Many Canadians whining about President Donald Trump and boycotting the U.S. are changing their tune and returning to our country, all in the name of baseball.
Travel from Canada to the U.S. took a nosedive when the country embraced their piddly “Buy Canadian” campaign as a form of tariff retaliation While U.S. Travel Association statistics forecast 15.7 million Canadian visitors to America this year as opposed to 20.2 million in 2024, things are quickly shaping up for a number of Canadians.
It seems many Canadians are happy to ditch their loyalty and leave their patriotism behind in pursuit of tickets to the World Series games, according to CNN. Hiding behind the guise of “supporting their team,” Canadians are boarding planes to the U.S. and investing in the American economy for the sake of watching the Toronto Blue Jays take on the Los Angeles Dodgers.
It appears these Canadians’ boycott efforts are over already, and there’s a lot of data available to back that up.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 28: Mookie Betts #50, Max Muncy #13, Freddie Freeman #5 and Tommy Edman #25 of the Los Angeles Dodgers look on during a pitching change as Blake Treinen #49 (not pictured) enters the game as they take on the Toronto Blue Jays in game four of the 2025 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 28, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Toronto won 6-2. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Vancouver attorney Grant Murray — like so many others — halted his frequent travels to America after launching his own personal boycott. He admits to changing his mind, saying he was happy to attend the Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles on Tuesday night to cheer on his team. His brother Kevin came all the way from Australia.
“The Canadian economy is being hurt. Lots of people are very concerned about their future,” he said, before walking back his very own comments.
“There’s a level of solidarity that I support, but I guess I’m now a hypocrite because I’m supporting the Blue Jays more than the boycott,” he told CNN.
The Murray brothers are in good company. Canadians, long considered the top foreign travels to the United States, are making their way back in droves.
Ticket resale service StubHub estimated that 8% of the tickets bought for the three LA World Series games on its site were purchased by Canadian consumers, CNN reported. SeatGeek, the formal retailer of Major League Baseball, estimated that 3% of its game sales in the California city have been to citizens of Canada.
For many Murray, it was more cost-effective to travel to Los Angeles to attend a World Series game than to attend a Toronto game. It cost less to travel and Canadian ticket supplies are limited, yet sold at two to three times face price, according to CNN. He was not the only one.
“We tried to get tickets over there (in Toronto),” Canadian Jat Yassine said after traveling from Toronto to LA for Monday’s game.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 28: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. #27 of the Toronto Blue Jays reacts with teammates after their 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in game four of the 2025 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 28, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
“They were sold out very, very fast, and then any of the resale market (tickets) were almost double the price of LA,” he told CNN.
Jays fan Shimon Sitzer resides in New York but is originally from Toronto, and he said he knew of other Canadians who scurried back to the U.S. to attend the game.
“There’s actually some people I know would have maybe come if not for the situation with (President Donald) Trump,” he said.
“But I met people at the game (from Canada) who said ‘We’re not here to support the United States or its president, we’re here to support our baseball team.’”(RELATED: Stephen King Mocked Mercilessly After Rant Against Donald Trump Backfires)
The stats speak for themselves. Despite the continuing boycott, many Canadians traded their patriotism for baseball tickets without hesitation.
