EventFebruary 2025Document

Boycott polls, 2025: Abacus (Feb 20-25) 71% intend to avoid US travel for at least six months; Research Co. (May 25-27) 60% avoid US goods when an alternative exists

Abacus Data (February 20-25, 2025): 71% of Canadians said they intended to avoid travel to the United States for at least the next six months, and 23% for more than a year. Research Co. (May 25-27, 2025): 60% said they avoid buying goods from the United States when a non-American alternative is available, down 4 points since late March.

Date

February 2025 (known to the month)

Kind

Other

Where

Canada

Evidence

Document: An official document: a bill, a filing, an agreement text. How evidence is weighed

Sources

• Abacus Data, “Canadians plan to avoid the U.S. amid political tensions” (external site), February 2025. source record
• Research Co., “Research Co.: Canadians and tariffs (May 2025)” (external site), 5 June 2025. source record

Claims that rest on this event

• SupportsMechanism

  Canadians' rally against the US shows in behaviour, not just polls: return trips from the US fell 25.4% in 2025 (all modes; car trips were still 27% below 2024 in August 2026), spending on US visits fell by C$3.3 billion, boycotts spread, and two premiers called snap elections citing the US threat. This shows the effect, not what caused it.

  2025 polls: 71% of Canadians intended to avoid US travel for at least six months (Abacus) and 60% avoided US goods when there was an alternative (Research Co.). The boycott the claim describes, as people reported it.