American internet users on Immigration Canada website turned into several-day storm after Trump’s election

The Immigration department also revealed that the onslaught of U.S. web access on election day itself, Nov. 8, was more than twice the amount originally stated by the department; 249,950 user requests, rather than the initial tally of about 100,000.

After Mr. Trump had delivered his victory speech, and defeated Democrat contender Hillary Clinton had conceded on Nov. 9, the department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada was inundated with more than 740,000 user sessions originating from U.S. IP addresses, the department says.Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore.

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BY TIM NAUMETZ

November 22, 2016

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