Despite continued uncertainty about tariffs, the summer holiday season has led to more people crossing into the U.S. from Canada.
According to the June statistics provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, summer travel has been the reason behind a rebound in the number of travellers using the land border.
The stats showed that 3,859,267 travellers crossed into the States by land in June. That represents a 15.8 per cent increase from May.
The Canadian government's ongoing trade tussle with the Trump administration is still behind an overall decline in land border travel from June 2024, when 4,959,968 travellers crossed. Although the gap narrowed slightly in June, it still represented a 22.2 percent decline.
The CBP considers individual people entering the U.S. by foot, private vehicle, or truck as travellers.
The upward trend was also evident at the Ambassador Bridge and Windsor-Detroit Tunnel. The CBP reported 612,797 travellers entering the U.S. from Windsor in June, up from 595,203 in May for a three per cent increase.
Though the overall decline has slowed, it still reflects a drop of 13.8 per cent from June 2024.
Commercial truck traffic was down from Windsor to Detroit in June, a likely consequence of the trade war. The CBP figures counted 91,158 trucks making the trip. That was relatively stable compared to May, but year-to-year stats still told a glaring story, with a 23.6 per cent drop from June 2024.
The Blue Water Bridge from Point Edward to Port Huron saw a rebound in June. The CBP reported 270,310 travellers making the trip last month, up from 240,822 in May, for a 12.2 per cent increase, yet still down from 297,189 travellers in June of 2024.
There was a rise in commercial truck traffic to Port Huron in June, with 90,357 trucks crossing, up from 89,836 in May. Compared to June 2024, truck crossings at the Blue Water Bridge were up by 22.7 per cent from May 2024.
Figures were current as of Thursday, July 3.