While Prime Minister Mark Carney continues to make entreaties with the rest of the world, it seems Canadian travellers are as well, with Statistics Canada reporting that Canadian residents returning from overseas in November rose 13.6% compared with the year before to 1,099,750.
Overseas residents entering Canada in November totalled 324,245 in November, also up 13.6% from 285,360 in the same month in 2024.
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At the same time, Statistics Canada says return trips from the U.S. in November by Canadian residents continued to fall – down 23.6% year over year, while trips to Canada by U.S. residents also fell.
The agency says Canadian residents returning from the U.S. in November totalled 2,246,803, down from 2,940,721 a year earlier.
Meanwhile, U.S. resident trips to Canada in November fell 9% to 1,317,865 compared with 1,448,685 in November 2024 when Taylor Swift played six sold-out shows in Toronto.
The agency noted that Canada might have been affected by a reduction of flights at 40 of the busiest U.S. airports, during the U.S. government shutdown.
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