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Canada's immigration, citizenship website crashes on Election Night

Posted at 9:53 PM, Nov 08, 2016
and last updated 2016-11-09 07:39:20-05

Does the presidential election have you thinking: "Canada might not be a bad place to live?" Turns out, you're not the only American citizen considering jumping the border.

Canada's Citizenship and Immigration website appeared to have crashed for about four minutes on Election Night. The server error showed up just as election results showed Donald Trump expecting to take Florida and Ohio, two key states in the race for the presidency. 

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The incident may have just been a coincidence, but it didn't take long for Twitter users to blame the heavy traffic on the U.S. election results rolling in.