DISCOVER OUR MOST RECENT RESULTS BELOW!

This survey is conducted in collaboration with the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS) and published in the Canadian Press. 

IN THE NEWS

PROTESTS AND REMOVING HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

• 45% of Canadians and 46% of Americans believe that the protests in their respective countries calling for an end to racial inequality will not lead to meaningful changes.
• 50% of Canadians and 44% of Americans oppose removing statues/monuments from public spaces of politicians who have demonstrably harboured racist views or implemented racist policies.

BACK TO SCHOOL

• 52% of Canadians think children should be going back to school in person, while 48% of Americans think they should not.
• If children go back to physical classrooms for in-person learning, 47% of Canadians think that the children’s families are most at risk. Among Americans, 26% think the children’s families are most at risk, 25% think the children themselves are most at risk, and 23% think the teachers are most at risk.

US ELECTIONS

• 69% of Canadians and 41% of Americans think that electing Donald Trump president will worsen relations between Canada and the United States. In contrast, 65% of Canadians and 44% of Americans think that relations between the two countries will improve if Joe Biden is elected president.

• When asked which actions should be prioritized to control the increase in the spread of COVID-19, over one-third of Canadians (35%) say that public safety measures that severely limit group sizes and close certain businesses should be re-imposed. A similar proportion of Americans (36%) say that always wearing a mask outside of one’s home should be made mandatory.

These are some of the findings of Leger’s latest survey, conducted from September 4-6, 2020, with 1,529 Canadians and 1,001 Americans, 18 years of age or older, randomly recruited from LEO’s online panel.