245 Americans sought refugee status in Canada in the first half of 2025, more than all of 2024, reveals fresh data from Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board. Here's why fears over Trump’s policies on immigration, healthcare and LGBTQ+ rights might be behind this.

Nowhere safe in US? Americans rush to Canada for refugee status after Trump's White House return — record surge in 2025

World: Carney was then asked if he intended to seek reassurances from European leaders that Canada would never become the "51st state" of the US, as President Trump had recently suggested.

‘We will never be part of US’: New Canadian PM Mark Carney calls ‘51st state’ idea ‘crazy’ in first speech

Trudeau warns US tariffs on Canada would harm American workers

Some residents empathise with those making the long, sometimes dangerous trek to the Great White North, but are concerned about security

Almost half of Canadians want illegal border crossers from US deported: Poll

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Nowhere safe in US? Americans rush to Canada for refugee status after Trump's White House return — record surge in 2025

‘We will never be part of US’: New Canadian PM Mark Carney calls ‘51st state’ idea ‘crazy’ in first speech

Trudeau warns US tariffs on Canada would harm American workers

Almost half of Canadians want illegal border crossers from US deported: Poll