North American Tracker (December 19, 2022): A Look Back at 2022 and Worries for 2023 

Posted on December 24th, 2022 in Surveys

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. This series of surveys is available on Leger’s website. 

IMPRESSIONS OF 2022 AND WORRIES FOR 2023 

  • 31% of Canadians and 28% of Americans felt 2022 was worse than 2021. 
  • Fewer Canadians (22%) and Americans (19%) think 2023 will be worse than 2022. 
  • Even when presented with a list of potential global challenges, Canadians and Americans are overwhelmingly most worried about higher inflation/interest rates/prices and economic recession in 2023. 

  • The greatest proportion of Canadians and Americans plan to spend the same amount as last holiday season on food, alcohol, entertainment, hosting and gifts. The exception is travel, on which the greatest proportion of Canadians plan to spend less. 

METHODOLOGY 

This web survey was conducted from December 9 to 11, 2022, with 1,526 Canadians and 1,006 Americans, 18 years of age or older, randomly recruited from LEO’s online panel. 

To view the December 19, 2022 report, CLICK HERE. 

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