# after all the Bush/Kerry hoopla--has anybody moved to Canada? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 23, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-all-the-bush-kerry-hoopla-has-anybody-moved-to-canada/313834 "2005-07-23T19:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-all-the-bush-kerry-hoopla-has-anybody-moved-to-canada/313834/81 "2005-07-29T04:22:31Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > He’s been finishing up his latest movie, about US health care. I didn’t know that he made short films. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-all-the-bush-kerry-hoopla-has-anybody-moved-to-canada/313834/82 "2005-07-29T05:12:21Z")
> [@Sequent](#): > > I don’t love my country anymore. We’re kidding eachother to think otherwise. The affair is over; it’s time to move on. > > I. Don’t let the door hit ya on the way out! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-all-the-bush-kerry-hoopla-has-anybody-moved-to-canada/313834/83 "2005-07-29T05:15:03Z")
Immigration from the USA into Canada increased in 2004 by 25% when compared with 2003 (5,990 in 2003, and 7,493 in 2004). This was the greatest rate of increase of immigration from any country into Canada for that period. Across the board immigration from all countries into Canada only increased 7% in the same period. [http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/monitor/issue09/02-immigrants.html#table2](http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/monitor/issue09/02-immigrants.html#table2) So the answer is a clear cut “yes”, Americans have been moving to Canada in significantly greater numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-all-the-bush-kerry-hoopla-has-anybody-moved-to-canada/313834/84 "2005-07-29T13:15:44Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Immigration from the USA into Canada increased in 2004 by 25% when compared with 2003 (5,990 in 2003, and 7,493 in 2004). This was the greatest rate of increase of immigration from any country into Canada for that period. Across the board immigration from all countries into Canada only increased 7% in the same period. [http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/monitor/issue09/02-immigrants.html#table2](http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/monitor/issue09/02-immigrants.html#table2) > > So the answer is a clear cut “yes”, Americans have been moving to Canada in significantly greater numbers. Many of those immigrants must have been unusually prescient: Mr. Bush won re-election in November 2004, rather late to affect the 2004 numbers. Perhaps it wasn’t the results of the election that caused that jump. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-all-the-bush-kerry-hoopla-has-anybody-moved-to-canada/313834/85 "2005-07-29T14:15:26Z")
Perhaps the cause of this exodus is the runaway greenhouse effect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-all-the-bush-kerry-hoopla-has-anybody-moved-to-canada/313834.md?page=4)