U.S. election: Some Americans consider move to Canada [Video]

While Donald Trump delivered his victory speech after being elected the 47th President of the United States on Tuesday night, Internet search engines showed a growing trend: Americans searching for terms like “move to Canada.”

“We have a feeling that we were hit in the stomach by a gut punch that we weren’t expecting, and it came faster than expected,” said Tim Menk of Gabarus, N.S., who moved to Cape Breton from Vermont years ago.

Following Trump’s win, Menk now has a close family member who might want to follow his footsteps.

“We have a 31-year-old son,” Menk said. “The first thing this morning when he called up, we spoke about the idea of, ‘How do I emigrate to Canada?’”

“A (more than) 400 per cent increase from a usual day”, said Halifax-based digital anthropologist Giles Crouch when asked about reports that “move to Canada” was the most-Googled term in …