Canadian consumer confidence continues to trend downwards in an environment of uncertainty spurred by US President Trump. Of note, pessimism on the future strength of the economy hit a high not seen since the summer of 2020. Those who report their job is absolutely secure hit a low also not seen since the summer of 2020. -Nik Nanos, Chief Data...
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,121 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending April 4th, 2025. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,121 Canadians is ±2.9 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The research was commissioned by the Bloomberg and was conducted by Nanos Research.
People continue to care about the size of the Government of Canada deficit. This in the wake of a focus on the binational relationship and economic uncertainty. The intensity of care has marginally declined. Overall, the numbers are consistent with the 2021 baseline. Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,05...
The economy shed 33,000 jobs in March, the biggest loss since January 2022, while the unemployment rate ticked higher, Statistics Canada said Friday.The agency said the unemployment rate for March rose to 6.7 per cent compared with 6.6 per cent in February.
Between November 6 and 18, Abacus Data conducted a national survey of 4,001 Canadian adults (18+) to explore public perceptions of the housing market. Commissioned by Mattamy Homes Canada, this study looks at how Canadians feel about housing affordability, accessibility, and the role of governments, developers, and other stakeholders in addressing the crisis. The findings reveal widespread concern: a significant...
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,123 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending March 28th, 2025. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,123 Canadians is ±2.9 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The research was commissioned by the Bloomberg and was conducted by Nanos Research.
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,100 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending March 21st, 2025. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,100 Canadians is ±3.0 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The research was commissioned by the Bloomberg and was conducted by Nanos Research.
Canada needs 6 million new homes. Today Jagmeet Singh unveiled the first step in the NDP plan to use every available lever to meet that target and make sure every Canadian can find a home they can afford - by unlocking public land to build rent-controlled homes. “While working and middle-class families are being priced out of the market, big...
This Canadian election is about a lot of things. It’s about trade and tariffs and threats and sovereignty. It’s about anger and disappointment and frustration. But if you zoom out, it’s about the economy. There are two key questions voters will have to answer for themselves. One is, who is best to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump...
Canadians are now ten times more likely to say the next generation will have a lower (70%) rather than higher (seven per cent) standard of living than Canadians enjoy today. The seventy per cent of respondents who believe the next generation of Canadians will have a lower standard of living than Canadians have today equals a previous numerical high recorded...
Optimism among Canada’s small and medium-sized firms fell to the lowest level in at least a quarter-century after the US started a trade war with the country, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. The CFIB’s Business Barometer index fell to 25 this month, according to a flash poll of 1,065 firms taken between March 5 and March 7...
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,074 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending March 14th, 2025. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,074 Canadians is ±3.0 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The research was commissioned by the Bloomberg and was conducted by Nanos Research.
Economists are expecting the annual rate of inflation accelerated in February as the federal government's temporary tax break came to an end mid-month.Statistics Canada is set to release February inflation figures on Tuesday.Economists polled by Reuters expect the annual inflation rate rose to 2.2 per cent last month, up from 1.9 per cent in January.
The Bank of Canada on Wednesday cut its key interest rate, a move that comes just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump issued new steel and aluminum tariffs against Canada.The central bank cut its benchmark rate by 25 basis point, bringing it down to 2.75 per cent. This was the bank’s seventh consecutive interest rate cut.
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Presented with the idea of an economic union with the United-States similar to the European Union but where Canada adopts the US dollar as its currency, most Canadians oppose (65%) or somewhat oppose (10%) this. About one in five support (nine per cent) or somewhat support (11%) this. Opposition is stronger among women (80%) than men (69%).
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,024 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending February 28th, 2025. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,024 Canadians is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The research was commissioned by the Bloomberg and was conducted by Nanos Research.
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,026respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending February 21st, 2025. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,026 Canadians is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The research was commissioned by the Bloomberg and was conducted by Nanos Research.
Numbers out this week will show just how precarious a footing Canada's economy is on as it braces for a trade war.GDP growth has been meagre at best for a while now.GDP expanded by 0.3 per cent in the third quarter (July, August and September) after rising 0.5 per cent in the first two quarters of the year.
A group of Canadian tech entrepreneurs recently launched something called Build Canada, which bills itself as “a platform of bold ideas for growth, innovation, and prosperity”. Perhaps because of the supersized influence of Elon Musk on Donald Trump and Big Tech CEOs lined up in an unseemly pay-to-play scheme at Trump’s inauguration, some are skeptical about Canadian tech entrepreneurs wanting...
