Preliminary Findings

Impact of Federal Government (0-10)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

7.4

6.8*

7.7

---

---

6.9

6.4*

7.1

7.0

6.9

7.7

7.1*

7.8

7.3*

7.8

7.5

6.9*

7.8

---

---

7.6

7.0*

7.7

7.3*

7.7

7.5

7.0*

7.6

7.2*

7.5

Impact of Provincial Government (0-10)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

7.3

6.7*

7.6

---

---

7.9

7.1*

8.1

7.3*

7.9

7.8

7.2*

7.9

7.4*

7.8

7.6

7.1*

7.8

---

---

7.8

7.3*

8.0

7.6

7.9

7.7

7.2*

7.8

7.4*

7.7

Impact of Municipal Government (0-10)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

5.9

5.8

6.1

---

---

6.8

6.2*

7.0

6.6

6.8

7.0

6.8

7.1

7.1

7.0

6.7

6.5

6.8

---

---

6.9

6.7*

7.2

7.4*

6.9

6.7

6.3*

6.9

6.9

6.6

Identity (% more or only province)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

16

16

15

---

---

47

46

46

19*

51

4

6*

4

6

4

7

9

6

---

---

10

7*

12

9

11

10

11

9

9

9

Quebec sovereignty (% agree/strongly agree)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

---

---

---

---

---

43

45

42

25*

46

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

Province has distinct culture (% agree/strongly agree)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

81

82

80

---

---

92

89

92

90

92

50

62*

46

68*

45

61

70*

58

---

---

62

72*

59

67

61

72

79*

70

79*

70

Province has different values (% agree/strongly agree)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

67

72

67

---

---

77

76

78

69*

79

45

59*

40

66*

38

55

66*

53

---

---

60

68*

58

72*

57

61

71*

58

73*

56

Support for Increased Immigration (-5 to 5)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

-0.2

-0.2

-0.2

---

---

-1.0

-1.0

-0.9

-0.4*

-1.0

0.2

0.7*

0.0

1.0*

0.0

0.0

-0.3

0.0

---

---

-0.6

-0.2*

-0.6

1.3*

-0.9

0.5

0.6

0.5

1.2*

0.3

Support for Growing Ethnic Diversity (-5 to 5)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

0.2

0.3

0.1

---

---

-0.7

-0.6

-0.7

-0.1*

-0.7

1.0

1.5*

0.8

1.7*

0.7

0.2

0.4

0.2

---

---

-0.5

-0.2

-0.4

1.3*

-0.7

1.3

1.5*

1.2

2.0*

1.1

Support for Spending on Social Programs (-5 to 5)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

1.5

1.1*

1.6

---

---

2.0

1.5*

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.2

0.8

0.6

1.0

---

---

0.0

0.0

0.1

1.0*

-0.1

1.7

1.2*

1.8

1.5

1.7

Support for Protecting the Environment (-5 to 5)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

1.9

1.4*

2.0

---

---

2.2

1.8*

2.3

2.0

2.2

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.1

0.7*

1.3

---

---

0.4

0.1*

0.7

1.2*

0.3

3.0

2.7*

3.1

2.6*

3.2

Province’s influence on federal government decision

(% less fair share)                                                           All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

68

60*

72

---

---

59

49*

61

36*

62

31

12*

37

23*

33

58

50*

62

---

---

42

31*

50

30*

45

58

32*

65

36*

67

Province’s influence is decreasing (%)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

48

34*

52

---

---

51

39*

54

37*

52

323

17*

38

18*

38

26

21

27

---

---

10

10

11

8

11

25

17*

28

17*

27

Province’s influence is increasing (%)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

7

13*

4

---

---

4

10*

3

15*

4

11

24*

8

26*

8

17

21

15

---

---

33

33

30

35

32

14

18

14

17

14

Province’s money from federal government spending

(% less fair share)                                                           All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

59

54*

62

---

---

47

39*

50

31*

49

45

26*

53

33*

48

47

43

49

---

---

50

40*

56

40*

53

53

32*

60

42*

57

Province is treated with the respect it deserved  (% no)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

58

49*

62

---

---

62

52*

64

37*

64

33

18*

38

23*

36

51

43*

54

---

---

48

35*

55

26*

52

44

21*

51

27*

50

Province should do more of what federal is doing (%)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

50

49

50

---

---

60

47*

62

32*

63

34

33

36

42*

31

40

42

42

---

---

41

38

43

44

41

47

44

49

40*

51

Federal should do more of what province is doing (%)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

16

18

17

---

---

19

29*

17

43*

16

25

25

23

22

25

18

17

16

---

---

14

19

13

21*

13

19

19

18

24*

16

Equalization Payment is a good program

(% agree/strongly agree)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

88

83*

89

---

---

81

82

81

88*

80

79

80

80

80

78

81

79

82

---

---

66

72*

65

73*

65

81

79

81

76*

84

Importance of preserving French and English as the two official languages (% agree/strongly agree)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

76

81*

74

---

---

92

90*

93

88*

93

72

76*

69

73

69

62

75*

56

---

---

61

73*

55

68*

60

60

70*

57

63

61

People holding senior positions in the federal public service should be bilingual (% agree/strongly agree)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

61

68*

58

---

---

95

89*

96

86*

95

57

65*

53

61*

55

45

55*

41

---

---

50

63*

44

60*

48

57

65*

53

62*

53

Multiculturalism Policy has positive impact on Canadian Identity (%)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

33

39*

32

---

---

29

34*

28

53*

26

42

57*

37

64*

34

35

45*

30

---

---

35

44*

31

64*

30

38

51*

35

58*

31

Confidence in House of Commons (0-10)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

4.4

4.6

4.4

---

---

5.0

4.8

5.1

6.0*

4.8

5.3

5.6*

5.3

6.0*

5.1

4.9

4.7

4.8

---

---

5.3

5.0*

5.4

5.7*

5.2

5.0

5.1

5.1

5.7*

4.7

Confidence in Provincial Legislature (0-10)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

5.1

4.9

5.2

---

---

5.4

5.0*

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.3

5.6*

5.3

6.2*

4.9

5.4

5.2

5.4

---

---

5.2

5.0

5.4

6.0*

5.1

5.1

5.3

5.2

5.8*

4.8

Confidence in Senate (0-10)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

2.7

3.7*

2.4

---

---

2.9

3.6*

2.8

4.4*

2.7

3.5

4.8*

3.4

4.9*

3.2

2.8

3.7*

2.4

---

---

2.9

3.6*

2.9

4.4*

2.7

3.2

4.2*

3.2

4.6*

2.7

Senate Should be abolished (% agree/strongly agree)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

72.5

64.5*

74.9

---

---

84.6

71.8*

87.8

64.1*

87.6

64.7

53.6*

67.4

61.9

65.3

76.8

66.0*

79.7

---

---

70.0

68.7

71.8

64.9

70.8

71.4

60.0*

74.1

63.0*

72.6

Confidence in Supreme Court of Canada (0-10)

All respondents

Younger Canadians

Older Canadians

Visible minorities

Non-visible minorities

6.3

5.6*

6.5

---

---

6.5

6.2*

6.7

6.9*

6.5

6.7

6.3*

6.8

6.8

6.6

6.1

5.9

6.1

---

---

6.2

5.8

6.4

6.9*

6.1

6.3

5.9*

6.4

6.6*

6.2