Buzz·Updated on Nov. 10, 2016Thousands Of Americans Crashed Canada's Immigration Website On Election NightTraffic to the website was 12 times the normal rate as Donald Trump's presidential victory was announced.by by Lauren StrapagielBuzzFeed News Reporter, by Alicia Melville-SmithBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail This is what Canada's immigration website usually looks like. And this is what it looked like Tuesday night, as Donald Trump won the US presidential election. On Thursday, officials confirmed to CBC News the website crashed as more than 200,000 people, more than half of them American, visited the site. CBC News Alerts @CBCAlerts A week earlier, traffic was 17,000 with average 10% of that from the U.S. Traffic was 12 times normal rate as Trump's victory sank in. 2/2 11:52 AM - 10 Nov 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite Seriously. Peter Shankman @petershankman Not joking: Canada's Immigration site just crashed. #Elections2016 03:34 AM - 09 Nov 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite This is what it's come to. EvilMario @JALinTO CIC (Citizenship and Immigration Canada) website is being hammered right now. I am actually not kidding. 03:55 AM - 09 Nov 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Princess Andromeda @IsabelaHereida "The Canada Citizenship and Immigration site has crashed." 04:06 AM - 09 Nov 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite YT: GaliaAndBibi @galiaregalia Y'all, look at Immigration Canada's website 😂 Wed Nov 09 04:01:13 UTC+0000 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite april rose @aprilpoland YO @CANADA FIX UR IMMIGRATION WEBSITE I HAVE FORMS TO FILL OUT Wed Nov 09 04:02:41 UTC+0000 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite Berner @Ibarra_Berenice Canada seeing how many Americans on their immigration and citizenship website Wed Nov 09 04:03:40 UTC+0000 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite