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Toronto Sun
a day ago
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
72% of Canadians say Canada still offers good quality of life: Poll
A new Angus Reid poll says seven in 10 Canadians, or 72%, say that Canada offers a good quality of life. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Article content Those disagreeing rises to 42% among those who supported the Conservative Party in the April federal election while those who are in middle of their working lives, 35- to 54-year-old Canadians, are more likely than younger (22%) and older (19%) groups to also feel this way, with 28% saying the country doesn't offer a good quality of life. The poll found that younger people are also least certain that Canada is a good place to start a family with a majority of 18- to-34-year-olds still choosing the optimistic view on this question (60%), but three in 10, or 27%, disagree. Among retirement-age Canadians, for whom those families and lives have already been built, four in five, or 79%, say Canada is a great place to start a family.
CTV News
2 days ago
- Politics
- CTV News
Canada Day is around the corner. How do Canadians feel about their national pride?
A child waves the Maple Leaf flag during Canada Day celebrations at LeBreton Flats in Ottawa, on Friday, July 1, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang With Canada Day approaching, a new survey has found that most people feel proud to be Canadian. The survey , published Friday by the Angus Reid Institute, shows that 79 per cent of respondents expressed some level of pride in being Canadian. A plurality, or 43 per cent, said they were 'very proud' to be Canadian, 21 per cent said they were 'proud' and 15 per cent were 'somewhat proud.' Ontario and Atlantic Canada showed the most pride in being Canadian, with around 50 per cent of respondents saying they are 'very proud.' While most people in all regions surveyed expressed some level of pride in being Canadian, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Quebec had the largest proportion of respondents who said they were either 'not very proud' or 'not proud at all.' Twenty-eight per cent of people in Alberta said they were 'not very proud' or 'not proud at all' in being Canadian, compared to 23 per cent in Saskatchewan and 22 per cent in Quebec. Canadians might have rediscovered their pride this year following economic attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, the survey notes. Methodology The Angus Reid Institute conducted an online survey from June 20 to 23, 2025, among a randomized sample of 1,619 Canadian adults who are members of Angus Reid Forum. The sample was weighted to be representative of adults nationwide according to region, gender, age, household income, and education, based on the Canadian census. For comparison purposes only, a probability sample of this size would carry a margin of error of +/- two percentage points, 19 times out of 20. Discrepancies in or between totals are due to rounding. The survey was self-commissioned and paid for by ARI. Detailed tables are found at the end of this release.
National Observer
4 days ago
- Business
- National Observer
Ottawa refuses to release its budget for Canada Day festivities in the capital
The federal government has set a budget for Canada Day programming in the National Capital Region this year but is refusing to say what it is. The budget for Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa and across the river in Gatineau, Que., typically ranges in the millions of dollars and pays for things like fireworks displays, performances and national broadcasts. A spokesperson for Heritage Canada said in a statement that while there is a budget for the events, the department won't provide the number until after the celebrations are over. "To ensure the most accurate information is made public, the total cost will be available upon request after the final tallies have been completed this summer," the spokesperson said. Neither Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault nor Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne responded to requests for comment about the budget for Canada Day this year. This is the first Canada Day since US President Donald Trump threatened to annex the country and embroiled much of the world in a trade war. Angus Reid polling from early in the trade dispute in February showed a jump in national pride in the face of Trump's "51st State" talk. Some 44 per cent of respondents said at the time they were "very proud" to be Canadian — up 10 points since just a few months earlier and reversing a long trend of declining national pride tracked by the pollster. A wave of "buy Canadian" sentiment followed after the US levied tariffs against Canada. A late May poll from Research Co. suggested three in five Canadians were still avoiding buying American goods when they could, though that was down four percentage points from a poll in March. Because the Angus Reid and Research Co. polls were conducted online, they can't be assigned a margin of error. In recent years, Heritage Canada has spent between $4.25 million and $5.5 million on July 1 festivities in the National Capital Region. Those figures fell below $3 million in 2020 and 2021 as the event went virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the Canada 150 celebrations in 2017, the federal government spent more than $9 million over the course of three days that featured a royal visit from King Charles and Queen Camilla, who were the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall at the time. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 25, 2025.
