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Canada: Searches for "how can I move to Canada" on Google have spiked +350% in the past four hours #Super Tuesday— @smfrogers That 350 per cent spike was just the beginning, though, according to CBC. A journalist with Mashable saw an even greater increase just minutes later. @smfrogers @jtuohey21 this shows 1500% @moneyries The Google Trends service showed search interest in the phrase "How to move to Canada" spiking on Tuesday, the night of voting contests in 12 different states. Simon Rogers, a data editor at Google, reported the observation on Twitter Tuesday night. Another Twitter user noticed an error message appearing on the website of Citizenship and Immigration Canada suggesting greater than normal traffic. @smfrogers and Canada Immigration CIC website suffers unde rthe load. @hansvandaele Democrat Hillary Clinton won seven states while Republican Donald Trump won at least seven in Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses. The meme resurfaced ahead of this year U.S. election with the launch of the tongue-in-cheek "Cape Breton If Trump Wins" campaign, prompting CNN to send a crew to the East Coast island to shoot a segment. Threatening to leave the United States at the prospect of an unwanted election result has been something of a tradition since 2000, and only grew more common with the advent of social media. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.