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Colin Bykowski usually crosses the Canada-U.S. border twice a month to buy groceries from Trader Joe’s and toys for his son at Target. The last time he made the trip was a month ago — and he doesn’t know when the next time will be.

“It’s funny…. This week we were planning on going, but we decided to make a different decision,” said Bykowski, who was shopping in Tsawwassen, B.C., just north of the border shared with Point Roberts, Wash.

“With what’s going on, we’re being a little bit more conscious with our buying decisions, and we’ll see going forward.”

Bykowski isn’t the only Canadian resident cutting back on visits to the United States. Data released by Statistics Canada on Monday shows that the number of return trips among Canadians travelling by car to the U.S. declined significantly in February, down 23 per cent compared with a year earlier.

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