During the second quarter of 2025, Canadian residents took 99.3 million trips within Canada and abroad, up 8.5% from the same quarter in 2024. From April to June 2025, visitors from the United States and overseas countries made 8 million trips to Canada, a 3.1% year-over-year decrease, according to a press release.
Domestic tourism: Canadian-resident visits within Canada increase
In the second quarter, Canadian residents took 90.6 million trips that included a domestic visit, up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. Among these visits, 58.6 million were same-day (+12.4%), while 32 million were overnight (+8.4%).
From April to June, Canadian residents spent $20.3 billion on domestic tourism, up 13.5% year over year. For same-day visits, Canadian residents spent an average of $101 per visit. For overnight visits, Canadian residents spent on average $449 per visit, and the average visit length was 2.6 nights.
Outbound tourism: Canadian-resident visits to the United States decrease, while visits to overseas countries increase
In the second quarter, Canadian residents made 8.9 million trips that included a visit abroad (-12.1% from the same quarter of 2024).
Canadian residents took 5.6 million trips that included an outbound visit to the United States in the second quarter of 2025, down 21.6% year over year. Among these visits, 39.1% were same-day. Expenditures during visits to the United States totalled $4.8 billion, a decline of 14.9% from the second quarter of 2024. In the United States, Canadian residents spent an average of $125 per same-day visit in the second quarter of 2025. For overnight stays, Canadian residents spent on average $1,312 per visit, and the average visit length was 7.3 nights.
From April to June, Canadian residents took 3.3 million trips that included an outbound visit to an overseas country (+10.4% year over year) and spent $8.1 billion overseas (+28.4%). On average, Canadian residents spent $2,435 per visit, and the average visit length was 13.2 nights.
Mexico (471,000 visits) was the most visited overseas country by Canadian residents in the second quarter, followed by France (319,000) and the United Kingdom (279,000). Compared with the second quarter of 2024, Japan (+110,000 visits; +88.0%), Spain (+105,000; +70.5%) and France (+105,000; +49.1%) were among the countries with the largest volume increases in the second quarter of 2025.
Meanwhile, declines were seen for the Dominican Republic (-49,000; -20.5%), Cuba (-38,000; -21.1%) and Thailand (-33,000; -67.3%).
Inbound tourism: US visitors to Canada decrease, while overseas visitors increase
During the second quarter, U.S. residents took 6.1 million trips to Canada, down 5.6% on a year-over-year basis. Among these trips, 41.6% were same-day. While visiting Canada, U.S. residents spent $4.6 billion (+14.8%). On average, U.S. residents spent $163 per same-day trip. For overnight trips, they spent on average $1,191 per trip, with an average trip length of 5.1 nights.
From April to June, overseas residents took 1.9 million trips to Canada (+5.8%). Spending by overseas visitors to Canada totalled $3.7 billion (+5.1%). These visitors spent on average $1,957 per trip and the average trip length was 16.8 nights.
The United Kingdom (250,000 trips) ranked first for the most visitors to Canada in the second quarter, followed by India (185,000) and France (147,000). Compared with the second quarter of 2024, the United Kingdom (+21,000 trips; +9.2%) and China (+16,000; +19.5%) were among the countries with the largest volume increases in the second quarter of 2025. Meanwhile, a decline was seen in the number of visitors from France (-4,000; -2.6%).
