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Montreal is ditching U.S. travel fast but other Canadian cities are hardly making changes
<img src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/canada-and-usa-flags-fly-alongside-each-other.jpg?id=61006940&width=1200&height=600&coordinates=0%2C12%2C0%2C12"/><br/><br/><p>Fewer Canadians are heading south of the border, and Montreal is leading the slowdown.</p><p>According to a <a href="https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/250602/dq250602c-eng.htm" target="_blank">new Statistics Canada report</a> published on June 2, 2025, travel between Canada and the U.S. continued to decline in April, marking the fifth consecutive month of reduced transborder traffic.</p><p>The drop comes as economic and political tensions between Canada and the U.S. remain high. A March Leger poll cited by <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/tariffs-quebec-canada-poll" rel="noopener" target="_self">MTL Blog</a> found that 69% of Quebecers have reduced their purchases of American-made goods in response to <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/tag/tariffs" target="_blank">tariffs and the ongoing trade dispute</a>. On top of that, the Canadian dollar is sitting around US$0.73 — significantly weaker than the <a href="https://www.xe.com/en-ca/currencycharts/?from=CAD&to=USD&view=5Y" target="_blank">$0.83 it hovered near in June 2021</a> — making U.S. travel more expensive for Canadians.</p><p>The Canadian government has also issued <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/canada-travel-advisory-united-states-border" target="_blank">warnings to travellers about ramped-up U.S. border</a> scrutiny — including a new policy that limits foreign stays to 30 days unless you're officially registered with the U.S. government.</p><p>At <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/montreal-airport-construction-2025" target="_blank">Montreal-Trudeau Airport</a>, the number of passengers screened for U.S.-bound flights fell by 10.1% compared to April 2024. That was one of the steepest year-over-year declines reported among Canada's eight largest airports. For comparison, Toronto Pearson was down 6.9%, Vancouver International dropped 4.1%, and Ottawa International fell by just 0.9%.</p><p>Overall, Canadian airports saw 5.8% fewer U.S.-bound screenings in April 2025 than they did a year earlier.</p><p>Meanwhile, domestic and international travel continued to grow. StatCan reports that domestic screening numbers increased 7.4%, and international (non-U.S.) flights rose 7.1%. That means while travel is booming overall, U.S.-bound trips are the clear exception.</p><p>The total number of passengers screened at Canada's eight largest airports hit 5.5 million in April, which is 2.6% higher than in April 2024. The busiest day of the month was Friday, April 26, with over 211,000 passengers screened.</p><p>Here's how other major airports compared for U.S.-bound screenings:</p> <ul> <li> Halifax Stanfield: down 7.2%</li> <li> Calgary International: down 6.5%</li> <li> Winnipeg Richardson: down 2.4%</li> <li> Edmonton International: down 0.6%</li> </ul> <p>So while Canadians are flying more overall, they're clearly flying south a lot less. And nowhere is that trend more obvious than in Montreal.</p><p><em>Love this? Check out our <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/notices/" target="_blank">MTL Blog noticeboard</a> for details on jobs, benefits, travel info and more!</em></p><p><em>AI tools may have been used to support the creation or distribution of this content; however, it has been carefully edited and fact-checked by a member of MTL Blog's Editorial team. For more information on our use of AI, please visit our <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/editorial-standards" target="_blank">Editorial Standards page</a>.</em></p>