Americans Were Frantically Googling 'Move To Canada' Very Late Last Night

They couldn't even wait for the results to come in.
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While most Canadians slept, Americans were frantically Googling "move to Canada" last night.

Google Trends shows that searches for the term peaked at around 1 a.m. EST on Wednesday morning.*

Five states kept themselves the busiest last night, searching for answers on how to move north. 

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According to Google, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Vermont, and Maine residents were searching it the most.

This comes despite the fact that, as of 8 a.m. EST this morning, the final results have not been announced.

Americans took to Twitter, where the search term also briefly trended, to ask for help in their future moves.

"This President actually will have more votes than he had in 2016 and that shatters my heart into a million pieces. I’m ready to move to Canada," tweeted one user.

"I’m anxious again after another restless night. I’m going to see what #Canada requires to be allowed to move there," wrote another.

The votes could take days or even longer to be fully counted.

*Editor's note: This article has been updated.

  • Abby Neufeld was a writer at Narcity Canada. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Professional Communications at the University of Victoria. Her past work has been published in The Toronto Star, Bitch Media, Canadian Dimension, This Magazine, and more. In 2019, Abby co-founded The New Twenties, an environmentally-focused literary and arts magazine.

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