US: Decline In Cross-Border Travel As Canadian Support For US Leadership Craters

A new Gallup survey shows that "only 15% of Canadians approve of leadership in Washington... closer to Russia’s approval rate among Canadians (9%) than China’s (23%)," per Semafor.

• Semafor writes: “It’s the latest sign of Canadians’ dissatisfaction with Trump, who has slapped the country with tariffs and talked openly about trying to annex it as the 51st state. The spat has driven out some Canadians living in the US and wrecked the economies of US-Canada border towns, and Canadians are more pessimistic about the economy than ever.
• "But they appear ebullient about Mark Carney, who took over from Justin Trudeau as prime minister this year. Nearly six-in-10 Canadians approve of their country’s own leaders, up 19 points from 2024.”
• That approval may be feeding into a collapse in cross-border travel: "Travel to the US by Canadian residents has continued to drop significantly for the seventh month in a row, as new data confirms that Donald Trump’s threats have helped upend the summer tourism season," per the Guardian.
• Statistics Canada said Monday that return car trips from Canada to the US dropped 36.9% in July 2025, compared with the same month in 2024. Commercial flights dropped by 25.8% over the same period. 

Figure 1: Canadians who Support the Leadership of Select Nations 

Source: Semafor, Gallup