Canadians blame grocery store profiteering, increased fuel costs and food manufacturing profiteering the most for the sharp rise of grocery prices in the past year. (Bloomberg/Nanos)

The research gauged the opinions among Canadians on the reason for the sharp rise in grocery prices.

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, between October 1st and October 4th, as part of an omnibus survey.

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

The research was commissioned by Bloomberg News and was conducted by Nanos Research.

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