Montreal over Miami: Patriotic Canadians change summer vacation plans

London, Ontario-based Guess Where Trips sells curated mystery road trip packages in four Canadian provinces and reported a 75 percent increase in sales of trips across the country so far this year from a year ago.

People jump into the Ottawa River on a hot summer day in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, August 10, 2016. / REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo

Canadians are trading their annual vacation south of the border for road trips around Ottawa, the midnight sun in Yukon, whale watching in Nova Scotia or hiking in Banff.

The newfound desire to stay local started earlier this year when U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to annex Canada and imposed a series of tariffs on Canadian goods, spurring a 'Buy Canadian' movement to boycott U.S. businesses and avoid traveling to the U.S.

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