As Canada grapples with U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war, many Canadian snowbirds are changing their plans of travelling south this winter, a new survey shows.

The Travel Health Insurance Association of Canada (THIA) on Friday released its 2025 Winter Smart Traveller Survey, which revealed a “ dramatic shift in Canadian travel trends for the upcoming 2025–26 winter season.”

The survey found most Canadians are going to be skipping U.S. travel this winter, with only 26 per cent saying they will head south this winter – a 37 per cent drop from last year.

The pullback is sharpest among baby boomers, traditionally the snowbird generation, with only 10 per cent planning U.S. trips, the report said, noting that this is a 66 per cent decline compared with last year.

Ron DeSantis says that Canadian “snowbirds” are still coming to Florida in big enough numbers to facilitate a proposed reduction or elimination of property taxes.