Searches for “moving to Canada” surged following Donald Trump’s election victory.

As news broke overnight that the former president would be returning to the White House, many Americans appeared to be considering a move north, with Google Trends reporting a spike in searches on the topic.

With 277 electoral votes to Vice President Kamala Harris' 224, Trump won the 2024 presidential election. So far, the former president has led the key swing states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin and North Carolina. During a victory speech in West Palm Beach, Trump said his victory would usher in a “golden age for America.”

As of 8:00 p.m. ET on election night, searches for “How do I move to Canada?” were up 400 percent day over day.

Searches for “how to move to Canada legally” are also up 200 percent compared to the last day, Google Trends showed.

The states of Vermont, Oregon and Washington, which overwhelmingly voted for Harris, had the most searches about moving to Canada.

Related searches like “requirements for moving to Canada” and “moving to Canada from the US” were also major Google trends, meaning they increased by more than 5,000 percent in a given time period – in this case, the past day popularity increased.

Comments about moving to Canada seemed to be increasing on social media.

“I’m packing my bags and moving to Canada,” wrote one user on X, formerly Twitter.

Another posted information about how Americans could immigrate to Canada.

On June 27, after President Joe Biden's televised debate with Donald Trump, searches for moving to Canada increased significantly.

After Trump won the 2016 election, the Canadian immigration website crashed due to unprecedentedly high traffic. At the time of writing, the website was still operational.

However, those looking to move north could find themselves in a difficult position as Canada will cut the number of immigrants it admits next year.

On October 24, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that in 2025 Canada would reduce the number of permanent immigrants from 500,000 to 395,000, a decrease of 21 percent.

Explaining these changes, Trudeau said: “We are acting today because of the turbulent times as we emerged from the pandemic. We haven’t quite got the balance right between meeting labor needs and sustaining population growth.”

Federal data shows that in 2023, 97 per cent of Canada's population growth was due to immigration.

The unemployment rate in Canada is 6.5 percent and rises to 14 percent among 15 to 24 year olds.