Snowbirds Lament Border Restrictions Derailing Annual Trek South

People walk along the shoreline of Key West Beach, Florida, on Sept. 18, 2020. Many snowbirds will not be travelling south this winter due to COVID-19 border restrictions. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images

In a normal year, between 300,000 and 375,000 Canadians would spend the winter in the United States or Mexico, but the pandemic makes that unlikely this year. The ban on non-essential travel for vehicles crossing the border has been renewed until Nov. 21, and may be extended after that.

Until that changes, many snowbirds are grounded at home.