People are increasingly searching Google for information about leaving the United States. As Trump won the U.S. presidential election, Google searches for "move to Canada" surged overnight.
Google Trends data shows that as of 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, searches for "move to Canada" have increased by 400% from the previous day, and searches for "how to move to Canada legally" have increased by 200%. Additionally, the states with the most searches for "move to Canada" on Google include Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Oregon, and these searches are growing, primarily from liberal-leaning states.
Historically, whenever the U.S. election is highly competitive, especially when the candidates have widely differing views, many people will search online for how to immigrate to Canada. This has happened before. When Trump was first elected president of the United States in 2016, a surge in search volume caused the Canadian Immigration and Immigration website to crash. During the 2020 U.S. election, Google Trends data showed that U.S. user searches for “how to move to Canada” increased by at least 700% in one day. Visits to the Canadian Immigration website also increased significantly, reaching a record high.
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However, as Canadians are worried about the rising cost of living and rising housing prices, on October 24, local time, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau announced a new immigration plan to significantly reduce the number of immigrants accepted in the next three years.