and India (22,900), accounting for 25.5% of all overseas arrivals in Canada in November.
Chart 2
Overseas visitors entering Canada, by continent of residence, January 2019 to November 2025
Trips abroad by Canadian residents continue to decrease
Canadian residents returned from 3.3 million trips abroad in November, down 14.4% compared with November 2024.
Canadian-resident return trips from the United States by automobile declined 28.2% to 1.5 million in November 2025. Of these arrivals, 68.5% were same-day trips.
In November, the number of Canadian-resident return trips by air from the United States (721,600) decreased 12.1% compared with the same month a year earlier. Meanwhile, Canadian-resident return trips by air from overseas countries (1.1 million) were up 14.1% compared with November 2024.
Chart 3
Canadian residents returning to Canada from trips abroad, November 2024 to November 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 decrease
On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the overall number of arrivals in Canada by US residents was down 2.0% in November 2025. A decrease in arrivals by air (-6.5%) was the main contributor to the overall monthly decline.
Trips to Canada by overseas residents increase slightly
In November, the number of overseas-resident arrivals in Canada rose by 0.6% on a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, led by residents of Europe (+1.6%) and Africa (+11.4%). The overall monthly gain in November was driven by higher numbers of visitors from the United Kingdom (+5.7%) and Germany (+12.8%), which offset large declines in arrivals from South Korea (-16.0%), Brazil (-12.3%) and Taiwan (-10.8%).
Chart 4
Overseas visitors entering Canada, by continent of residence, January 2019 to November 2025, seasonally adjusted data
Canadian-resident return trips from abroad increase
On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the number of Canadian-resident return trips from abroad rose 1.9% in November, driven by an increase in Canadian-resident return trips from overseas by air (+4.1%).
Chart 5
Non-resident visitors entering Canada and Canadian residents returning to Canada, January 2019 to November 2025
Focus on Canada and the United States
In November 2025, Canadian residents returned from 2.2 million trips to the United States, representing a 23.6% decrease from the same month in 2024 and accounting for 67.1% of all trips abroad taken by Canadian residents in November 2025.
Meanwhile, US residents took 1.3 million trips to Canada in November 2025, down 9.0% from the same month in 2024 and representing 80.3% of all non-resident trips to Canada in November 2025.
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.
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.
Revisions
Seasonally adjusted data for August to October 2025 have been revised. No revisions were made to the unadjusted data.
Integrated Primary Inspection Line – Air integration
In 2025, Statistics Canada integrated information about travellers processed through the Canada Border Services Agency's Integrated Primary Inspection Line - Air (IPIL Air) system into the Frontier Counts. Users are advised to exercise caution when comparing 2025 reference months with previous years since published data before 2025 do not include IPIL Air.
For users who would like to make year-over-year comparisons, selected supplementary time series with IPIL Air data for reference years 2023 and 2024 are available, upon request.
Canada Post service disruptions
Statistics Canada will monitor the impacts of Canada Post service disruptions on future releases.
Next release
"Travel between Canada and other countries" for December 2025 will be released on February 23, 2026.
Products
The product "Frontier Counts: Interactive Dashboard," part of the Data Visualization Products series (71-607-X), is available.
The article "Recent changes in Canadian-resident travel to the United States" is available.
Episode 27 of the Eh Sayers podcast, "Canadians just aren't California Dreamin' these days," is available.
The infographic "Tourism activity, 2024" is also available.
Contact information
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