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As Donald Trump emerged as the winner of the American presidential campaign Tuesday night, 100,000 people in the Unites States visited Canada's immigration website, contributing to a crash.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada confirmed that visitors from the U.S. made up half the traffic on its website when it "started to experience difficulties" around 11 p.m. on Nov. 8. The usual proportion of visitors from the U.S. ranges from 8.8 to 11.6 per cent.
In total, 200,000 users were on the website when it crashed, compared to 17,000 users at the same time the previous week.
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U.S. Visitors Flooded Immigration Website - Crash Followed - Ottawa
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by jimtheowl on Sunday November 13 2016, @10:24PM
Canada is just nice, with a less densely population than the southern border and a lower crime rate than most alternatives in North America.
Given the coming rise in global temperature (which some believe is true), it is also a wiser choice for the long term than anything closer to the equator.