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem launched the central bank’s review of its framework, but strongly suggested that officials are likely to re-endorse the bank’s current approach to targeting 2% inflation.
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,018 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending February 14th, 2025. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,018 Canadians is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The research was commissioned by the Bloomberg and was conducted by Nanos Research.
It's remarkable how quickly the things we worried about can change.For years now, inflation was the most important thing on the economic landscape. Now, it's tariffs and the threats emanating from the White House.Those tariffs will have a weird impact on inflation.
The return of U.S. President Donald Trump to the Oval Office, and his threat of widespread tariffs, has seismically shifted the economic landscape. It has also threatened to upend energy development in both the long- and short-term. New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds that Canadians’ own priorities when it comes to energy policy may be shifting alongside...
Given their dismal economic record after 10 years in power, it’s hard to comprehend why anyone would trust the federal Liberals to be responsible stewards of the nation’s finances heading into this year’s election.
Overall, Canadians (82%) are concerned that Donald Trump could use tariffs or trade sanctions to pressure Canada into a closer union with the U.S. Concern is highest among Liberal (93%) and NDP (92%) voters, while Conservative supporters are less worried (75%). In response to these threats, a majority of Canadians (81%) plan to or have increased purchases of Canadian-made products...
The CTV News/Nanos nightly provincial election tracking conducted by Nanos Research surveys 900 Ontarians aged 18 years and over three days (300 interviews each day). Respondents are all randomly recruited through a dual-frame (cell- and land-line) RDD sample using live agents. One half of the sample is administered the questionnaire by telephone and one half are administered the same questionnaire...
The Ottawa-based central bank announced that Alexopoulos, a professor of economics at the University of Toronto, would join the bank’s governing council for a two-year term starting March 17. She joins the policymaking body as the second external deputy governor.
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,005 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending February 7th, 2025. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,005 Canadians is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The research was commissioned by the Bloomberg and was conducted by Nanos Research.
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,025 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending January 31st, 2025. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,025 Canadians is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The research was commissioned by the Bloomberg and was conducted by Nanos Research.
Canada’s central bank has cut interest rates for a sixth consecutive time as inflation remains around two per cent and the threat of U.S. tariffs looms.The 25-basis point cut comes as the Bank of Canada forecasts GDP growth will strengthen in 2025 if there is no trade war with the United States.
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,023 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending January 24th, 2025. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,023 Canadians is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The research was commissioned by the Bloomberg and was conducted by Nanos Research.
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,040 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending January 17th, 2025. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,040 Canadians is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The research was commissioned by the Bloomberg and was conducted by Nanos Research.
Governor Tiff Macklem has successfully wrestled down one of the worst inflationary crises in the Bank of Canada’s history, putting his nation on track for a soft landing. U.S. president-elect Donald Trump may dismantle all that with a stroke of a pen.
After a decline in the period following the election of Donald Trump as President, Canadian consumer confidence remains in neutral for the opening of 2025. -Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,001 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending January 10...
About one in four Canadians say they are worried (10%) or somewhat worried (16%) about paying next month’s housing costs, down from one in three in August 2024 (14% worried; 19% somewhat worried). Almost three in four Canadians say they are somewhat not worried (15%) or not worried (58%). Canadians aged 18 to 34 (35%) and 35 to 54 (30%)...
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,021 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending January 3rd, 2025. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,021 Canadians is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The research was commissioned by the Bloomberg and was conducted by Nanos Research.
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,014 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending December 27th, 2024. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,014 Canadians is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The research was commissioned by the Bloomberg and was conducted by Nanos Research.
Canadians are nine times more likely to say they will spend less this holiday season (48%) rather than more (five per cent) compared to last year, which has declined from December 2023 (54%) but remains higher than 2022 (43%). Over two in five Canadians say they will spend about the same (45%). There has been a decline in the proportion...
Canadians preparing to head to the polls in the new year are likely to be voting with their wallets.Cost-of-living issues continue to dominate the list of priorities for Canadians, according to the findings of new Ipsos polling conducted exclusively for Global News.
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of 1,031 respondents in Canada. This report is based on the four waves of tracking ending December 13th, 2024. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,031 Canadians is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The research was commissioned by the Bloomberg and was...
