Angus Reid Institute

The Angus Reid Institute is a national, not-for-profit, non-partisan public opinion research foundation established to enhance and encourage better understanding of issues and trends affecting economic, social, governance, philanthropy, public administration, domestic and foreign policy in Canada and its world.

Most Recent Articles by Angus Reid Institute:

Centre-left voters are more hesitant than Conservatives to head to a polling place this fall

Half (53%) say their opinion of the PM has worsened in the last month

Half feel the worst of COVID-19’s economic impacts are over, while half feel the worst is yet to come

One-third worry their household will be late on a mortgage or rent payment as outbreak roils economy

One-in-four Canadians say Royal Family is less relevant today, 41% say it has no relevance at all

Percentage of Canadians who perceive an increase in crime up from 30% to 48% over past six years

One-quarter will attend a formal Remembrance Day service on November 11, half will not

Study looks at 67 ridings decided by five or fewer points across the country in last federal election

Scheer top choice for best PM but May holds highest approval rating of any federal leader

Trudeau’s favourability among the public continues to sink alongside Liberal fortunes

NDP competitive in Edmonton, but well behind elsewhere in the province

Two-thirds of Canadians say the SNC-Lavalin affair is a sign of ‘deeper scandal’ in the PMO

Percentage saying opioid issue is serious or a crisis in their community has risen over past year

Most Canadians, including westerners, say it’s unlikely the west would separate from the rest of Canada

A region often divided finds itself united by the belief that the federal government treats it unfairly

Half say Trudeau government has been doing “too little” to build new capacity

Cannabis Countdown: Half say their province isn’t ready as October 17th deadline for legalization approaches

Most say Canada spends too much time apologizing for residential schools and should move on

More view the border-crossers as “economic opportunists” than “genuine refugees”

More than half of all Canadians see poverty on the rise in their communities today

Slim majority of Canadians, British Columbians now support pipeline project; opposition remains strong

Nearly two-thirds say landlords should be able to refuse renters with pets; renters themselves are divided

More premiers see improvement to their approval than decline

Majority of Canadians disapprove of Justin Trudeau for the first time since he became Prime Minister

Albertans are generally united on pipeline positions, the rest of Canada, including BC, is divided

Nearly 20 per cent of Canadians say they themselves have been prescribed opioids in the last five years

Only one-in-ten “very confident” their province will be ready for legalization

Continuing a 2017 trend, majority prefer to focus trade efforts on Pacific Rim nations over U.S.

Fewer than half say PM has met expectations, more than half say the same about government overall

Seven-in-ten say Notley government is ‘out of touch’ with what Albertans really want