From February to November, fewer British Columbians have driven into the United States compared to the same months in 2024.

The Whatcom Council of Governments in Washington state released last month’s data Tuesday, showing that 38 per cent fewer vehicles crossed the border from north to south than in November last year.

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In total, 115,669 B.C.-registered vehicles entered Whatcom County — also a decline from 121,064 in October this year.

The month with the lowest number of border crossings this year was April, with only 98,576 vehicles traveling southbound counted, a decline of 51 per cent compared to 2024.

Within the last 10 months, November was the month with the third-lowest border crossings — behind May.

Nationally, the number of air traffic passengers traveling from Canada into the U.S. has also been declining year over year for the ninth consecutive month.

According to Statistics Canada’s most recent report, 8.9 per cent fewer Canadian travelers boarded a U.S.-bound plane in October, compared to last year.

In contrast, the number of total passengers at Canada’s eight largest airports has increased by 4.5 per cent over October 2024.

The downward trend in Canada-U.S. border crossings began in February, soon after Donald Trump was inaugurated as U.S. president, and around the same time that he started threatening to annex Canada, describing the nation as the “51st state.”

Americans, on the other hand, have increased their travels to north of the border in October, with 1.3 per cent more arrivals than last year.