I'm less sure the trend is really changing as just for some context the new StatsCan numbers mentioned in the Global News report had Canadians travelling to U.S. in April 2026 up by 1.4% compared the same month last year but April 2025 was immediately after the Liberation Day tariff rhetoric when the boycott really began in earnest. Bit like the stock market plunging sharply, then inching up a hair as the overall effect is still sharply negative.

There's also new data suggesting the boycott may be stronger than some stats indicated:

Travel to the U.S. is down even more dramatically than we thought, data shows

While official Statistics Canada figures show a roughly 25 per cent decline in Canadian residents returning from the U.S. last year, cell phone data compiled by researchers at the University of Toronto's School of Cities found that the year-over-year drop in cross-border trips was closer to 42 per cent.