Canadian travellers are still skipping travel to the United States, with new data showing the eighth straight month of declines in the number of return trips.
Statistics Canada says August saw a drop of 29.7 per cent for Canadian residents returning from trips to the U.S compared to a year prior, after July saw a drop of 32.4 per cent.
With just over 2.8 million return trips made from the U.S., 2.2 million were by automobile, which was down by 32.6 per cent. The agency also says more than half (57.6 per cent) were same-day trips.
Meanwhile, 608,800 return trips from the U.S. by Canadians were by air, and that marked a 17 per cent decline compared to a year earlier.
The data also shows the feeling may not be mutual, with more Americans travelling to Canada.
Statistics Canada says for