Consistent with the past eight waves, pessimism continues to be the top feeling that best describes Canadians’ views of the federal government in Ottawa, followed by anger. Feelings of anger have decreased among residents of Quebec since the previous wave, while feelings of Anger have slightly increased among residents of British Columbia.

Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,063 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, between April 2nd to 6th, 2023 as part of an omnibus survey. Participants were randomly recruited by telephone using live agents and administered a survey online. Individuals were randomly called using random digit dialing with a maximum of five call backs.

The margin of error for a random survey of 1,063 Canadians is ±3.0 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

The research was commissioned and conducted by Nanos Research.

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