The positive movement in consumer confidence has been primarily driven by perceptions that the Canadian economy will get stronger in the next six months. The proportion of Canadians who believe things will get better has increased from 17 to 26 percent in the past four weeks. This has coincided with a series of trade meetings initiated by Prime Minister Carney.
– Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,015 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending February 27th, 2026. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,015 Canadians is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The research was commissioned by the Bloomberg and was conducted by Nanos Research.
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