Percentage of Canadians who say their personal finances are worse off compared to a year ago hits seven month high. (Bloomberg/Nanos)

As we enter the holiday season, negative perceptions on personal finances has high a
high not seen since May 2025. Of note, Canadians are four times more likely to say
their personal finances are worse rather than better off.

– Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist

Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,059 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending December 19th, 2025. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,059 Canadians is ±3.0 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The research was commissioned by the Bloomberg and was conducted by Nanos Research.

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