After Brexit vote, Britons searching 'move to Canada' on Google

Vote Remain poster lies discarded on the ground in London's Parliament Square. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP, File)

In the wake of the stunning Brexit vote, which saw 52 per cent of voters opt to leave the EU, Britons took to the internet to research how to move to Canada.

Immediately after the referendum results, Google trends data showed a spike in interest among British users on how to move across the pond.

According to the data, the number of people in the U.K. typing "move to Canada" in their search engines surged Friday, the day after the vote.

Disgruntled voters threatening to move to Canada has become a familiar phenomenon among Americans during each election cycle, and the current U.S. presidential campaign is no exception.

Now, it appears some angry voters in the U.K. are also looking to Canada as an alternative home.

Earlier this year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked how Canada would deal with an influx of Americans wanting to move to Canada, should U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump win the election in November.

Trudeau laughed off the question, noting that every election season in the U.S. there are many Americans who swear they'll move to Canada if their favoured candidate loses. However, he pointed out that they’re mostly empty threats.

"If over the past decades that had been the case, we'd have more people in Canada than in the United States right now," he said.