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Canadian holiday travel plans 2025 reveal a clear shift toward slower, more home-based celebrations, with most Canadians choosing to stay close to home and only a minority planning travel beyond their local area. From cozy at-home holidays to short regional getaways, the data highlights how age, income, and geography are shaping travel decisions this season.
Key Takeaways
- A majority of Canadians plan to stay home for the holidays, signaling a preference for rest, familiarity, and lower-stress celebrations.
- Millennials are the most likely group to travel within Canada, while Canadians aged 55+ are the most likely to remain home.
- Higher household income strongly correlates with international travel plans, even as overall international travel remains limited.
Canadians are leaning in to the cozy spirit this year, with over half planning a calm, home-based holiday season. Two in ten are planning to travel within their local area, keeping things close while still getting out and about. One in ten will head to another city or province, and 8% are planning to travel international.
Results vary by age, income and region, with those over 55 years of age being the most likely to be staying home, while millennials are the most likely group to be traveling within Canada this season. Those with higher household incomes are most likely to say they will be traveling internationally. Regionally, Ontarians are the group that is most likely to say they’ll be traveling locally, while West Coasters are the biggest homebodies.
The big picture? Whether Canadians are decking the halls, baking up a storm, or simply unplugging at home, 2025 is shaping up to be the season of staying close, slowing down, and soaking up the festive spirit.
Results are from an online survey conducted in partnership between Narrative Research and the Logit Group. The survey was conducted between December 9 – 15, 2025 with 1,233 Canadians, 18 years of age or older from the Logit Group’s online Canadian Omnibus. Data were weighted based on the 2021 Census, by gender, age, and region to reflect actual population distribution.
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FAQs
Most Canadians plan to stay home, with about two in ten traveling locally, one in ten traveling within Canada, and fewer than one in ten traveling internationally.
Millennials are the most likely to travel within Canada, while Canadians over 55 are the most likely to stay home for the holidays.
Higher-income households are more likely to plan international travel, while Ontarians are most likely to travel locally and West Coast residents are the most likely to stay home.
For more information, please contact:
Margaret Chapman, COO & Partner, Narrative Research – 902.493.3834, mchapman@narrativeresearch.ca or Sam Pisani, Managing Partner, Logit Group – 416.629.4116, sam.pisani@logitgroup.com.
Narrative Research is a non-partisan, 100% Canadian-owned research company, certified as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE). Narrative Research provides clients with state-of-the-art research and strategic consulting services.
The Logit Group is a leading North American data collection and market research execution company headquartered in Toronto, conducting large-scale projects for a variety of well-known research agencies and brands. Logit employs industry-best technologies.
