Alcohol is a popular legal psychoactive substance that holds special social and cultural significance in Canada as in many parts of the world. Many Canadians associate drinking with pleasurable social events, such as music festivals, parties, watching sports, and/or to de-stress or to cope. Our society condones, supports, and in…

With a mandate to improve the health care, protect the health and prevent disease among Canadians, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) retained Nanos Research to conduct public opinion research among Canadians related to stigma associated with dementia. Specifically, to conduct a national survey which examines Canadians’ knowledge of…

Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) retained Nanos Research to conduct focus groups among official language minority community (OLMC) members in Canada. The purpose of the research is to consult with OLMCs with regards to their needs related to service and program delivery in their first official language as well as to…

Canada Revenue Agency provides a number of benefit plans to Canadians which serve a vast array of purposes. In addition, the CRA recognizes the value of eliciting feedback from their clients and providing Canadians with a feedback platform to the CRA, as well as provide those benefit programs with data…

Overall consumer confidence continues to incrementally trend up in January.  Of note, the forward-looking Expectations Sub-indice has hit a high not seen since May 2022. -Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,030 respondents in Canada. This report is…

Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. Current Conservative advantage stands at 12 points over the Liberals. Inflation and the cost of housing numerically top national issues of concern. – Nik Nanos The Weekly Nanos…

After skirting into negative territory at the tail end of 2023, consumer confidence in Canada is in a positive zone.  Factoring the past projective performance of the index this suggests a flat or marginally negative first part of 2024 followed by an improvement in the second part of the year.…

Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. Conservative have a 13 point lead. Although inflation, jobs/the economy and housing are top issues, environment and healthcare show upward movement over the past four weeks. – Nik…

Canadian consumer confidence remains in marginally positive territory with a score just above 50 on the 100-point diffusion index.  Of note current confidence is at a level not seen since September 2023. -Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of…

Canadians’ confidence scores for security issues have lowered across the board in 2023, with all four tracking issues hitting a ten-year low. The biggest declines in confidence were observed for Canadians who are confident (nine percent) or somewhat confident (42%) in the nation’s abilities to keeping safe communities and, those…

Importance mean scores hit an all time low for both creating jobs (8.1 out of 10 points) and creating trade policies encouraging investment (8.0 out of 10 points). Being energy self-sufficient remains the most important policy related to security for Canadians (mean score of 8.5 out of 10), returning to…

In 2023, four of the nine social and environmental issues of concern received their lowest confidence scores in the ten years of tracking. Investing in our education (2.4 out of 10 in 2022; 2.3 out of 10 in 2023) and ensuring Canadians have a high standard of living (2.3 out…

Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. With concern about inflation numerically topping top issues of concern the Conservatives have an 11-point lead over the Liberals. – Nik Nanos The Weekly Nanos Tracking is produced…

Although confidence remains generally neutral, overall consumer sentiment is more positive than back in November. -Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,061 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending January 12th,…

Overall, pessimism and anger continue to be the top emotions Canadians say best describe their views of the federal government in Ottawa. Feelings of satisfaction with the federal government hit an all time low at 12 per cent since tracking started. Feelings of disinterest are on the rise in Quebec…

The research gauged opinions of Canadians on whether the government is doing a good job at introducing affordable housing policies, and the top ranted actions that would have a positive impact on affordable housing in Canada. Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random…

A strong majority of Canadians say temporary foreign workers are important (48%) or somewhat important (34%) to Canada’s economy. Older Canadians (55 plus) are more likely to say temporary foreign workers are important (56%) than younger Canadians (38%). The research gauged the views of Canadians on temporary foreign workers, specifically…

Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. Conservatives continue to retain a comfortable double-digit advantage over the Liberals. Canadians are most likely to cite inflation and jobs/the economy as top unprompted national issues of concern.…

Forward-looking expectations have been trending upward over the past four weeks and moving from negative into neutral territory.  The four-week gains have been driven by positive views on the future value of real estate and also on the future strength of the Canadian economy. -Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos…

The research gauged the views of Canadians on the current federal government, the direction of the country, the relationship between the federal and provincial governments, and Canada’s international reputation. Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,006 Canadians, 18 years of…