Los viajes de canadienses a EE. UU. vuelven a aumentar, aunque siguen siendo casi un 29 % inferiores a los de 2024

Key Points

• June 2026 Canadian return trips from the U.S. rose 3.2% year-over-year but remain 28.7% below June 2024 levels, with the modest gain attributed to a 'base-year effect' off depressed 2025 numbers.
• Growth was concentrated in car travel (+5.2%), while air return trips fell 3.8%; land arrivals had led the roughly 21% overall decline in Canadian visits during 2025.
• Forward bookings send conflicting signals—Flight Centre Canada reported U.S. departure bookings down 27% with demand shifting to Japan and Italy, while FlightHub saw a 20.9% rise off a weak prior-year base—indicating fragile U.S. travel sentiment.

Summary

Canadian travel to the United States showed a modest month-over-month uptick in June 2026, but the data reveals a market still deep in recovery from a politically driven travel boycott that began in early 2025. Statistics Canada reported that Canadian-resident return trips rose 3.2% year-over-year in June, driven largely by a 5.2% increase in car travel, while air return trips actually fell 3.8%. Crucially, the agency stressed this gain reflects a "base-year effect"—bouncing off deeply depressed 2025 levels—with June 2026 trips still down 28.7% versus June 2024. A World Cup match hosted in the U.S. and matches held in Canada provided a tourism bright spot (air arrivals from the 15 participating nations rose 32.5%), but forward bookings paint a mixed picture: Flight Centre Canada saw U.S. departure bookings drop 27% while long-haul destinations like Japan and Italy surged, whereas FlightHub reported a 20.9% rise in U.S. round-trip bookings, again off a weak base. The overall signal is fragile sentiment and diverted demand rather than a genuine rebound in U.S.-bound travel.