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‘Moving to Canada’ searches spike after U.S. election, but it’s not so simple - National | Globalnews.ca

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"How to legally move to Canada ," "moving to Canada from U.S. " and "migration to Canada " peak on Google Trends .

The highest search terms came from states that voted overwhelmingly for Vice-President Kamala Harris .

Fortune magazine warns that life in Canada is not a utopia, and the immigration process isn’t a walk in the park.

While it’s far too early to predict an influx of Americans into Canada , in the past, some made good on their intention to leave for the Great White North — but not in the droves social media proclamations would lead you to believe. In the first quarter of 2018 , 2,615 U.S. citizens were granted permanent residency, and in the five quarters of data directly after Trump was elected for the first time, an average of 2,342 Americans were granted permanent residency per quarter, compared with an average of 2,131 per quarter between 2007 and 2016 ..