A Canadian island is seeing increased interest from Americans after a tongue-in-cheek website has advertised the island as the perfect place to move to if Donald Trump wins the US presidential election.

Screen capture from the Cape Breton if Donald Trump Wins website.

Screen capture from the Cape Breton if Donald Trump Wins website. Image by Cape Breton if Donald Trump Wins

The website, called Cape Breton if Donald Trump Wins, extolls the virtues of the Atlantic Canadian island and has also led to increased interest on Cape Breton’s official tourism site.

The site welcomes users with the greeting: “Hi Americans! Donald Trump may become the President of your country! If that happens, and you decide to get the hell out of there, might I suggest moving to Cape Breton Island!”

Cape Breton.

Cape Breton. Image by Dennis Jarvis / CC BY-SA 2.0

The site also notes that Americans don’t have to wait until the election to relocate.

“You just hop on a bus to start your new life in Cape Breton, where women can get abortions, Muslim people can roam freely, and the only ‘walls’ are holding up the roofs of our extremely affordable houses”, notes the site, mocking some of the Republican politician’s controversial opinions.

Cape Breton Island is a part of the province of Nova Scotia, located on Canada’s Atlantic coast. It has a population of about 135,000 people.

Cape Breton.

Cape Breton.
Image by Michael Sprague / CC BY-SA 2.0

The website was set up by Rob Calabrese, a radio announcer and Cape Breton resident, reports the Globe and Mail, and reached more than 35,000 unique visits on Wednesday.

Calabrese stresses that the website is not a joke and directs people to a website on Canada’s immigration system, noting that outward migration off the island means more people are needed there. Although there is some struggle with unemployment, he notes, “some areas are growing, and some skilled workers are in demand”.

Cape Breton.

Cape Breton. Image by Dennis Jarvis / CC BY-SA 2.0

The website contains numerous links to the island’s official tourism site, Destination Cape Breton, which has also seen an increase in web traffic. Online visitors from the US have increased from around 1300 at this time last year, to 12,000 this week. Destination Cape Breton’s CEO Mary Tulle told CBC that staff are now on standby to help anyone with questions about what the island has to offer. Immigration questions will have to be fielded by the appropriate parties.

Calabrese’s website is encouraging Americans to relocate to the island, but also shows off some of what makes Cape Breton such a great destination to visit, such as the Celtic Colours International Festival of music, the Lumiere art festival, Cape Breton University, the Cabot Trail and lots of seafood.