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‘How to move to Canada’ searches see massive surge on Google after Trump victory

According to data from Google Trends, there was a 400% increase in searches for "How to move to Canada"

November 09, 2024 / 08:49 IST
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Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States of America. As expected, there is a chunk of US citizens who aren’t happy with Trump’s victory. Following Trump's victory in the 2024 US presidential election, Google searches for "How to move to Canada" have surged dramatically.

According to data from Google Trends, there was a 400% increase in searches for "How to move to Canada" on election night, with the highest search volumes coming from states that heavily supported Vice President Kamala Harris, such as Vermont, Oregon, and Washington.

Similarly, related search keywords like “moving to Canada requirements" and "moving to Canada from US” also saw a big surge. According to Google Trends data, some searches related to Canada saw more than 5,000 percent increase on the day Trump’s victory was confirmed.

This comes days after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed that in 2025, Canada is looking to cut the number of permanent immigrants. Trudeau, as per multiple online reports, said that Canada is looking to reduce permanent immigrants by 21% — from 500,000 to 395,000. “We are acting today because of the tumultuous times as we emerged from the pandemic, between addressing labor needs and maintaining population growth, we didn't get the balance quite right,” Trudeau was quoted.

Interestingly, a few other countries were also popular when it comes to ‘moving to’ in the US. Japan, Brazil, and Costa Rica were among the other countries most searched for.

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first published: Nov 9, 2024 08:49 am

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