Nov 4 2022 — Bruce Anderson and David Coletto — Abacus Data — DID OTTAWA MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION IN USING THE EMERGENCIES ACT. The majority (63%) believe the federal government “made the best choice it could in the circumstances, to use that law to deal with the situation” with the Ottawa convoy occupation. A majority in every province think it was the best choice possible, although the […]
Nov 2 2022 — Bruce Anderson and David Coletto — Abacus Data — If an election were held today, 34% would vote for the Conservative Party, 31% for the Liberal Party, 18% for the NDP and 6% for the BQ. The Conservatives are ahead in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The Conservatives also have a small 3-point advantage in Ontario. In Quebec, the Liberals lead the BQ […]
Nov 1 2022 — Bruce Anderson and David Coletto — Abacus Data — Over the last several months we’ve been measuring how Canadians are reacting to the higher rate of inflation and rising interest rates today. Here’s what we found in our latest tracking. Today, 11% say the economic conditions for them personally are relatively good, while 52% things “could be better but are not really difficult.” Just […]
Oct 12 2022 — Bruce Anderson and David Coletto — Abacus Data — In July, and then again last week, we measured public sentiment about the economy and inflation. Here’s what we found. Today, 9% say the economic conditions for them personally are relatively good, while 53% say things “could be better but are not really difficult.” Just over a third (38%) say things are really difficult for […]
Sep 19 2022 — Bruce Anderson and David Coletto — Abacus Data — If an election were held today, 35% would vote for the Conservative Party, 30% for the Liberal Party, 17% for the NDP and 9% for the BQ. All the interviews for this wave of results were completed after the results of the Conservative leadership race were announced last Saturday evening. This is the third survey […]
Sep 6 2022 — Bruce Anderson and David Coletto — Abacus Data — Just 16% say they are extremely worried or worried a lot about Covid-19. This has been relatively consistent through July and August, and the lowest levels we have seen since the beginning of the pandemic in March of 2020. Just 18% say their level of concern has increased in recent days, the lowest number since […]
Sep 3 2022 — Bruce Anderson and David Coletto — Abacus Data — We just completed a national survey of 1,500 Canadian adults from August 26 to 30, 2022. If an election were held today, 33% would vote for the Conservative Party, 32% for the Liberal Party, 19% for the NDP and 7% for the BQ. These numbers are all within the margin of error of the results […]
Aug 24 2022 — Bruce Anderson and David Coletto — Abacus Data — While 1 in every 10 Canadians think it would be better to live in the US, everyone else thinks Canada is the better place to be. This feeling is pretty consistent across all regions of the country. To the extent that there are subgroups of the population that are more doubtful that Canada is better, […]
Aug 5 2022 — Bruce Anderson and David Coletto — Abacus Data — LOWEST LEVEL OF WORRY SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. Just 15% say they are extremely worried or worried a lot about Covid19, which is down from our reading in mid-July and the lowest number we have seen since the beginning of the pandemic in March of 2020. Just 30% say their level of concern has increased […]
Jul 30 2022 — Bruce Anderson and David Coletto — Abacus Data — Today 33% of Canadians think the country is headed in the right direction, which is 8-10 points below where things were a year ago. Views of the direction of the world and the United States have hit lows we haven’t seen since Donald Trump was US President.
Jul 22 2022 — Bruce Anderson and David Coletto — Abacus Data — We completed a national survey of 1,500 Canadian adults from July 11 to 17, 2022. THOSE WHO ARE SURE THEY WERE INFECTED DOUBLED SINCE FEBRUARY. A total of 25% say they are sure they had COVID and another 11% believe they probably did. Only 51% are sure they did not have COVID yet.
Jul 21 2022 — Bruce Anderson and David Coletto — Abacus Data — The number of people who have taken an airplane trip in Canada in the last four weeks is 10%. Just 4% took 2 or more flights during that period. More trips were taken by people under 45 and with above-average incomes. While stories of air travel challenges are common right now, when we asked those […]
Jul 20 2022 — Bruce Anderson and David Coletto — Abacus Data — NATIONAL MOOD SLIDES FOUR POINTS IN A MONTH. The number of people who say Canada is heading in the right direction continues its downward trajectory with 33% feeling positively (down 2 since June and down 5 since May). For context, last year at this time (before the election), 46% felt Canada was headed in the […]
Jun 27 2022 — Bruce Anderson and David Coletto — Abacus Data — The number of people who say Canada is heading in the right direction, is at 35%, down 4 points from mid-April, and one of the weaker results we have seen in the last year and a half. FEDERAL APPROVAL TREND DOWN. 38% approve of the performance of the federal government, which is down 2 points […]
Jun 22 2022 — Bruce Anderson and David Coletto — Abacus Data — We recently completed nationwide surveying among 1500 Canadians. The focus was the levels of trust people have in institutional sources of information, and belief in different theories that indicate a lack of trust in broadly accepted facts. This is the fourth in a series of releases based on our findings. As we noted in an […]