OTTAWA—Canadians with businesses such as hotels and restaurants along the 5,500-mile land border with the U.S. had waited anxiously all summer for the lifting of Covid-19 border restrictions so the American tourists many of them count on could return.
But more than three weeks after Canada began allowing fully vaccinated Americans to cross the border, only a fraction of the usual visitors have showed up, disappointing business owners and further weighing on an economy that contracted unexpectedly during the second quarter.
