--- title: Dating Site Sets Up Anti-Trump Americans With Canadian Mates description: Maple Match is "for Americans to find the ideal Canadian partner to save them from the unfathomable horror of a Trump presidency" canonical: https://time.com/4323986/donald-trump-canada-dating-site/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-09T23:16:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:41.182Z og:title: Dating Site Aims to Unite Americans Fleeing Trump With Canadian Mates og:description: Maple Match wants to "make dating great again" og:url: https://time.com/4323986/donald-trump-canada-dating-site/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dating Site Aims to Unite Americans Fleeing Trump With Canadian Mates twitter:description: Maple Match wants to "make dating great again" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Dating Site Aims to Unite Americans Fleeing Trump With Canadian Mates by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley May 9, 2016 11:16 PM UTC by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley May 9, 2016 11:16 PM UTC With certain Americans joking about or seriously looking into moving to Canada if [Donald Trump](http://globalnews.ca/news/2687788/new-dating-website-offers-to-connect-americans-looking-to-escape-trump-with-canadians/) is elected president, one dating site is trying to get in on the immigration action. The site, Maple Match, advertises itself as a facilitator “for Americans to find the ideal [Canadian partner](http://time.com/money/4244472/move-to-canada-trump-presidency/) to save them from the unfathomable horror of a [Trump presidency](http://time.com/4254177/justin-trudeau-donald-trump-barack-obama/).” Its tagline: “Make dating great again.” Maple Match CEO Joe Goldman tells Global News that the site has seen “immense traffic” and big signup numbers in recent days. “At this time, we are currently wait listing users and will begin matching as soon as we are able.” Goldman says the company is not funded by any anti-Trump organization. \[[Global News](http://globalnews.ca/news/2687788/new-dating-website-offers-to-connect-americans-looking-to-escape-trump-with-canadians/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4323986/donald-trump-canada-dating-site/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4323986/donald-trump-canada-dating-site/"},"headline":"Dating Site Aims to Unite Americans Fleeing Trump With Canadian Mates","datePublished":"2016-05-09T23:16:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:41.182Z","description":"Maple Match wants to \"make dating great again\"","url":"https://time.com/4323986/donald-trump-canada-dating-site/","keywords":["Newsfeed","2016 Election","Dating"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4323986/donald-trump-canada-dating-site/","name":"Dating Site Aims to Unite Americans Fleeing Trump With Canadian Mates"}}]}] ```