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"Canadians [should] not travel to Haiti unless they have critical or compelling business or family reasons," said Sébastien Théberge, spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Théberge said the deteriorating security situation in the Caribbean country was to blame for upgrading the department's country report.
The caution comes after a Montreal woman was abducted by captors who burned her feet with candles and beat her.
Huguette Goulet, 65, said she was released last week after paying an undisclosed ransom to her kidnappers.
- FROM JUNE 21, 2005: Canadian abducted in Haiti says captors beat her
Kidnapping for ransom has become quite common in the country, with more than 130 people snatched in April alone.
The Canadian Embassy in the capital, Port-au-Prince, will remain open and RCMP and Canadian military personnel stationed in the country will remain there.
There are about 1,100 Canadians in Haiti registered with the embassy there, and many more may have planned trips to visit relatives in the French-speaking nation.
Haiti has suffered widespread strife since former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide escaped riots by fleeing to Africa in February 2004.
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