The number of cross-border travellers going from Canada to the U.S. dropped by nearly 900,000 in March compared to the same month last year, according to the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data — easily one of the worst year-over-year drops recorded outside of the COVID-19 health crisis.
It’s a year on year comparison, meaning that it’s down compared to the same month a year ago, which is a good reference point because it was post COVID and is the year that should be the most similar to the current one since it’s pretty useless to compare numbers from a decade ago when our population was lower.
The pandemic surge had ended in 2024 since everything reopened in 2022.