People split on concern over the personal safety of federal party leaders; support for increasing taxpayer dollars for personal security of federal party leaders is also divided. (CTV News/Nanos)

While one in two Canadians report being concerned (12%) or somewhat concerned (38%) about the personal safety of Canada’s federal party leaders, just under one in two report being unconcerned (27%) or somewhat unconcerned (21%).

Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,035 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, between July 29th to August 1st, 2024 as part of an omnibus survey. Participants were randomly recruited by telephone using live agents and administered a survey online.

The margin of error for this survey is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

This study was commissioned by CTV News and the research was conducted by Nanos Research.

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