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Toronto:&nbsp;Canadian immigration website crashed&nbsp;repeatedly on Wednesday as Donald Trump won the US presidency, prompting many on social media to&nbsp;relate the two developments.
As election night in the US wore on, with Trump posting big gains in key battleground states, Canada's immigration&nbsp;website crashed, media reports said.&nbsp;
"There's no guarantee the two things are related, but given the loud insistence of many Americans, every election cycle, to move north in the event of an unfavourable election&nbsp;outcome, it's not a huge leap to assume that many despondent&nbsp;voters are exploring options," CNN said.
Data from Google Trends also suggested searches for 'move&nbsp;to Canada' spiked significantly during the night as Trump&nbsp;victories unfolded in key battle states such as Florida and&nbsp;Ohio.
The two developments widely trended on social media with&nbsp;people mocking the two developments. Countless jokes about&nbsp;people fleeing the country over the election results&nbsp;circulated on social media.
Actor and comedian Ben Schwartz could not believe he'd&nbsp;been beaten to the punch.
"I was gonna write this as a joke but found out it was real. The Canada Citizenship and Immigration site crashed&nbsp;around 8 PM" #electionnight," he wrote.
Others pointed to the website's crashing as part of a&nbsp;wider theme of signs that Trump's victory was inevitable.
"Where we stand right now: DOW futures are down 750. The dollar is plummeting. And Canada's immigration website just&nbsp;crashed," a netizen said.
On a serious note, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is one of several world leaders who have criticised Trump in&nbsp;the past. One of the biggest differences between Trump and&nbsp;Trudeau are their views on the refugee crisis in Syria.
In a stunning result, Trump today beat seasoned politician&nbsp;Hillary Clinton in the knife-edge polls, defying the odds to&nbsp;become the 45th US President after starting off as a rank&nbsp;political outsider.&nbsp;
It was a heart-break for Democratic nominee Clinton, who&nbsp;was hoping to become the first woman president of the US, as&nbsp;Trump edged past her in a see-saw battle which he clinched by&nbsp;winning 288 electoral college votes to Clinton's 215.
Canada's official Twitter account appeared to take a dig at America and the US election result in a tweet posted just as it became clear that Trump was about to win the race for the White House.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
In Canada, immigrants are encouraged to bring their cultural traditions with them and share them with their fellow citizens. <a href="https://t.co/MOuStZbSX7">pic.twitter.com/MOuStZbSX7</a>
&mdash; Canada (@Canada) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canada/status/796170592466718721">November 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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