Sharp Decline in Canadian Visitors Pressures Las Vegas Tourism
About 35.1 million Canadians visited the United States in 2025, down 11.3 million from 46.4 million the year before. This was one of the lowest levels in three decades, not counting the COVID years of 2020, 2021, and 2022, when the number bottomed out at 6.5 million in 2021. It also represented a 65% decline from the 1996 peak. After rising for three straight years following the pandemic low, the number of Canadian visitors fell sharply again in 2025. Most of these visitors arrived by personal vehicle, and the majority of overnight Canadian travelers came for vacation or leisure.
This national decline hit Las Vegas especially hard. Canada has long been the city’s largest source of international tourists. In 2025, Canadian visits to Las Vegas dropped 17.4%, a loss of about 252,400 visitors. That decline played a major role in overall Las Vegas visitation falling 7.5% for the year, the weakest non-pandemic performance in decades.
Political tensions, tariffs, and related rhetoric have been widely cited as reasons many Canadians are staying away. Surveys also point to inflated Las Vegas prices on hotels, restaurants, and events as a factor in the visitation decline. Canadian airlines reduced flight capacity to Las Vegas in response to weaker demand. The result has put noticeable pressure on hotels, casinos, restaurants, and other tourism businesses that rely heavily on Canadian visitors.