Winnipeg Free Press
4 days ago
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
Ottawa won't release its budget for Canada Day festivities in the capital
OTTAWA – The federal government has set a budget for Canada Day programming in the National Capital Region this year but is refusing to say what it is. The budget for Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa and across the river in Gatineau, Que., typically ranges in the millions of dollars and pays for things like fireworks displays, performances and national broadcasts. A spokesperson for Heritage Canada said in a statement that while there is a budget for the events, the department won't provide the number until after the celebrations are over. 'To ensure the most accurate information is made public, the total cost will be available upon request after the final tallies have been completed this summer,' the spokesperson said. Neither Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault nor Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne responded to requests for comment about the budget for Canada Day this year. This is the first Canada Day since U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to annex the country and embroiled much of the world in a trade war. Angus Reid polling from early in the trade dispute in February showed a jump in national pride in the face of Trump's '51st State' talk. Some 44 per cent of respondents said at the time they were 'very proud' to be Canadian — up 10 points since just a few months earlier and reversing a long trend of declining national pride tracked by the pollster. A wave of 'buy Canadian' sentiment followed after the U.S. levied tariffs against Canada. A late May poll from Research Co. suggested three in five Canadians were still avoiding buying American goods when they could, though that was down four percentage points from a poll in March. Because the Angus Reid and Research Co. polls were conducted online, they can't be assigned a margin of error. In recent years, Heritage Canada has spent between $4.25 million and $5.5 million on July 1 festivities in the National Capital Region. Those figures fell below $3 million in 2020 and 2021 as the event went virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the Canada 150 celebrations in 2017, the federal government spent more than $9 million over the course of three days that featured a royal visit from King Charles and Queen Camilla, who were the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall at the time. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 25, 2025.
Vancouver Sun
6 days ago
- Politics
- Vancouver Sun
Few Canadians know about Canada's deadliest terrorist attack: poll
While most Canadians still know very little about the 1985 Air India bombing, two-thirds say they support efforts to increase awareness about the country's deadliest act of terrorism. New polling from the non-profit Angus Reid institute says fewer than one in five Canadians is able to identify the Air India bombing as Canada's worst mass murder. Forty years ago today, a B.C.-made suitcase bomb exploded on Air India Flight 182 , killing all 329 aboard. Another B.C. bomb blew up at Japan's Narita Airport, killing two baggage handlers. A judicial inquiry and a B.C. Supreme Court judge concluded the pro-Khalistan Babbar Khalsa separatist group and its founder Talwinder Parmar were behind the murder conspiracy. Parmar was killed by Indian police in 1992 before he could be charged. Two of his associates were acquitted in 2005. A third, Inderjit Singh Reyat, was convicted of manslaughter. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Angus Reid found nine per cent of Canadians say they know a lot about the bombings, but a third had never heard of it. 'For the victims' families, grief and the agony of loss are at this time of year especially, as raw as it was 40 years ago,' Angus Reid president Shachi Kurl said. 'What can they possibly take from the lack of awareness of their fellow citizens?' Half of the respondents said the bombings were never treated as a national tragedy. Kurl said that 'when even 50 per cent of the general population themselves say the attacks were never treated a Canadian tragedy, it can be nothing short of an indictment of our leaders, our educators and ourselves.' But 66 per cent of respondents say they support Canada implementing information about the tragedy into school curriculums, while even more — 71 per cent — would create an exhibit in the Canadian Museum of History. Angus Reid conducted the online survey from June 13 to 17 of 1,607 Canadian adults who are members of Angus Reid Forum. The sample was weighted to be representative of adults countrywide according to region, gender, age, household income, and education, based on the Canadian census. About three in ten Canadians correctly answered that no one involved in the terrorist attack was convicted of murder. Beyond the third who had never heard of the terrorist attack, 29 per cent were unsure if anyone was or wasn't held responsible. The survey also asked respondents about whether they felt supporters of the Khalistan separatist movement should attend Air India memorials. Three in five said it was inappropriate for them to attend. kbolan@
