A new report from Stats Canada says the number of people entering Canada from the U.S. is still going up, despite ongoing trade tensions with the Trump administration.
The monthly report on international travel was released on Thursday, for travel in October.
The number of return trips to Canada from the States by air and automobile was 1.9-million. October was the seventh straight month of year-to-year increases in travel.
There were just over 1.49-million arrivals from the U.S. by automobile alone, a 2.2 per cent increase from October 2025, which had over 1.38-million arrivals. However, that figure is still down from October 2024, which had a little under two million arrivals by auto.
Stats Canada pointed out that 172,900 people returned home from both the U.S. and abroad on Thanksgiving Monday, October 12.
American residents have also continued the trend of visiting Canada after a period of decline. That number has risen for the ninth straight month, with 1.1-million U.S. residents entering Canada by auto, an 8.7 per cent increase from October 2025.
The busiest day in October for U.S. arrivals by auto was Friday, October 9, leading into the Canadian Thanksgiving and American Columbus Day long weekend, with 102,100 making the trip.
For total international arrivals in Canada for October, Stats Canada reported that the preliminary number, by automobile and air, was up five per cent from October 2025, including both Canadian residents and non-residents.
