An increasing percentage of Canadians report that they would be willing to serve in the Armed Forces if Canada were involved in a major conflict. (Globe and Mail/Nanos)

The research gauged the opinions among Canadians on their general impression of the Canadian Armed Forces, their views on whether a career in the CAF is a good option for young people today, whether the CAF makes them feel proud to be Canadian, whether they would be willing to serve in the CAF in either a full time or part time capacity if Canada were involved in a major conflict, whether they would view the decision of a friend or family member to join CAF favourably, and what they believe to be the biggest barriers to young people considering a career in the Armed Forces.

Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,058 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, from March 1 to March 8, 2026, as part of an omnibus survey.

The margin of error for this survey is ±3.0 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

Full data tables with weighted and unweighted number of interviews is here.

This study was commissioned by the Globe and Mail and the research was conducted by Nanos Research.

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