Canada Releases List of Top 5 Countries Visited by Canadians in 2025
- Statistics Canada has released its Tourism Activity 2025 report, showing Canadians made 14.3 million overseas visits during the year
- Visits to the United States dropped sharply, falling from over 31 million to just 23 million compared to earlier years
- Mexico topped the list of overseas destinations, with France, the UK, and Italy also making the top five
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Statistics Canada has released its Tourism Activity 2025 report, revealing that Canadians made 14.3 million overseas visits during the year, with domestic travel also surpassing pre-pandemic levels even as trips to the United States dropped sharply.
The data, drawn from the National Travel Survey and Frontier Counts 2025, paints a clear picture of shifting travel habits among Canadian residents, with more people choosing destinations farther from home rather than crossing the southern border.
Source: UGC
Top overseas destinations for Canadians in 2025
According to @StatCan_eng on X, below are the top five overseas destinations for Canadians in 2025:
1. Mexico claimed the top spot among overseas destinations, attracting 2,662,000 Canadian visitors in 2025.
2. The Dominican Republic came in second with 984,000 visits
3. France came in third, with 977,000 Canadians visiting the country
4. The United Kingdom drew 878,000 Canadian travellers
5. Italy rounded out the top five with 805,000 visits
The figures show a strong appetite for sun destinations in the Caribbean, alongside European travel, with three of the five most-visited countries in Europe.
US visits fall as overseas travel climbs
One of the most striking findings in the report is the steep decline in travel to the United States. Canadian visits to the US fell from 31,506,000 in the earliest period measured to just 23,096,000 in 2025, a considerable drop that contrasts with the upward trend in both domestic and overseas travel.
Visits within Canada rose steadily, climbing from 333,601,000 to 342,040,000, while overseas visits grew from 12,269,000 to 14,270,000 over the same period.
The combined trends suggest that while Canadians are travelling more overall, the United States is capturing a noticeably smaller share of that activity. Overseas destinations and travel within Canada have both benefited from the shift.
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