Donald Trump’s threats to Canada have sparked a strong Canadian reaction, many of whom even seem to have taken the US out of their list of travel destinations.

In the first half of the year, Canadian road trips to the US decreased to the lowest level since at least 2017, with the exception of the pandemic period where travel had been minimized due to travel restrictions.

Specifically, in the last six months, Canadian road trips to the US stood at just 8 million, a number much less than the 11 million recorded in the corresponding period of 2024, according to Canada’s statistical service posted on Thursday.

In June, Canadian car trips to the US fell by 33.1% on a yearly basis.

This is the sixth consecutive monthly decline, a tendency that shows that Canadians deliberately avoid traveling to the US, in response, along with boycott on American products, to the US president’s threats against the economy and sovereign rights of their country.

The number of road travels from the US to Canada also declined for a fifth consecutive month in June by 10.4%. The decline coincided with both the trade war and the weakening of the US dollar, which fell more than 5% compared to the Canadian dollar in the first half of the year.

At the same time, air travel trips to Canadians to other countries increased by 7.3%, while those to the US declined by 22%. And US tourist arrivals declined by 0.7%, while other countries moved to similar levels with last year.

“These trends are particularly promising, as ongoing tensions with the US seem to affect some tourists around the world to see Canada as an alternative destination,” Anna Arif, an economist at Toronto-Dominion Bank, said in an interview.

Other indicators, such as the airport control data, also showed a “significant shift” of the Canadians to domestic trips, Arif said.