Americans Fleeing US, Not Heading to Canada

0:00It's April 6th, this is Canada News Today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. Fewer Americans are packing up for Canada than the post-election hype suggested. New data shows permanent residents from the U.S. dropped 20% from January to September 2025 compared to the same stretch last year. That's the lowest since the pandemic hit in 2020. Temporary workers from the states are down too, about 10% over that period. Even Bill C3, which eases citizenship for Americans with Canadian family ties, hasn't sparked any uptick and moves north. People talk big about the Donald Dash, but Canada isn't the top spot. The U.S. saw negative net migration last year. First time since the Great Depression, with around 150,000 folks heading out. Remote work, high costs, safety worries, and cheaper schools are pushing families away. They're landing everywhere from Portugal, which took in over 25,000 Americans last year.

1:00Five times more than five years back to Ireland, where one in 15 new Dublin residents is from the states. Retires hit Mexico for affordable care, while digital nomads flock to Bali, Thailand, and Colombia. Sometimes, during local gripes over rising, rents, ordinary Americans, not just the elite adventurers, are making the leap now. As experts note, the gap between talk of leaving and actually doing it is closing, with U.S. citizens replanting routes in more affordable spots. Worldwide.