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"Maple Match
makes it easy for Americans to find the ideal Canadian partner
to save them from the unfathomable horror of a Trump
presidency," the Maple Match website reads, before offering a
waiting list for interested singles.
Trump's bombastic campaign to lead the Republican Party to the
November presidential election has alarmed some Americans, both
liberals and those in his own party, and the pledge by some to
move to Canada if he is elected has gathered steam.
In February, the island of Cape Breton on Canada's Atlantic
coast marketed itself as a tranquil refuge for Americans seeking
to escape should Trump capture the White House.
The Maple Match website allows users to add their name to a
waitlist matching dismayed U.S. voters with interested single
Canadians, adding "We'll let you know the next steps soon!"
Officials with Maple Match did not immediately respond to a
request for comment, but Chief Executive Joe Goldman told the
Canadian Broadcasting Corp that more than 10,000 singles and
about 2,500 Canadians had signed up for the website's waiting
list as of Tuesday morning.
The dating site was also active on Twitter, suggesting its
matchmaking service would help Americans avoid the difficulties
of gaining Canadian citizenship.
"Oh yes. Maple Match. Make dating great again," Twitter user
@RebekahSage said, playing on Trump's campaign pledge to "Make
America great again."
"To heck w @Tinder, @MapleMatch offers to not leave you thinking
'what did we just do?' in 2016," Twitter user @KeldaPharris
tweeted on Tuesday.
"I can't wait to meet my Canadian buddy! Thanks @MapleMatch,"
user @mollye_malone said on Twitter.
While the pledge to "move to Canada" has been made in elections
past, it rarely plays out in reality.
Migration data from after Republican George W. Bush's 2000
election and 2004 re-election -- other moments when liberal
Americans pledged to move to Canada in protest -– suggests few
followed up on their promises. While immigration to Canada
increased during the years of Bush's elections, the rise was not
more than increases in other years, data from the Montreal-based
Association for Canadian Studies show.
(Reporting by Andrea Hopkins; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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