Over four in five oppose or somewhat oppose building new housing on land currently set aside as green spaces (CTV/Nanos)

A strong majority of Canadians oppose (64%) or somewhat oppose (18%) building new housing on land currently set aside as green spaces. Women are more likely to oppose this (87% oppose/somewhat oppose) than men (77% oppose/somewhat oppose).

Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,044 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, between September 2nd and 4th, 2023, as part of an omnibus survey.

The margin of error for this survey is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

This study was commissioned by CTV News and the research was conducted by Nanos Research.

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