Data: Google Trends; Graphic: Visual Axes
Google searches on “how to move to Canada from the U.S.” increased Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, according to data from Google Trends.
Why it’s important: Abortion is legal at all stages of pregnancy in Canada.
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the news of the decision in the United States “horrible” and said: “No government, politician or man should tell a woman what she can and cannot do with the your body “.
- Search interest in moving to Canada had already increased by the end of last month. The last time the search reached or exceeded this level was around the last presidential election, the first week of November 2020.
According to the numbers: the search “how to move to Canada from the US” rose 850% the hour after the announcement of the Supreme Court’s decision in the US, according to the Google Trends newsletter by Simon Rogers sent on Friday evening .
- “How to Become a Canadian Citizen” increased 550% in the same time period.
- “Roe v. Wade” became the main trending topic on Google yesterday, with DC as the main subregion for Roe’s searches against Wade.
- Massachusetts and Pennsylvania finished second and third.