2023/2024 Reports
Consumer confidence marginally negative (Bloomberg/Nanos)
After registering negative sentiment for most of the past four months, the incremental trend in the Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Confidence Index continues to move towards a neutral position with a score of 48.83 on the 100 point diffusion scale where 50 is net neutral consumer sentiment. -Nik Nanos, Chief Data…
Poilievre remains numerically ahead of Trudeau on preferred Prime Minister tracking (Nanos)
Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week and is uniquely positioned to monitor the trajectory of opinion on Covid-19. This first was on the Nanos radar the week of January 24, 2020. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. Poilievre retains a…
Consumer confidence nearing neutral from negative (Bloomberg/Nanos)
For the past five months, consumer sentiment has been in a net negative position with a score under 50 points on the Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Confidence Index. Over the past four weeks sentiment has been incrementally trending toward a neutral position. -Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos conducted an RDD…
Majority support or somewhat support subsidies to businesses that invest in green energy projects (The Globe and Mail/Nanos)
Over seven in ten Canadians (33%) support or somewhat support (38%) subsidies to businesses that invest in green energy projects in Canada, while just under one in four Canadians somewhat oppose (11%) or oppose (13%) such subsidies. Residents of the Prairies are less likely to support (25%) subsidies to businesses…
Strong majority of Canadians agree that Canada-US relations are better or somewhat better now under Biden than they were under Trump (CTV/Nanos Research)
Two in three Canadians say the relations between Canada and the US are better or somewhat better now under President Biden than they were under Trump. Canadians from the Prairies are least likely to say they think the relations are better (25%) or somewhat better (27%). Nanos conducted an RDD…
Overall quality of life continues to score highly among residents of Tecumseh; most think the Town is heading in the right direction and nine in ten would recommend it as a place to live (Town of Tecumseh/Nanos)
Over nine in ten residents say the overall quality of life in Tecumseh is very good (58%, up from 51%) or good (37%). Close to eight in ten say the Town is heading in the right direction (79%). Over nine in ten residents report being very satisfied (62%) or somewhat…
Canadians prefer to be seen by family doctor rather than healthcare provider they don’t know for non-urgent medical concerns even if it takes longer (CFPC/Nanos)
For a non-urgent medical concerns, two in three Canadians who currently have a family physician (66%) would prefer to be seen by their family physician within two to four days rather than be seen by a healthcare provider they don’t know within hours (25%). Eight per cent are unsure which…
Poilievre numerically ahead of Trudeau on preferred Prime Minister tracking (Nanos)
Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week and is uniquely positioned to monitor the trajectory of opinion on Covid-19. This first was on the Nanos radar the week of January 24, 2020. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. Since winning the…
Consumer confidence tepid but still hits seven month high (Bloomberg/Nanos)
Consumer confidence continues to trend upwards but remains net negative with a score below 50 points on the Bloomberg Nanos 100 point diffusion index which tracks sentiment. Of note, even with this net negative score, it remains the highest level of confidence registered since August 2022. -Nik Nanos, Chief Data…
Conservatives surpass Liberals in Nanos Party Power Index Liberals at a four year low (Nanos)
Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week and is uniquely positioned to monitor the trajectory of opinion on Covid-19. This first was on the Nanos radar the week of January 24, 2020. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. The Conservatives now…
Consumer confidence nears neutral (Bloomberg/Nanos)
With a score just below 50 on the 100 point diffusion scale that makes up the Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Confidence Index –sentiment is sputtering in a neutral position. -Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,094 respondents in Canada.…
Ontarians continue to show strong support for the government prioritizing strengthening our domestic generic pharmaceutical industry (CGPA/Nanos)
Nearly nine in ten Ontarians agree that Government should make it a priority to help strengthen the domestic generic pharmaceutical industry to ensure the supply of prescription medicines (87%, 83% in 2021). Just under half of Ontarians (49%) agree that Governments in Canada should not cut the prices of generic…
Trudeau and Poilievre tied on preferred Prime Minister tracking (Nanos)
Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week and is uniquely positioned to monitor the trajectory of opinion on Covid-19. This first was on the Nanos radar the week of January 24, 2020. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. Trudeau and Poilievre…
Improving consumer confidence sentiment driven by views on real estate (Bloomberg/Nanos)
Over the last number of weeks of tracking in the Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Confidence Index, sentiment has been improving and is nearing near 50 which would be a neutral score on the 100 point diffusion index. The positive trend has been largely driven my more positive views of real estate…
Making the healthcare system stronger is two and a half times more important as a priority for the upcoming federal budget than reducing the deficit (Globe and Mail/Nanos)
When asked to rank the top two areas they would like to see made a priority for the upcoming federal budget, the option most often ranked first was making our healthcare system stronger (49%), followed by reducing the deficit (19%), fighting climate change (17%), investing in infrastructure (6%) and creating…
Satisfaction with Canada as a country continues to decline – Universities and health system seen as top contributors to Canada being a better country, political institutions rated lowest. (Nanos)
About two in three Canadians say they are satisfied (64%) with Canada as a country (mean score of 6.6 out of 10), which is a decrease compared to 2021 (mean of 7.2). Younger Canadians (18-34) report the lowest level of satisfaction (mean of 5.8) with Canada as a country compared…
Increasing immigration more likely to be seen as a positive rather than a negative on the economy. Most popular preference is to keep immigration to 2023 levels. (Bloomberg/Nanos)
Just under half of Canadians (46%) think that Canada should accept about the same number of immigrants as permanent residents in 2023, which is an increase of 10 percentage points since November 2020. Around one in three Canadians (34%) say that Canada should accept fewer than 340,000 immigrants, which has…
People are two times more likely to say Canada is heading in the right versus the wrong direction on making sure economic policies provide equal opportunities to all. (Coalition for a Better Future/Nanos)
Canadians are twice as likely to say Canada is moving in the right direction rather than the wrong direction in terms of making sure economic policies provide equal opportunities to Canadians and are more likely to say it is heading in the wrong direction on making sure Canadians have a…
Trudeau and Poilievre statistically tied on preferred Prime Minister tracking – Healthcare still tops all issues (Nanos)
Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week and is uniquely positioned to monitor the trajectory of opinion on Covid-19. This first was on the Nanos radar the week of January 24, 2020. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. Preferred Prime Minister…
Forward-looking consumer expectations improving – Perceptions on real estate may be transitioning from negative to neutral (Bloomberg/Nanos)
Forward looking consumer expectations are starting to trend upwards, largely on improvements in positive sentiment on real estate. We may be transitioning from a net negative to a neutral view on the future value of real estate. Over the past four weeks positive real estate sentiment has increased by eight…