Canadian pride surges amid Trump’s tariffs, sovereignty threats: poll
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A new poll suggests Canadians' sense of national pride has surged in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats against the country's sovereignty.
A new poll suggests Canadians’ sense of national pride has surged in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats against the country’s sovereignty.
The poll, conducted by Leger Marketing for the Association for Canadian Studies, says that the number of people saying they’re proud to be Canadian has jumped from 80 per cent in November 2024 to 86 per cent this month.
Pride is highest among people aged 55 and over — at 92 per cent — while 86 per cent of people between the ages of 35 and 54 and 75 per cent of people aged 18 to 34 said they were proud to be Canadian.
The poll sampled more than 1,500 Canadians from March 1 to March 2. Because it was conducted online, it can’t be assigned a margin of error.
National pride spiked among respondents in Quebec, Ontario, the Prairies and British Columbia.
In Quebec, the number of people expressing pride in Canada has jumped from 81 per cent to 86 per cent since November. In Ontario, 87 per cent of respondents expressed pride in Canada, up from 80 per cent. Expressions of pride rose from 77 per cent to 86 per cent in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and from 70 per cent to 90 per cent in British Columbia.
The poll suggests that as the percentage of Canadians voicing pride in being Canadian increased everywhere else, it fell in the Atlantic region and Alberta.
In Atlantic Canada, the number of respondents expressing pride has dropped slightly from 91 per cent to 89 per cent since November. In Alberta, it fell from 84 per cent to 74 per cent.
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