This result has highlighted a rift that has formed between Canadians and Americans since Trump’s inauguration, with the President repeatedly calling Canada the “51st state” of the US.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has hit back, saying Canada “will never be part of the US” later adding: “I reject any attempts to weaken Canada, to wear us down, to break us so that America can own us.”

Across all major Canadian parties, 82 per cent of Canadians would prefer to rejoin the British Empire, compared to 18 per cent who favour Canada becoming part of the US.

More than twice as many Conservative Party members, 68 per cent to 32 per cent, would choose rejoining the British Empire.

Meanwhile, a total of 69 per cent “strongly” oppose the idea of Canada becoming the 51st state, with another four per cent somewhat opposed.

Just six per cent of Canadians strongly support joining the US, along with eight per cent who somewhat support it.

On the campaign trail, Prime Minister Carney, who was governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020, faced off with his chief rival and leader of the Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre, in a televised debate last week.

Carney briefly served as economic adviser to his predecessor Justin Trudeau, whom Poilievre blames for rising prices and a chronic housing shortage.

Poilievre said: “You are just like Justin Trudeau…we need change and you, Mr Carney, are not change.”

The Prime Minister responded: “Mr. Poilievre is not Mr Trudeau and neither am I. This election (is about) the question of who will succeed, and who will face up to Trump.”