To say the least, Canadians are taking a cautious approach to a Trump presidency.

"I've never seen an election like it and I've never seen results quite like that either," says Western political science professor Don Abelson.

Throughout the American election, Trump made several boisterous claims that would affect Canada.

It has been a punchline for 18 months, but political science experts from Western and Fanshawe had some strong opinions about some of Trump's biggest talking points, including his infamous wall along Mexico..

"A wall is physically impractical in a lot of stretches along that border," says Fanshawe College's Matt Farrell.

"I don't think we'll see a wall at the Canada U.S. border, but there is no doubt, that the results from last night will impact us in many ways," says Abelson.

When Trump is sworn in early next year, he could begin the process to pull out of NAFTA by giving a six month notice.

"If Donald trump is sincere about scrapping NAFTA, he has a number of options. He might entertain the possibility of having two bi-lateral agreements. Perhaps one with Mexico and one with Canada. He might try to negotiate another trilateral agreement. Who knows what's going to happen. I don't think he really knows," says Abelson.

Farrell believes the push back from within the U.S. may prevent that outcome.

"There's too much vested in the process, there's too many people, too many corporate entities that wouldn't allow it they would lobby pretty hard to do the opposite," adds Farrell.

Last night, London Centre MP Peter Fragiskatos watched the election with Liberal supporters, but despite the results, Fragiskatos says our government has to be prepared to work with the incoming president.

"The U.S. is a very important partner for Canada economically, especially. It is the global superpower and so for those two reasons I think it generates a great deal of interest among Canadians," says Fragiskatos.

The prevailing question that keeps coming up, is what version of Donald Trump will the world see when he takes office in January?

Will it be the boisterous and controversial character that swept through the Republican primaries or will it be the more contrite and unifying man that spoke early Wednesday morning?