The COVID-19 curve continues to flatten in Canada, while the
rate of infection is soaring in the United States. Over the past
week, Canadians have seen an average of less than 300 new cases per
day, while the U.S. faces new cases in excess of 60,000 per day.
Currently, the border between the two countries remains closed
until at least July 21.
In the pre-COVID era, Canadians and Americans enjoyed a
relatively open border. Over the years, the ease with which
residents of each country could travel cleared the way for the
formation of binational families, in which one partner was born and
raised in Canada and the other in the U.S. Whether that family
chooses to reside in Canada or the U.S., there are inevitably
enduring ties to friends and family members on the other side of
the border.
