The problem was widely commented about on social media
Canada’s immigration website has suffered an intermittent fault that made it inaccessible to visitors during the US election vote.
Officials have confirmed that the cause was a higher than normal level of traffic.
It has been suggested this may have been caused by US citizens exploring their options following Donald Trump’s victory.
The tycoon confounded polls predicting he would lose to Hillary Clinton.
“The Government of Canada is committed to secure and reliable IT infrastructure to? ensure high-quality services to all users,” a spokeswoman told the BBC.
“The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship website became temporarily inaccessible to users as a result of a significant increase in the volume of traffic.
“Shared Services Canada worked through the night and continues to work to resolve the issue to ensure that the website is available for users as soon as possible.”
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