72% of Canadians say Canada still offers good quality of life: Poll
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A new Angus Reid poll says seven in 10 Canadians, or 72%, say that Canada offers a good quality of life.
Meanwhile, 23% disagree.
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Those disagreeing rises to 42% among those who supported the Conservative Party in the April federal election while those who are in middle of their working lives, 35- to 54-year-old Canadians, are more likely than younger (22%) and older (19%) groups to also feel this way, with 28% saying the country doesn’t offer a good quality of life.
The poll found that younger people are also least certain that Canada is a good place to start a family with a majority of 18- to-34-year-olds still choosing the optimistic view on this question (60%), but three in 10, or 27%, disagree.
Among retirement-age Canadians, for whom those families and lives have already been built, four in five, or 79%, say Canada is a great place to start a family.
The survey also says fewer than half, or 45%, say that Canada is a good place to start a business, dropping to two in five in B.C. (39%), Alberta (39%), Saskatchewan (40%), and Ontario (41%).
Last December, Angus Reid asked Canadians whether they’re optimistic or pessimistic about what’s in store for the country and the negative responses outweighed positive by 22 points, 39% optimistic, and 61% pessimistic.
Asked now, more than half or 56% are positive and 44% are negative.
Ontario and Atlantic Canada show the most pride in being Canadian with half in each region are “very proud.”
Albertans are most likely to say they’re not proud (28% vs 18% national average) and Alberta is the only region in the country that does not voice majority optimism for Canada’s future (47%).
Manitoba (61%), Quebec (61%), and Atlantic Canada (65%) are most optimistic.
The Angus Reid Institute conducted an online survey from June 20-23, 2025, among 1,619 Canadian adults.
For comparison purposes only, a probability sample of this size would carry a margin of error of +/- 2.0 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
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