A Canada Border Services officer hands passports back to a traveller entering Canada from Vermont at the Highway 55 Port of Entry in Stanstead, Que. Photo by Christinne Muschi / The Canadian Press

The number of return trips Canadians took to the United States was down again in September to 2.3 million, declining by 30.9 per cent compared to last year, according to monthly travel data from Statistics Canada, as residents continue to shun travelling to the U.S.

Return trips from the U.S. by automobile by Canadian residents were down 33.8 per cent to 1.6 million trips compared with September 2024. By air, return trips decreased 19.3 per cent to 567,100.

Trips to the U.S. accounted for 69.3 per cent of all trips abroad taken by Canadian residents in that month.

Overall, Canadians ret

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