Recent Reports
Conservatives 36, Liberals 29, NDP 21, BQ 7, Greens 5, PPC 2 (Nanos)
Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. Conservatives enjoy post Convention bump in Nanos tracking and open a seven-point lead. Worry about inflation and housing top issues and jump in the past four weeks. –…
Consumer confidence sputters in neutral (Bloomberg/Nanos)
The Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Confidence Index continues to hover around the 50 point mark suggesting neutral consumer sentiment on the 100 point-diffusion scale. -Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,106 respondents in Canada. This report is based on…
Majority of culture-goers are open or somewhat open to volunteering for a local arts or culture organization – Volunteers are driven by a sense of giving back to their community (BAA/NAC/Nanos)
Over one in two culture-goers report that they are open or somewhat open to volunteering for a local arts or culture organization in their community in the next year (52%), while just over one third (39%) say they are not or somewhat not open to volunteering. Moreover, culture-goers who report…
Who do Canadians want to lead their party in the next election: Poilievre 31 per cent, Trudeau 20 per cent (Globe/Nanos)
Canadians are over twice as likely to prefer someone else (55%) rather than Justin Trudeau (20%) to lead the Liberals in the next federal election (51% and 22%, respectively in December 2022). Close to one in five had no preference (19%, 17% in December 2022). Nanos conducted an RDD dual…
Federal Ballot: Conservatives 35, Liberals 29, NDP 22, BQ 7, Greens 5, PPC 2 (Nanos)
Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. Conservatives currently enjoy a six-point advantage over the Liberals in the Nanos ballot tracking. Poilievre pulling ahead of Trudeau as preferred prime minister. – Nik Nanos The Weekly…
Most Canadian charities have adopted digital tools and believe they are an important part of their success (CanadaHelps/Nanos)
Most Canadian charities have adopted digital tools and believe they are an important part of their success – Many still don’t have the skills or dedicated staff to take full advantage. The research gauged the views of charitable organizations in Canada concerning openness, interest, and willingness to adopt new digital…
Motivators and barriers to participation in government-led participatory research/citizen science (Health Canada)
Health Canada commissioned Nanos Research to conduct a public opinion survey to support the use of citizen science to address government and departmental science and research priorities, as well as Open Science initiatives. A total of 4,702 Canadians were surveyed using an online panel to reflect the Canadian population. The…
Consumer confidence on emerging negative trajectory (Bloomberg/Nanos)
Tracking in the Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Confidence Index suggests an emerging negative trend over the past four weeks. Of note both the Pocketbook and Expectations Sub-Indices showed downward pressures suggestion stress on the finances of Canadians and a less hopeful future economic outlook. -Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos conducted…
Inflation numerically top issue of concern for first time in a year (Nanos)
Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. Canadians are increasingly focused on economic issues with inflation (16%),jobs/the economy (13%), housing (11%) in top five issues. Environment was the top concern for 15 per cent and…
Majority of Canadians would be happy or somewhat happy with decrease in housing price (Bloomberg/Nanos)
A majority of Canadians (70%) say that they would be happy (40%) or somewhat happy (30%) if housing prices went down. Residents in Quebec (82%) and Atlantic Canada (78%) are more likely to be happy or somewhat happy with a decrease in housing price compared to residents in Ontario (62%)…
Canadians prefer that Canada accepts fewer immigrants and international students than what is projected for 2023 (Globe/Nanos)
There has been an increase in Canadians who want Canada to accept fewer immigrants in 2023 than the target of 465,000 from 34 per cent in March 2023 to now over half (53%) who say so. Fifty-five per cent of Canadians say they want Canada to accept fewer international students…
Forwarding-looking consumer confidence mired in neutral (Bloomberg/Nanos)
Overall consumer confidence has been incrementally declining over the past few weeks. Of note the forward-looking Expectations Sub-indice continues to be mired in neutral with a score of just below 50 points on the 100 point diffusion scale for the tracking. Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos conducted an RDD…
Over four in five oppose or somewhat oppose building new housing on land currently set aside as green spaces (CTV/Nanos)
A strong majority of Canadians oppose (64%) or somewhat oppose (18%) building new housing on land currently set aside as green spaces. Women are more likely to oppose this (87% oppose/somewhat oppose) than men (77% oppose/somewhat oppose). Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online…
Conservatives and NDP most trusted federal parties on the issue of affordable housing (CTV/Nanos)
Nanos was retained by CTV News to conduct research among Canadians to gauge their views on the political party most trusted on housing. Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,044 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, between September 2nd…
Environment, inflation and jobs/the economy top issues driving concerns – Trudeau and Poilievre tied on best PM tracking (Nanos)
Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. Three issues cluster at the top of the list of concerns among Canadians: environment, inflation and jobs/the economy. Trudeau and Poilievre tied as preferred PM. – Nik Nanos…
Tepid consumer confidence continues (Bloomberg/Nanos)
For the third month in succession, the forward-looking Expectations Sub-indice has remained in neutral territory suggestion a tepid mood for consumer confidence in Canada. Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,114 respondents in Canada. This report is based…
Environment and jobs/economy in dead heat as top issue – Trudeau and Poilievre tied as preferred PM (Nanos)
Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. Division among Canadians is evident on the issue of concern (environment and jobs/the economy) and preferred prime minister (Trudeau and Poilievre). – Nik Nanos The Weekly Nanos Tracking…
Forward looking consumer confidence neutral – Views on personal finances shows negative pressure (Bloomberg/Nanos)
With the Expectations Sub-indice at 50.14 on the 100 point diffusion index, forward looking consumer confidence remains neutral. Of note, in the past four weeks the proportion of individuals who say their personal finances has improved has declined from 18.18 to 14.60. Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos conducted an…
Federal Ballot: Conservatives 34.1, Liberals 29.5, NDP 19.8
Nanos tracks unprompted issues of concern every week. To access full weekly national and regional tracking visit the Nanos subscriber data portal. The federal Conservatives continue to hold an advantage over the Liberals outside of the margin of error of the Nanos tracking. Concern about the environment numerically is the…
Perceptions on the future value of real estate shows upward pressure (Bloomberg/Nanos)
Canadians are in excess of three times more likely to think that the value of real estate in their neighbourhood will increase compared to decrease. Over the past four weeks there has been upward pressure on perceptions that real estate values will increase in the next six months. Nik Nanos,…