B.C. drivers are continuing to travel far less frequently to Washington state through border crossings near Vancouver than they did one year ago.
Data from the Cascade Gateway Border Data Warehouse show a 46.7-per-cent plunge in the number of southbound crossings at the Peace Arch, Pacific Highway, Lynden and Sumas points of entry in May: to 113,997 such crossings from 213,714 in the same month in 2024.
This is a continuation of a downward trend in travel that started in February, when U.S. President Donald Trump first planned to levy tariffs on Canadian imports for what he said was a porous border that allowed migrants and fentanyl to cross into his country. He put in place
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