Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. The Conservatives continue to have a comfortable advantage over the Liberals in the Nanos ballot tracking. Of note, support for the BQ is tracking up and hitting new…

The Nanos Bloomberg tracking has traditionally been a leading indicator of the state of the Canadian economy.  With expectations at a 23 month high this suggests that the final quarter of 2024 will be positive for the Canadian economy. -Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame…

Most Canadians support or somewhat support online platforms found to host hate speech being required to remove the content within 24 hours and including legislation in the Online Harms Act for websites hosting online pornography being required to verify their users are 18 years and older. Two in three support…

Canadians more likely to blame grocery stores than others for rising food prices; nearly one in five say they or someone they know has used a food bank in past year. Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1069 Canadians, 18…

Two in three Canadians are not confident or somewhat not confident that the police can find stolen vehicles. Younger Canadians (18-34) are more likely to say they are not confident or not confident (73%) than older Canadians (55 plus)(62%). Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone…

The gap between trust in the Conservatives and the Liberals to best manage the finances of the government of Canada continues to grow with now a sixteen-point difference between them (35% for Conservatives; 19% for Liberals). Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random…

Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. Nanos national ballot tracking stands at: CPC 38, LPC 26, NDP 19, BQ 10, GPC 5, PPC 2.  Of note the Conservative advantage over the Liberals has changed…

Week over week data generally remains marginally positive and stable.  Of note, views on the future value of real estate increasing in the next six months has hit a three-month low. -Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,075…

Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. After trailing economic issues for most of 2023, concern about healthcare is on the rise as an unprompted national issue. – Nik Nanos The Weekly Nanos Tracking is…

Consumer confidence is on a 15 week positive streak thanks in large part to improving attitudes on the future strength of the Canadian economy and the perceived future value of real estate. -Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of…

A growing proportion of Canadians say Canada is moving in the wrong direction when it comes to a variety of different economic issues such as having strong economic growth (49%, 12 point increase up from 37% in 2023) and making sure Canadians have a high standard of living (56%, up…

Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. Canadians continue to be focused on concerns such as inflation, housing and jobs.  Conservatives have 15 point advantage over the Liberals in ballot support. – Nik Nanos The…

The forward-looking Bloomberg Nanos Expectations sub-indice has been trending upward for four months in succession.  Based on past performance, and the predictive track record of the Nanos data, this suggest an economic lift in the latter part of 2024. -Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame…

Canadians are more likely to think that Trump rather than Biden will win the upcoming election – Majority hope Biden wins. Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,071 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, between February 28th and March…

About three in four Canadians rate oil and gas as important to Canada’s current economy (score of 7-10 out of 10) (74%) which is a slight decline from the previous wave in August 2023 (78% in August 2023) and consistent with last year’s results in January 2023 (74% in January…

Just under three in ten Canadians are worried or somewhat worried about paying for housing costs next month (29%), decreasing from the wave in November, but consistent with previous waves in 2023 and 2022. Younger Canadians aged 18 to 34 (33%) and 35 to 54 (38%) are more likely to…

Under 2 in 3 Canadians say the federal government should either reduce spending and pay down debt or reduce spending and cut taxes. One in four say the government should continue as planned, while less than one in ten say the government should increase spending, funded either by more borrowing…

While an increasing proportion of Canadians blame businesses increasing their prices (26%, up from 13% in 2022), Canadians still blame most often the Government of Canada’s spending and budget deficit policies for the sharp rise in prices and cost of living over the past year. Of note, blame on the…

Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. The federal Liberals brand strength as measured by the Nanos Power Index has hit a 10 year low (41.2 points) and is weaker than the Conservatives (54.0) and…

The Bloomberg Nanos Expectations sub-indice which projects future confidence has hit a notable 21 month high.  Historically this is a six-month leading indicator of measures such as Canada’s GDP.  -Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,058 respondents in…