The number of younger women who want to leave the U.S. has “surged to unprecedented levels,” and their top destination to move to is Canada, according to a new poll.

On Thursday, Gallup released the 2025 findings for its question about Americans’ desire to migrate. It found that for the second straight year, about one in five Americans say they would like to leave the U.S. and move permanently to another country if they could.

“This heightened desire to migrate is driven primarily by younger women,” wrote Gallup reporters Benedict Vigers and Julie Ray.

The results of the poll found that in 2025, 40 per cent of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity.

“The current figure is four times higher than the 10 per cent who shared this desire in

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