A growing number of Canadians are accepting higher household expenses in order to avoid American products and services, as anger toward US President Donald Trump’s trade policies and rhetoric continues to reshape consumer habits across the country.

The boycott, which gathered momentum last year after Washington began imposing tariffs on Canadian goods and Trump repeatedly targeted Canada in public remarks, has expanded far beyond supermarket shelves. Canadians told The Guardian they were cutting spending on US travel, technology companies, streaming platforms, vehicles, alcohol and other American-made products.

For some, the financial cost of doing so has become secondary to the political message.

William McDonald, a 38-year-old diesel mechanic from Thunder Bay, Ontario, said he has deliberately shifted his spending toward Canadian alternatives despite paying substantially more.

“As soon as Trump started putting those tariffs on in February , I started boycotting US goods,” he said. “Avoiding American products has driven my costs up, and I’m still happy to do it.

“I used to drink US beer, but now I drink Canadian beer, and that costs me an extra C$1,000 (£531/US$720) a year. Likewise, groceries cost about C$50 more a week, but you work that extra hour to pay for it.”

McDonald described Trump’s approach toward Canada as “a lot like the schoolyard bully yelling and stomping their feet when they don’t get the cowering reaction they expect”.

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